In June 2007, JANET(UK) launched 40 Gbit/s capacity across two of the busiest links on the JANET backbone; from July 2007 full production traffic was run between these links, and based on traffic growth predictions, widespread deployment of 40Gbit/s channels across the JANET backbone is expected during 2008.
To find out more visit the factsheet at: [40 Gbit/s factsheet]
Or read the news release: http://www.webarchive.ja.net/latest/news/2007/40g.html