Windstream Wholesale and Infinera mark industry first with successful trial of LR8-based 400GbE client-side services
April 07 2020 - 9:30AM
Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced network
communications, and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) are the first to have
successfully demonstrated 400GbE client-side services with
commercially available ultra-efficient 400GbE-LR8 QSFP-DD compact
pluggable interfaces. The trial leveraged Infinera’s commercially
available 2 x 600G/Wavelength muxponder on its Groove (GX) G30
Compact Modular Platform with the CHM-2T sled, which enabled the
customer facing 400GbE service to be transmitted using a
single-carrier 600G wavelength. This achievement enhances
Windstream’s ability to meet the ever-expanding bandwidth needs of
its largest customers and solidify its position as an industry
leader in wholesale services.
“We’re excited to partner with Windstream and leverage the power
and flexibility of our 600G/Wavelength technology to deliver
enhanced high-speed services,” said Glenn Laxdal, SVP, GM of
Product Management, Infinera. “The ability to support 400GbE
services with a wide variety of client interfaces and to carry
those services across metro, regional and long-haul distances
enables Windstream to seamlessly support their customers’ evolving
connectivity needs.”
“Our customers’ bandwidth requirements are growing rapidly, and
Windstream is increasing network capacity to meet this demand,”
said Buddy Bayer, chief network officer at Windstream. “Infinera’s
GX G30 Compact Modular Platform provides an ultra-efficient
transport solution enabling us to offer 400GbE services to support
our customers’ high bandwidth needs. The use of LR8 clients with a
single mode fiber interface and a 10-kilometer reach provides an
extremely cost-effective solution by enabling us to extend these
services directly to our customers’ premises.”
Windstream Wholesale’s optical infrastructure is engineered to
seamlessly support high-speed optical services using
state-of-the-art Flex Grid spectrum and flexible CDC architecture.
This enables Windstream to leverage cost-effective 400G today, with
600G and 800G wavelengths in the future.
Windstream Wholesale is currently engaging with customers for
initial deployment of the end-to-end 400G Wave service. For more
information on how you can bring 400G Wave services to your
company, call 1-866-375-6040.
To view the Windstream network map, visit
https://www.windstreamenterprise.com/wholesale/interactive-map/.
About Windstream Windstream Holdings, Inc., a
FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network
communications and technology solutions. Windstream provides data
networking, core transport, security, unified communications and
managed services to mid-market, enterprise and wholesale customers
across the U.S. The company also offers broadband, entertainment
and security services for consumers and small and medium-sized
businesses primarily in rural areas in 18 states. Services are
delivered over multiple network platforms including a nationwide IP
network, our proprietary cloud core architecture and on a local and
long-haul fiber network spanning approximately 150,000 miles.
Additional information is available at windstream.com or
https://www.windstreamenterprise.com/wholesale/. Please visit our
newsroom at news.windstream.com or follow us on Twitter at
@Windstream.
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, submarine,
data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To
learn more about Infinera, visit www.infinera.com, follow us on
Twitter @Infinera, and read our latest blog posts at
www.infinera.com/blog.
Windstream Media ContactScott Morris,
501-748-5342scott.l.morris@windstream.com
Infinera Media ContactAnna Vue, (916)
595-8157avue@infinera.com
Infinera Investor ContactLauren Sloane, The
Blueshirt Group for InfineraTel. +1 (415) 217-2632Ir@Infinera.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of results and should not be
considered as an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties.
Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks
and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in
the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 28, 2019 as
filed with the SEC on March 4, 2020, as well as any subsequent
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are
available on Infinera’s website at www.infinera.com and the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does
not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements.
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