IS, Infinera partner to deliver 500 Gb/s super-channels

2nd April 2014

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Telecommunications solutions provider Internet Solutions (IS) has deployed 500 Gb/s super-channels, using optical network supplier Infinera’s intelligent transport network, across a 2 000 km long-distance optic-fibre network in South Africa, IS chief technology officer Prenesh Padayachee said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a media briefing, in Rosebank, on Wednesday, he said the super-channels platform, which included the management of redundancy for uninterrupted connectivity services, offered businesses access to a fibre network based on simplicity, scalability and efficiency.

The DTN-X platform, which had been operational since December, was designed to expand to 8 Tb/s on its fibre backbone without “forklift” upgrades, ensuring an uninterrupted supply.

Putting this into perspective, Infinera senior VP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Chris Champion commented that 8 Tb/s was the equivalent of bandwidth used to stream 1.2-million high-definition videos simultaneously and was more than the entire Internet capacity of 2005.

“We believe that South Africa’s bandwidth requirements will triple in the next year and the demand for bandwidth-intensive applications and services will increase beyond anything that we have seen to date,” Padayachee pointed out.

IS, which had complete end-to-end control of the network, would be able to deploy additional bandwidth-intensive services, such as content distribution services and replication services for disaster recovery, without cost constraints.

The enhanced network also enabled quicker fault resolution timeframes in addition to the provisioning of bandwidth.

“IS can now offer 10 Gb, 40 Gb and 100 Gb Ethernet services to its clients across the long-distance fibres with short lead times, [competitive] prices and excellent reliability,” he concluded.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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