Dedicated Services: Official Carrier Networks

TELUS Optical Carrier Networks Metro

TELUS Optical Carrier Networks Metro provides metropolitan network reach within major Canadian cities. Designed specifically to meet the needs of facilities-based carriers, ISPs, resellers, wireless carriers, wholesale and retail customers TELUS ON Metro offers access to a competitive cost structure for metropolitan SONET and wavelength services.

The latest optical switching technology provides highly reliable, scalable and competitively priced services across our backbone networking platforms. TELUS ON Metro service is streamlined to make it one of the most advanced metropolitan network services available.

TELUS Optical Carrier Networking Inter-Exchange (OCN IX)

TELUS Optical Carrier Networking Inter-Exchange (OCN IX) service provides carriers and ISPs requiring high bandwidth backbone networking services among major Canadian cities and into the United States with broadband point-to-point private networking connectivity. Scalable for increased demand and competitively priced, this service offers a very cost-effective solution for customers who wish to expand their network through lease or IRU (Indefeasible Right of Use) option.

Reliability is ensured by diverse routing with matched nodes at ring interconnection points to avoid intermediate points of failure. The unique architecture provides customers with an extra level of survivability and is one of the many reasons why our northern route and southern route are attractive to long-haul carriers within Canada. TELUS owns and operates the underlying network so problems and handoffs between carriers are reduced, as well as concerns with underlying rights and financial stability.