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wiredInUSA - September 2016
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wiredInUSA - September 2016
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.
Network crossing continents