New infrastructure responds to growing industry focus on route diversity and reducing dependency on concentrated UK–Europe connectivity paths
London - July 22, 2026 – RETN, the leading independent global network service provider, today announces the launch of a new London–Brussels spectrum route, strengthening the resilience of its UK–Mainland Europe network through a more geographically diverse connection into continental Europe.
The investment comes as RETN continues to implement its resilient network principles to network architecture. The company places increasing emphasis on true route diversity and infrastructure resilience, responding to the concentration of international traffic across a limited number of established UK–Europe routes and growing awareness of vulnerabilities affecting both subsea and terrestrial networks.
While much of the UK's international traffic is carried through established hubs such as Amsterdam and Paris, RETN's new Brussels route provides an alternative path into mainland Europe, reducing dependency on traditional transit points and improving service continuity for customers with business-critical connectivity requirements.
The route is supported by newly constructed Rotterdam–Brussels dark fiber, creating the foundation for RETN's own DWDM network in Belgium and providing greater operational control of this strategic segment of the network.
Within London, the route follows a geographically diverse exit path, avoiding heavily utilised Docklands egress routes that carry significant volumes of international traffic from East London's data centre clusters. The new London-Brussels route also uses a different landing station in London from the previously announced low-latency CrossChannel UK-EU route that departs from Slough, west of London. The new route provides an additional level of physical diversity for traffic entering and leaving the UK.
"Building resilient networks is no longer simply about adding capacity - it's about creating genuine physical diversity," said Tony O'Sullivan, CEO of RETN. "As international traffic becomes increasingly concentrated on a limited number of routes, customers need unique alternatives that strengthen business continuity. Our new London–Brussels route delivers exactly that."
About RETN
RETN is one of the fastest growing independent Eurasian network service providers, awarded the title of Best Pan-European Operator of the Year at the Carrier Community Global Awards 2026, and Best Pan-European Connectivity Provider, at the Global Connectivity Awards 2025.
RETN’s unique solution to connect Europe and Asia is built on its own homogenous DWDM and IP/MPLS Network Platform and widely branched land routes, passing through Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia up to the border with China and further onwards into Southeast Asia.
RETN provides telecommunication services throughout its Eurasian network with short lead times, industry leading uptimes, and multiple layers of redundancy.
For more information on RETN and its services, please visit the company's website at www.retn.net
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