Ciena powers expansion of Trans Pacific Express cable network

Ciena on Monday said it is supporting the Trans Pacific Express cable network (TPE) to increase the capacity on its 17,968 km submarine cable system.

TPE has China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea Telecom, NTT Communications and Verizon as joint venture partners.

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The upgrade and expansion — using Ciena’s GeoMesh submarine solution, including new WaveLogic coherent optical processors’ capabilities, will assist TPE to more than triple the capacity as compared to the original design capacity when it first went into service in 2008.

TPE submarine telecommunications cable links Mainland of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and the United States.

“This network enhancement will substantially enhance TPE’s ability to provide high bandwidth for the growing Internet traffic and applications such as video and e-commerce,” said Ed McCormack, vice president and general manager of Submarine Systems, Ciena.

Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com

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