Overview

When standard networks aren't enough

As data volumes grow and applications become more critical, businesses need connectivity that delivers absolute control, performance, and security. Shared or off the shelf network services often fall short when supporting data centre interconnection, disaster recovery, cloud environments, or data intensive workloads. Colt Private Wave, also known as MOFN (Managed Optical Fibre Network), solves this by providing a fully managed, customer dedicated optical network designed for scale, resilience, and long term reliability.

$6.15 t

forecasted worldwide it spend in 2026, an increase of nearly 11% yoy

Gartner

394 zb

of data predicted to be generated every year by 2028, 3x more than in 2023

IDC Analyst + Consulting Team, 2024

66%

of network traffic is predicted to involve ai in some capacity by 2030

omdia, network traffic forecast, nov 2023
Trusted by the world's leading companies
Features

Features built for scale

Customer-dedicated wdm platform

Private Wave is built on customer-dedicated WDM equipment, ensuring exclusive use of optical components with no contention from other customers.

Managed service with optional encryption

Fully managed by Colt end‑to‑end, with 24/7 monitoring, proactive fault management, and optional optical‑layer encryption, including quantum‑safe options.

Advanced resiliency options

Offers tailored resilience models, including diverse routing, protected paths, and geo redundant designs to support business continuity and disaster recovery.

Multi-service support

We support multiple services and protocols on a single optical infrastructure, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, OTN, and mixed speeds from 1Gpbs to 400Gbps.

Easily scalable capacity

Capacity can be increased quickly by activating additional wavelengths, allowing seamless scaling without installing new fibre or re‑engineering the network.

Flexible topologies

Enables customised network designs, including point‑to‑point, ring, and mesh topologies, aligned with customer architecture and resilience requirements.

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Why colt?

We deliver the extraordinary every day for our customers, people and partners. Here’s what sets us apart.

58
NPS

(Net promoter score)

Customer experience has always set us apart and our NPS score is one of the best around.

32,000
+

Connected buildings

with Colt fibre and millions more available via our Colt Network as a Service platform across Europe, Asia and the US.

1,100
+

Data Centres

We're the largest B2B digital infrastructure company in Europe.

Do the extraordinary everyday.

By tackling the complexities and frustrations of the everyday, we take away the grind, making room for you to do the extraordinary.