Company Overview

Armenian Datacom Company CJSC (ADC) is an Armenian-Norwegian joint venture in Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 formed in April 2006. It provides data communication and corporate networking.

The company built a fiber-optics network which covers Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

 and its suburbs. ADC launched its telecommunication

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

 services on April 27, 2007.

ADC was the first company in Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 granted a license as a public network services provider, in accordance with new laws and regulation procedures. The company has constructed an independent and redundant, exclusive fiber-optic network, which topology represents interconnection of ring-type core highways.

Network

ADC is the first company in Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 to provide an independent and redundant fiber-optic cable network, which topology is an interconnection of ring-type backbones.

The Company continues to make considerable investments to expand its own and exclusively independent fiber-optic network. ADC network length is already more than 400 km, and the core network is based on 14 distribution nodes. The equipment installed on each node provides 1:1 redundancy for all major functional possibilities. They are all equipped with uninterrupted power sources. The network has been constructed with the optic cable produced by "Draka Comteq" in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and by applying ultramodern technologies the network is enabled to transmit up to 200 Gbp/s speed in the network core. Modern switch-technology from Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

 has been used in network core, enabling IP/MPLS transmission features.

It is a member of RIPE NCC

RIPE NCC

The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia...

.