T8

Areas of activity

T8 specializes in the development and implementation of DWDM systems. By 2013, the company has deployed over 45,000 km of DWDM backbone networks, which accounts for more than 7% of this market in Russia. In 2012, records were set on the platform developed by the company: in the transmission of 100 G at 4000 km in an 80-channel DWDM system without dispersion compensators; by 100 G transmission at 501.3 km in a single-span line using ROPA.

The main activities of the company:

• Development of DWDM, CWDM systems
• Pre-design study of FOCL
• System Design and Design
• Measurement of chromatic dispersion, PMD, DWDM, SDH, Gb parameters
• Delivery of WDM equipment
• Equipment Installation and Commissioning
• Maintenance of WDM networks

T8 LLC is actively developing DWDM and CWDM systems together with NTO IRE-Polus (December 2012). Combining efforts allows you to quickly produce a wide range of equipment. The manufacturer of DWDM IPG/HTO IRE-Polyus equipment authorized T8 LLC as its official representative and empowered to represent the interests of NTO IRE-Polyus and to implement, install, configure and guarantee maintenance of DWDM equipment.

Team

As of December 2012, the company is based on highly qualified specialists with extensive experience in developing DWDM equipment - graduates of MIPT, Moscow State University, MSTU, MEPhI, MTUSI. The company employs more than 100 people, including two doctors and 10 candidates of sciences.

Aktivs

According to the company, T8 is the only developer in Russia designing DWDM networks using the world's leading OptSim modeling system (December 2012).

T8 LLC has the best measuring laboratory in the industry, more than 200 instruments for the analysis of CD and PMD, DWDM, OTN, SDH, GE tests.

T8 has a research center "T8 NTC" - a resident of the Skolkovo innovation center and the largest measuring laboratory in Russia. Research in the field of data transmission in optical networks is being carried out here. Using solutions developed in the scientific center, our equipment set several records in the field of data transmission.

History

2023: Volga DWDM Platform Review

The Russian T8 developed and manufactures a special system for interconnections DPC - the DWDM platform Volga"." The equipment is designed to organize high-speed channels between. data centers Read more here.

2017: TELMI Alliance Formation

In 2017, a step was taken to consolidate Russian manufacturers of communication equipment. TELMI Alliance Three high-tech enterprises were included: JSC, NPF Mikran Novosibirsk LLC and T8 Enterprise LLC.ELTEX

Within the framework of the association, Mikran is responsible for radio relay equipment for any communication networks and telecommunication masts, T8 for DWDM systems, transport solutions for data centers, fiber-optic security systems for telecommunications equipment; "Eltext" - for Ethernet communicators, service routers, Wi-Fi access points, VoIP terminals, software communicators;

2016: T8 and RCC will create a secure quantum communication system

T8 and the Russian Quantum Center (both residents of the Skolkovo Foundation's IT cluster) announced in the summer of 2016 the start of joint work on a secure communication system based on quantum cryptography technology, which can be used within the existing telecommunications infrastructure. The document on cooperation was signed by the Director General of the RCC Yunusov Ruslan and the head of the "T8" Vladimir Treshchikov. Read more: RCC: Secure Quantum Communication System

2015: Rostelecom Investment Talks

On December 21, 2015, it became known about Rostelecom's plans to acquire a stake in T8. The buyer of the business of the Russian manufacturer of telecommunications equipment may be the venture fund of the telecommunications company.

Six sources of Vedomosti know that Rostelecom is negotiating the acquisition of a stake in T8. One of the partners of the state operator clarifies that the discussion of a possible transaction has been going on for a long time, the parties agree on a price. By December 21, 2015, they made a "decision in principle," but the date of signing the agreement is unknown.

Rostelecom is preparing to buy a stake in the developer of telecom equipment T8

A person close to Rostelecom, referred to by Vedomosti, says that the operator is considering various options for structuring the deal. Among them is the attraction of a venture capital fund. He did negotiate with T8, but was also interested in buying about 300 more companies, said Alexey Basov, vice president of Rostelecom. According to him, usually the target share of the Rostelecom fund in the investment facility ranges from 20% to 35%.

According to one of the newspaper's sources, the National Center for Informatization (NCI), a joint venture between Rostelecom and Rostec, may participate in the purchase of T8.

As noted by the deputy director of T8 Konstantin Marchenko, the company receives offers from various investors (including foreign ones), but at the same time it does not pursue the goal of selling the stake and reserves the right to respond to an interesting offer that would significantly expand the presence of T8 products in the Russian and foreign markets. Marchenko did not comment on the message about negotiations with Rostelecom.

Vice President of ZTE Tigran Poghosyan estimates T8 at the level of 1-1.2 of its revenue. However, such an amount is possible only if the vendor is guaranteed to receive a contract for 3-5 years or legislative regulations appear that guarantee the company's income, Poghosyan said.^[1]

In December 2015, TAdviser became aware that Rostelecom was agreeing to acquire a stake in the Russian network equipment manufacturer RDP.RU in exchange for investments of up to $2 million.

2013: Ministry of Industry and Trade recognizes T8 as Russian telecom equipment

The Commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has assigned the telecommunications systems Volga and Irtysh to the Russian company T8 the status of equipment of Russian origin, the company said. The spectral compaction equipment for the Volga trunk operators (DWDM) and the Irtysh system (CWDM) were developed by Russian specialists and are assembled at the production base in Moscow. According to the report, the research and production base, the level of localization of production and design documentation fully comply with the requirements of^[2] status].

The company said that Volga equipment with a maximum capacity of 9,6 Tbit is the only Russian 100G-class system that provides the ability to transmit data at speeds up to 100 Gbps. T8 is currently developing a next-generation system with a maximum capacity of 25 Tbit.

T8 's spectral compaction equipment works not only on the lines of commercial operators, but is also used in trusted communication channels, such as organizing communication at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, the report said.

The obtained official status does not give preferences in tenders for state contracts, but only confirms that the systems produced are developed and produced on the territory of the Russian Federation and can be called Russian telecommunications equipment, T8 reported.

2012: World record for signal transmission range in a single-span line

In December 2012, T8 announced a world record for the range of signal transmission in a single-span line with remote pumping. The company managed to transmit the signal at a speed of 100 Gbps over a distance of 500 km without active intermediate amplifiers. The tests ended with a record thanks to the new Volga aggregating transponder, which was developed by the company.

Previously, the record for data transmission range in a single-span line at a speed of 100 Gbps was 462 km. The record demonstration took place in the company's laboratory, in the presence of Sergei Akopov, technical director of the Russian representative office of Corning (the manufacturer of the fiber used in the experiment).

No electrically powered regeneration stations or intermediate amplifiers were used during the tests. DP-QPSK format and coherent reception were used to modulate the data. Signal quality improvement was achieved through the use of counter Raman amplification and remote pumping of intermediate erbium amplifiers (ROPAs).

T8 has already demonstrated solutions for transmitting a signal on a 500 km long channel at a speed of 40 Gbps. The corresponding development took about 3 years. Next, the creation of a solution with a speed of 100 Gbps began, which took 1.5 years. Thus, in total, the company had to work for 4.5 years to achieve the record, says its CEO Vladimir Treshchikov. The total cost of both solutions amounted to 150-200 million rubles.

The advantage of the solution is that there is no need to install active amplifiers along the channel and the infrastructure required for them (power sources, premises, etc.). This is especially important when laying canals in difficult areas such as tundra, taiga, desert, etc. Companies such as Rostelecom and Transtelecom have already become interested in developing the T8, says Treshchikov^[3].

2011: Achievements

By the end of 2011, T8 created more than 41,000 km of DWDM backbone networks.

Major projects for the construction of DWDM backbone networks for the MRF Siberia, North-West and Volga OJSC Rostelecom"" with a total length of more than 30,000 km have been completed. A DWDM ring has been created in. To Moscow DWDM projects with a channel speed of 40 Gbps for Rostelecom are being implemented. A DWDM network was created for Sochi the 2014 Olympic project.

Successfully demonstrated 40Gb/s over 2000km in an 80-channel DWDM system.

2001-2009: Major project in Kazakhstan

T8 was created by graduates of MIPT. In 2001-2009, the company implemented a project to introduce DWDM and optical amplifiers in Kazakhstan. More than 300 pieces of equipment were installed, main fiber-optic lines with a total length of 9000 km were put into operation. The uptime of the equipment was more than 25,000,000 hours.

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