Leading satellite services provider GlobeCast extends its global fibre network to Japan as a result of a deal struck with Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI. Japanese and international broadcasters can now backhaul their ad-hoc or permanent video feeds to Japan, or distribute them from Tokyo to the rest of the world, via GlobeCasts global fibre network.
The Tokyo point-of-presence (PoP) is linked via a fully redundant fibre optic link from Tokyo directly to GlobeCasts Los Angeles teleport, the West Coast access to GlobeCasts global fibre network. In addition to Tokyo and Los Angeles, GlobeCasts fibre network includes 9 other points-of-presence: New York, Washington D.C., Miami, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Singapore and Sydney. The interconnection between the points-of-presence and GlobeCasts 15 teleports and technical operations centres allows the operator to offer customers hybrid satellite/fibre solutions satisfying all possible video or multimedia transmission requirements
The new circuit can move video between Tokyo and the rest of the world using dedicated 8 Mbps and 18 Mbps routes. Higher bandwidth circuits can also be provided. KDDI supplies GlobeCast with the Tokyo PoP, the Tokyo-Los Angeles link as well as connectivity with all Japanese broadcasters and international bureaux installed in Tokyo. Other GlobeCast services offered with this new link include 24/7 booking and monitoring, video standards conversion and HDTV transmissions.