Fibernet's "Carrier Ring" services

Fibernet's London and Frankfurt Carrier Ring services provide wholesale purchasers of interconnect capacity for voice services with a rapidly provisioned, cost-competitive, easy to use, resilient service. The Fibernet Carrier Ring customer community extends to more than 100 permanently connected operators, exchanging in excess of 30 billion voice minutes per annum. The service is non-intrusive in that Fibernet does not "switch  or bill the minutes it carries, which in turn keeps operator costs low and maximises their service flexibility. Fibernet's neutral market position (it neither originates nor terminates voice traffic) ensures the integrity of the business relationship. Originally built to carry TDM traffic only, the service now carries both TDM and VoIP traffic and provides gateway services between both, making the Carrier Rings a natural hub for European voice traffic convergence.

Carrier Ring

The London Carrier Ring (LCR) and Frankfurt Carrier Ring (FCR) are based on Fibernet owned and managed metro fibres, overlaid with appropriate SDH, Ethernet and VoIP technologies. Services are presented in all major telehotel facilities in each City and at many major (private) carrier facilities. The TDM services are based upon rapidly provisioned E1 circuits between any two member operators. Requirements for larger capacities (E3, DS3 and STM1) can also be readily accommodated with "High Bandwidth  service options. The London service also features VoIP connectivity (the ipLCR) as well as handling conversion between TDM and VoIP. These services enable operators to respond quickly to customer requirements and technology trends as well as, most importantly, being able to rapidly take advantage of availability of new routes and tariffs, irrespective of technology, in a very competitive market.

Fibernet goes to great lengths to both support and to foster the growth of business between carriers connected to the service, and membership brings with it complementary invitations to Fibernet's regular "Carrier Exchange Clubs . These exclusive "speed dating  events are designed to help members market their services to each other.

After more than eight years of operation, the Fibernet Carrier Ring services can justifiably claim to be the home of Europe's most vibrant voice trading community.