WiredInUSA September 2016

Network crossing continents

Infinera has successfully deployed its DTN-X XTC series across Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Submarine Cable System’s subsea network. The Infinera DTN-X XTC series integrates the subsea network connecting the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, with MENA’s existing Infinera terrestrial network. With the Infinera DTN-X XTC-10, MENA can quickly deploy increments of 100Gb/s of bandwidth, managing costs as it scales the network capacity. MENA owns and operates a submarine telecommunications system between Europe, the Middle East and southeast Asia. Spanning three continents, MENA’s infrastructure provides wholesale capacity to global networks via Asia and the Middle East. With the upgrade of the Infinera Intelligent Transport network on its subsea route, MENA is equipped to provide wholesale carriers with a range of connectivity services from synchronous

transport module level-1 (STM-1) at 155Mb per second to 100Gbover terabit capacity cables. The Infinera DTN-X XTC-10 allows MENA to deliver 100Gb/s of coherent transmission capacity via 500Gb/s super-channels, supporting a forward scale design to provide terabit super-channels in the future. The high capacity super-channels use photonic integrated circuits (PICs) developed and fabricated by Infinera - believed to be the only supplier currently delivering 500Gb/s of transmission capacity from a single line card. “This subsea network upgrade integrated with MENA’s existing terrestrial network enables MENA to deliver bandwidth quickly and efficiently on a critical route between Europe, Middle East and Arabian Gulf countries,” said Kamran Malik, CEO at MENA.

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