Hawaiki Offers 400GbE Services Enabled by Ciena
January 10 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GeoMesh Extreme Submarine Solution Enables Fast
Connectivity Between Multiple Continents
BW Digital today announced the availability of commercial 400GbE
services on the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable powered by Ciena's
(NYSE: CIEN) GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution. This
follows an earlier milestone when the Hawaiki cable achieved
500Gbps channel wavelengths.
“Our recent upgrades with Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme put us in good
stead to respond to ever-growing market requirements for
international connectivity,” said Ludovic Hutier, Chief Executive
Officer, BW Digital, which owns the Hawaiki cables. “Ciena and BW
Digital have a long-standing relationship, and this is but one of
many connectivity highlights that we hope to continue to bring to
our customers.”
Leveraging Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, the 13,540km Hawaiki cable
connects Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Hawaii, and the
U.S. West Coast. It is supported by the Waveserver 5 compact
interconnect platform, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme programmable
800G technology, running over the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTE). With Ciena’s Waveserver
5, the Hawaiki cable can easily scale to meet the surging capacity
needs of the most demanding cloud applications and data services,
improve reliability and availability, and deliver lower latency
connectivity between Oregon and Hawaii.
“Cable operators globally are always looking for ways to upgrade
their cables to be faster, smarter, safer, and more open. Our
GeoMesh Extreme is providing BW Digital an end-to-end network
architecture, enabling the Hawaiki cable to deliver 400GbE services
on its network, which is crucial in meeting the needs of today’s
digital consumers, enterprises, and content providers,” said Thomas
Soerensen, Vice President, Global Submarine Solutions, Ciena.
Hawaiki Transpacific Cable’s 400GbE service, deployed using
Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, was validated using EXFO’s
multi-technology 400G Test Set, offering innovative Open
Transceiver System and Intelligent Pluggable Optics test
application. Results demonstrated smooth traffic and no latency
impact across the Sydney to Hillsboro segment. BW Digital was
supported by WWG Comtest, the EXFO partner in New Zealand, for the
loan and technical support on the EXFO Test Set.
About BW Digital
BW Digital develops, funds and operates digital infrastructures
in the Asia-Pacific region. It is the owner of the 15,000km Hawaiki
submarine cable network, connecting Australia, New Zealand,
American Samoa, Hawaii and Oregon, on the US west coast since 2018.
For more information, visit www.bw-digital.com.
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