Tata Communications and Ciena announced the launch of 100G network along the TGN-Pacific (TGN-P) submarine cable system that connects the U.S. to Japan and three routes in the TGN-Intra-Asia (TGN-IA) market across Asia.
In a statement, Tata Communications claims it becomes the only private subsea cable owner that has 100G deployed across major routes around the world on its own infrastructure.
Tata Communications is upgrading its TGN-P submarine cables to 100G utilizing Ciena’s 6500 Converged Packet Optical platform and GeoMesh solution.
Tata Communications offers 100G transport services on its TGN-P submarine cable system that links the U.S. to Japan, a distance spanning 22,300 km. The cable connects Emi, Chiba to Hillsboro, Oregon and Toyohashi as well as Aichi Prefecture to Hillsboro, Oregon. In addition, Ciena’s solutions also supports Tata Communications’ Intra-Asia network, which spans roughly 6,700 km.
“Investments such as the 100G upgrade to our TGN-Pacific submarine cable and Intra-Asia routes enable us to meet customer demand for high-bandwidth services and applications, whilst ensuring end-to-end network performance for our enterprise and carrier customers across the US and Asia,” said Genius Wong, senior vice president, Global Network Services, Tata Communications.
Ciena’s OPn architecture for programmable network infrastructures, Ciena’s GeoMesh and WaveLogic solutions enable Tata Communications to better monetise its network and provide flexibility to its customers. This allows them to handle capacity demands driven by high-bandwidth services such as cloud computing, video and mobile communications.
With Ciena’s OneControl Unified Management System, Tata Communications can also benefit from multi-layer service management capabilities that support streamlined service activation, fault management and performance monitoring.
These upgrades complement Tata Communications’ previous GeoMesh deployment on its TGN-Atlantic (TGN-A) submarine network that links the U.S. and Europe, and allows Tata Communications to meet its customers’ surging bandwidth demands with lower latency and seamless scalability.
