HEP today presented a new ultra-fast optical network (DWDM) which has increased data transmission speed by 100 times, making HEP the highest quality network infrastructure operator in Croatia.
As part of an investment worth 25 million kuna, HEP has installed 28 DWDM devices across the entire territory of Croatia, enabling data transmission at a maximum speed of 100 gigabits per second, thereby increasing the system capacity from 80 gigabits to eight terabits. The speed has increased one hundred times, and with the addition of more devices, it can be accelerated by up to 150 times.
In addition to allowing HEP to manage its systems more efficiently, HEP’s management expects that the network will be used by government bodies, the academic community, telecom and mobile operators, healthcare and education, economic entities, and local communities.
The DWDM network can provide broadband internet services, telephony, transmission for HD video conferences, international data transit, data center connectivity, and FTTH (Fiber To The Home – optical network to every home).
The new network is the result of years of HEP’s development of optical infrastructure, which places Croatia among the few countries in Europe with such modern infrastructure and ensures its national sovereignty in this area, stated HEP’s CEO Zlatko Koračević.
The next step will be to enable the introduction of the optical network into every household and the development of smart grids and meters, remote reading, and communication with each HEP consumer, in order to jointly reduce and control electricity costs, emphasized Koračević.
