Toronto Hydro Telecom unveils managed wavelength data service

OCTOBER 31, 2007 -- In what it calls a first for Canada, Toronto Hydro Telecom (search for Toronto Hydro) has announced its Managed Wave service designed to enable enterprises to cost-effectively converge network services, including wide-area networking and storage-area networking, on one unified, scalable architecture.

The optical switched data service travels over a protected, resilient, carrier-class, fiber network, Toronto Hydro says. Designed to support transfer speed up to 10 Gbits/sec, the Managed Wave offering is fully redundant and offers options for circuit-specific protection enhancements to assure customers that their data will always reach its destination. Toronto Hydro Telecom will operate and manage all of the equipment required, including the DWDM systems, and offer round-the-clock network monitoring.

Managed Wave is designed to work with many third-party systems. For customers that already own DWDM equipment this protects the client's investment, supporting future data-transmission requirements that grow in line with business needs, the carrier asserts.

"Canadian organizations are looking for a way to simplify their services while maintaining all of their communication links -- and they don't want to spend a fortune to get it," says Iain Grant, SeaBoard Group. "The Managed Wave service answers that call with resiliency, security, and cost-effectiveness built into the solution."

Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. is a data communications and WiFI provider. It operates a fiber-optic network with operations throughout Toronto that connect 490 commercial buildings within the city's downtown core.

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