African telecoms Internet Solutions has deployed Infinera DTN-X platform across the company’s South African long distance network.
Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solution, featuring DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform, enables Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data and part of the NTT group, to differentiate its services, and manage costs as they scale their network.
Internet Solutions provides telecommunications services to public and private sector companies across South Africa and serves more than 80 percent of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solution enables Internet Solutions to offer 10, 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet services to its clients across the long distance fibers it manages across South Africa with short lead times, leading prices and excellent reliability.
Internet Solutions’ clients will benefit from its transport network through faster provisioning of bandwidth, as well as quicker fault resolution timeframes. This networking solution delivers 500 gigabit per second (Gb/s) FlexCoherent super-channels based on Infinera’s photonic integrated circuits.
“Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solution provides us with a cutting edge optical transport solution, allowing us to offer the highest lit capacity in a South African backbone,” said Prenesh Padayachee, CTO at Internet Solutions.
