Asia-Africa-Europe-1 Consortium Deploys Infinera to Double Capacity on Intercontinental Cable System
May 26 2020 - 8:00AM
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that Asia-Africa-Europe-1
Consortium (AAE-1), one of the largest consortium cable systems in
the world today, has recently completed a significant upgrade with
Infinera to boost capacity on its subsea network connecting East
Asia to Europe via Egypt. AAE-1 has proved to be vital
infrastructure in the Eurasia corridor, and even more so recently,
providing connectivity, diversity, and resilience between European,
Asian, and Middle Eastern markets. Based on Infinera’s
industry-leading fourth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4)
technology and Instant Bandwidth capability, the Infinera solution
enabled AAE-1 to double the capacity on its intercontinental
network while reducing total cost of ownership and increasing
service agility and network reliability.
AAE-1’s cable system spans 25,000 kilometers of
subsea and terrestrial network. Unlike any other cable system in
the world, AAE-1 terminates at two points of presence in Singapore
and is the only next-generation cable that continues further into
Asia through diverse terrestrial routes across Thailand, providing
connectivity to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Hong Kong. This unique
routing enables AAE-1 to deliver one of the lowest-latency routes
between Hong Kong, India, the Middle East, and Europe.
“AAE-1 is an important subsea cable asset for
carriers globally, with bandwidth needs growing rapidly,
particularly during this very difficult and deeply sad global
crisis. After a rigorous evaluation, we selected Infinera for its
superior reach, optical transmission performance, and reliability,”
explained Mr. Loucas Balis, Chairman, AAE-1 Management
Committee.
“When selecting a solution for AAE-1, it was
critical to select a vendor with a seamless scalable solution for
the entire network, with great economics,” Giuseppe Sini, Vice
Chairman, AAE-1 Management Committee added. “Infinera gave AAE-1
the ability to activate capacity quickly and really differentiate
our services. Infinera has been an excellent choice.”
“We are pleased to support AAE-1’s network
upgrade, delivering the benefits of Infinera’s photonic integrated
circuit-based ICE4 solution, featuring industry-leading spectral
efficiency, Nyquist subcarriers, SD-FEC gain sharing, and Smart
Optimize. The deployed solution also delivered extended C-band open
line system terrestrial crossings that are expandable in-service to
L-band,” said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
at Infinera. “By deploying Infinera’s subsea solution, AAE-1 is set
up for success now and into the future, with pioneering technology
to tackle next-generation services, including Instant Bandwidth
functionality that enables unlocking additional network capacity
through remote activation.”
Contacts:
Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com
Investors:Michael Bowen, ICR, Inc. Tel. +1 (203) 682-8299
Michael.Bowen@icrinc.com Marc P. Griffin, ICR, Inc. Tel. +1
(646)-277-1290 Marc.Griffin@icrinc.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, submarine,
data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To
learn more about Infinera, visit www.infinera.com, follow us on
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www.infinera.com/blog.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the potential technical, operational
and financial benefits of deploying Infinera’s submarine solution.
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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