Press release - Hibernia Networks, a provider of high speed global telecommunications services, announced that Hibernia Express, its new 4,600-kilometer ultra low latency submarine cable connecting Halifax, Nova Scotia to Slough, England and Cork, Ireland, is ready for service (RFS).

The first transatlantic cable built in over 12 years, the Hibernia Express launch marks a milestone for global communications, addressing the strong demand for fast, high-performing global network services. According to TeleGeography, demand for bandwidth between North America and Europe is projected to increase 40 percent annually over the next six years driven by the surge in cloud computing, large data transfer and storage requirements.

The Hibernia Express cable features advanced cable infrastructure and optical transmission technologies, which enable performance capabilities superior to any existing transatlantic cable systems. Hibernia Express features optical transport services up to 100 Gbps speeds and is capable of 200 Gbps service on select segments. The six-fiber-pair cable is optimized for lowest latency performance, offering an unmatched roundtrip delay of sub-60 milliseconds on the New York to London route. Leveraging a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) platform, Hibernia Express is engineered to potentially scale up to 400 Gbps per circuit and beyond, enabling customers to meet bandwidth requirements as they increase over time.

"Network latency has become a critical performance factor for financial firms, content providers, and web-based companies, among other industries, reliant on latency-sensitive applications to run their businesses," said Alan Mauldin, Research Director at TeleGeography. "Hibernia Networks has designed the new Hibernia Express transatlantic cable to provide the lowest latency service between major financial and commercial centers in North America and Europe utilizing a more direct route and the latest generation optical technologies."