NBN Co Adopts Infinera Transcend Network Automation Solution to Enhance Australia’s Open-access Broadband Network
September 09 2019 - 8:00AM
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that NBN Co, Australia’s
wholesale open-access broadband provider, installed self-healing
capabilities into its transit network with the deployment of
Infinera’s Transcend software-defined networking (SDN) solution.
Infinera’s SDN-based dynamic service rerouting capabilities for
dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM)-based networks allow
network operators to restore customer services by automatically
rerouting traffic when faults occur.
For NBN Co, the solution will be deployed across its
60,000-kilometer fiber optic transit network. NBN Co’s transit
network is a backbone network of fiber optic cables that links hubs
across Australia to the wider nbn™ broadband access network
that connects homes and businesses. This network moves large
aggregate volumes of data between locations, delivering capacity to
homes and businesses. The network connects to NBN Co’s 121 points
of interconnection (POIs) – typically located at telephone
exchanges – which are where phone and internet providers plug their
own networks into the NBN Co access network. The
reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology
enhancements introduced on the Infinera 7300 Series Multi-Haul
Transport Platform will allow NBN Co to increase its network
resiliency and reliability by introducing automatic service
restoration capabilities across its transit network.
“The Transcend SDN solution was deployed and integrated with our
systems, giving us the capability to increase service availability
to some of the most remote locations across Australia,” said NBN
Co's Chief Network Deployment Officer, Kathrine Dyer. “This will
give our network increased resiliency and help ensure that our
customers get the best possible experience when migrating to NBN
Co’s broadband access network.”
“We are delighted to work with NBN Co by providing innovative
software and automation solutions that help them overcome the
challenges of operating a large nationwide network,” said Bob
Jandro, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Infinera.
“Transcend’s service restoration and management capabilities are
ideal for network operators like NBN Co to differentiate themselves
in a competitive market by providing the most reliable
services.”
NBN Co’s network enhancements are based on Infinera’s 7300
multi-haul DWDM platform with Infinera’s Transcend SDN solution
spanning several transport layer technologies – such as optical
DWDM layers and electrical Optical Data Unit (ODU) switching layers
– to provide end-to-end service control and enable SDN-based
service control for Infinera’s optical and packet-optical transport
portfolio. It also offers open and standards-based RESTful
northbound interfaces to provide real-time, programmable
multi-layer control to higher-layer controllers and provides a
foundation to introduce programmable networking and automation in
the NBN Co environment.
Contacts:
Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com
Investors:Ted MoreauTel: + 1 (408)
542-6205tmoreau@infinera.com
About InfineraInfinera is a global supplier of
innovative networking solutions that enable carriers, cloud
operators, governments, and enterprises to scale network bandwidth,
accelerate service innovation, and automate network operations. The
Infinera end-to-end packet-optical portfolio delivers
industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, subsea,
data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To
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