OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2012. Deutsche Telekom announced today the launch of its first pilot of TeraStream, an industry leading network concept, based on a cloud enabled Internet Protocol (IP) architecture. The first pilot test of this revolutionizing concept is taking place in the Zagreb area of Croatia and is operated by Hrvatski Telekom, member of Deutsche Telekom Group. On top, the implementation of TeraStream represents a milestone in the efficient and successful collaboration across the Deutsche Telekom Group.

"Technology is key to success in our industry. TeraStream is a revolution in network architecture - creating a lean and simple backbone that is ready for the enormous traffic increase of the future and new services. With this pilot in Croatia we are leading within the industry. Hrvatski Telekom is a pioneer for the entire group." says Claudia Nemat, Board Member Europe and Technology Deutsche Telekom.

TeraStream architecture is based on the ‘simple – lean – differentiated’ approach. It is a novel and open architecture transforming the way telecommunications networks are built. Terastream significantly reduces IT complexity by applying the cloud model to network infrastructure. Deutsche Telekom has been working intensively on that aspect the last two years. This will enable Deutsche Telekom to deliver innovative services, like Cloud applications, much faster and with the best quality to its customers.

Exponential traffic growth will continue in the years to come. According to various analysts’ reports, a ten to fifty-fold traffic increase is expected up to 2020. To address that, Deutsche Telekom has developed TeraStream applying the internet mindset into network technology.

This first milestone of this long-term program was set in Zagreb where Hrvatski Telekom is running the first field trial with residential users providing them with ultra-fast broadband services.