Uniti Group Inc. (Nasdaq: UNIT) says it has launched an initiative to connect several U.S. East Coast cable landing stations to large carrier and internet points of presence (PoPs) in Miami, Atlanta, and Ashburn, VA. The most recent effort will create connections from Jacksonville to Atlanta and Jacksonville to Miami by way of Boca Raton. Using open line systems, Uniti will offer 100G and 400G wavelengths and multi-terabit spectrum services on these fiber links.
This new deployment also links the cable landing stations in Jacksonville and Boca Raton to landing stations in Virginia Beach and “Data Center Alley” in Northern Virginia.
The cable landing stations offer connectivity to submarine cables that link to Latin America, Africa, and Europe. “The cable landing stations have been a source of tremendous connectivity growth between international carriers and domestic networks here in the U.S. as new higher-capacity and lower-latency subsea cables have arrived. We are excited to provide our infrastructure solutions along the East Coast connecting these key landing stations to data centers,” said Tom Vito, vice president, strategy and business development at Unity. “The demand we have seen for 100G, 400G, and multi-terabit spectrum services at the cable landing stations made it an easy decision to invest in next-generation technology to support our largest global customers’ bandwidth needs.”
Uniti says that, as of March 31, 2022, it owns approximately 129,000 fiber route miles, 7.7 million fiber strand miles, and other communications real estate throughout the United States.
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