RICHARDSON, Tex. and PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Fujitsu Network Communications announced today municipally owned telecom company CityWest will be using Fujitsu hardware, software and services for the Connected Coast project, which promises to bring high-speed connectivity to remote communities located along the B.C. coast.
CityWest and its project partner Strathcona Connected Coast Network Corporation have selected the Fujitsu 1FINITY platform and Virtuora Network Control solution, as well as Fujitsu field services and project management, to build the new fibre network, says a Fujitsu press release.
Earlier this year, CityWest announced Baylink Networks had been selected as the prime contractor for designing and building the Connected Coast project, which Cartt.ca reported has been experiencing delays.
According to Fujitsu’s press release, the Connected Coast project will use a new dense wavelength division multiplexing network incorporating Fujitsu 1FINITY T300 Transport, S900 Switch and L100 Lambda blades, along with the Virtuora network controller to provide open, multivendor, software-defined networking control and management.
“We are looking forward to continuing our relationship with Fujitsu as we build the Connected Coast project, and bring great Internet, phone and television services to rural and remote communities around British Columbia,” said Stefan Woloszyn, chief executive officer of CityWest, in the release.
“With the use of technology from Fujitsu, the Connected Coast project is another step closer to providing reliable connectivity to rural and remote coastal communities,” added David Leitch, chief administrative officer at Strathcona Regional District. “These communities will soon experience the same or better internet capability as their urban counterparts.”
Today’s announcement expands on Fujitsu’s existing business relationship with CityWest. In September 2020, Fujitsu announced CityWest was using the vendor’s technology to upgrade its fibre-optic network to enable speeds of 100 gigabits per second across a wide area of western British Columbia.
