Global Crossing has announced it has been awarded the contract to support Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) to consolidate and upgrade its pan-European network.

Global Crossing will provide 3,000 km of dark fibre and associated colocation space connecting 36 major points of presence in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Germany, as well as wavelengths on routes that are geographically dispersed from Belgacom ICS’ network. Global Crossing will also take charge of decommissioning existing optical transmission equipment and manage the installation of Siemens’ 40-Gbps compatible Surpass 7500 optical add-drop multiplexers (OADM).