Telecom Lead Asia: NTT Communications has selected Compass-EOS to offer next-generation r10004 core-grade modular routers to NTT for use in its high-capacity transpacific network.
Compass-EOS claims that its routers are the world’s first direct silicon-to-photonics-based routers.
NTT Communications delivers IP-based services in more than 150 nations to more than 10 million customers.
Dorian Kim, vice president of IP Engineering at NTT Communications, said: “We chose Compass-EOS routers to be used at the termination points of our transpacific high-capacity network, providing a vital link between North America and APAC.”
NTT Communications says the high bandwidth and low power consumption, together with the modularity of the Compass-EOS router family fit well with its future plans.
The r10004, the first in a family of routers unveiled by Compass-EOS on March 12, uses the power of silicon-to-photonics to drive more bandwidth at high port densities.
NTT Communications selected the r10004 for the benefits derived from its breakthrough icPhotonics technology − the world’s first commercial chip-to-chip direct silicon-to-photonics implementation.
It will be an important element in NTT’s Global Tier 1 IP Backbone.
Gadi Bahat, CEO of Compass-EOS, says the Compass-EOS r10004 router simplifies the deployment, operation, and scaling of service provider networks.
Each r10004 can serve as a modular router building block for the deployment of scale-out routing, enabling software-defined networking (SDN) and other approaches such as network function virtualization (NFV).
