Afone focuses on telecom, payment, and security services for enterprises and retail businesses, and also functions as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) for enterprises and residential customers. It turned to Ekinops for a solution that would provide flexible, cost-effective, and reliable data center interconnection transporting SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel protocols.

The Ekinops 360 transport platform, with its T-Chip® (Transport on-a-Chip) technology, allows Afone to transport multiple protocols very efficiently, maximizing the use of fiber infrastructure.

The Ekinops 360 provides industry-leading economic efficiencies unmatched by other transport solutions in the market. In addition, the Ekinops 360 provides for a level of reliability far exceeding similar solutions.