Batelco announced that Batelco Gulf Network, an international cable system which was launched last year to provide the GCC region with an additional option for regional and international connectivity solutions, has expanded into Europe and been transformed to Batelco Global Network (BGN). The network, which runs over a protected optical transport network (OTN), meets the demand for reliable high bandwidth connectivity and capacity serving the different needs of global services and customers while supporting very high capacity. Batelco has chosen Marseille to host its network where it has deployed multi service nodes using high capacity optimized routes to provide the shortest latency, as it has garnered a reputation as the faster growing interconnection hub in Europe over the past three years. Marseille is an interconnection hub for the businesses, and hosts a number of data centres and gateways to emerging markets and landing stations for major continental subsea cables.