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Russia - Japan Cable Network Service Launch
30 September 2008
KDDI Japan has jointly established the Russia - Japan Cable Network(RJCN), with the long distance network carrier Rostelecom(HQ:Moscow, General Director: Konstantin Solodukhin) and will be releasing the service as of the 6th of September, 2008.
(1) Service Overview
RJCN is a 640Gbps optical submarine cable network connecting Japan and Russia, with a dicerse route structure and self healing capability which enables a reliable cable system.
With RJCN and the Rostelecom owned high capacity network throughout Russia, KDDI Japan will be able to provide the shortest route to connect Japan and Europe. This will enable a 30 - 50% decrease in transmission delay*1 for a better real-time communication and stable processing of high capacity contents.

*1 Compared to KDDI backbone network
(2) Services over RJCN
KDDI Japan will provide the services below using the RJCN cable.
1) International leased line
As of September 6th 2008, KDDI Japan will provide international leased line services over RJCN.
2) Global Powered Ethernet(GPEN)
As of September 1st 2009, KDDI Japan will provide GPEN services using this route, providing a low latency Layer 2 service between Europe and Asia*2

*2 Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore. Service areas are to be expanded in the near future.
3) KDDI Global IP-VPN
As of September 1st 2009, KDDI Japan will provide the KDDI Global IP-VPN service over this cable, providing higher redundancy for a more reliable service.
(3) RJCN service description
Network Structure Japan - Russia ~ 2 routes(approx. 900km/ route)
Capacity 640Gbps
Service Launch September 6th 2008
Landing points Japan) KDDI : Naoetsu (Niigata)
Russia) Rostelecom: Nakhodka
Cable owners Japan) KDDI
Russia) Rostelecom
(4) Network Structure image
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