Telstra – in association with Infinera – has upgraded its submarine cable routes to optimize capacity.
The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network will enable Telstra to deploy 10G, 40G and 100G Ethernet and OTN services, providing scalability and reliability on key routes of Telstra’s network.
These important routes include Telstra Endeavour, a 9,124 kilometers submarine cable connecting Sydney and Hawaii, Telstra’s Designated Fiber Pair on the Asia America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable connecting Hawaii and California; and Reach North Asia Loop (RNAL), which spans 9,000 kilometers to connect Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
“Demand for network services in the Asia Pacific region is growing exponentially and the addition of Infinera’s DTN-X platform means we will be well placed to meet the speed and capacity needs of our customers,” said Darrin Webb, chief operating officer for Telstra Global.
David Welch, Infinera CTO, said Infinera Intelligent Network deployed across Endeavour, AAG and RNAL, enables Telstra to offer differentiated services to their customers while reducing capital and operating costs through scale, multi-layer convergence and automation.
Infinera DTN-X is designed to scale without compromise to enable future upgrades to terabit super-channels and Terabit Ethernet. The DTN-X converges five Terabits of non-blocking OTN switching into the same platform, resulting in more efficient network utilization when compared to conventional WDM architectures.