Telstra deploys major upgrade to network services in Asia Pacific using Infinera technologies
January 20 2019 - 2:00PM
Telstra and Infinera today unveiled a major boost to Telstra’s
network services for customers in Asia Pacific, with a significant
increase in fibre capacity to its subsea infrastructure using
Infinera’s Infinite Capacity Engine 4 (ICE4).
As part of an ongoing partnership, Infinera’s fourth-generation
ICE4 optical engine is being rolled out across Telstra’s Asia
Pacific subsea infrastructure, increasing the capacity, agility and
reliability of Telstra’s network.
The ICE4 subsea solution allows Telstra to rapidly activate new
capacity for customers, delivering multi-terabit capacity with low
power consumption and high reliability.
ICE4 increases Telstra’s fibre capacity by 160 per cent and port
density by 140 per cent, while also decreasing power consumption,
allowing Telstra to continually improve network services for
customers. Telstra is one of the largest providers of 100 Gigabit
per second (Gb/s) network services globally and the ICE4 technology
positions the company to support customers’ future connectivity
demands, activating capacity per wavelength of up to 200 Gb/s.
Telstra’s Network Planning Principal, Andy Lumsden, said that
Telstra was committed to continually developing its network to
support the increasing demand for data right across the Asia
Pacific region.
“Our commitment to our Asia Pacific customers means we are
always adapting and creating capacity where it is needed. This
means we are continually working to deploy new technologies that
enhance our existing network and complement our latest capacity
investments,” Mr Lumsden said.
“With Infinera’s ICE4 optical engine, we are deploying the
latest technology across our network. We can now provision new
services faster than ever before, which is critical in a region
when capacity demand on our international networks has almost
doubled over the past two years.”
Telstra has the largest subsea cable network in the Asia
Pacific, reaching more than 400,000km and enough to circle the
world almost 10 times.
Infinera’s Vice President of Sales, Andrew Bond-Webster, said
early testing on the rollout had delivered strong results.
“ICE4, our latest optical engine, enables Telstra to deliver
multi-terabit capacity cost effectively with low power consumption
and with the reliability required for subsea networks to perform,”
Mr Bond-Webster said.
“We have partnered with Telstra for a decade, and work
collaboratively to co-create solutions that respond rapidly to
changing data consumption and the growth of bandwidth-heavy
applications.”
Telstra’s ICE4 network upgrade will be completed in the coming
months.
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Telstra media release reference number:
005/2019
About TelstraTelstra is a leading
telecommunications and information services company. We offer a
full range of services and compete in all telecommunications
markets in Australia, operating the largest mobile and Wi-Fi
networks. Globally, we provide end-to-end solutions including
managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice,
colocation, conferencing and satellite solutions. We have licenses
in Asia, Europe and the United States and offer access to more than
2,000 points of presence across the globe. For more information
visit www.telstra.com.
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long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the financial, technical and
operational benefits of Infinera’s Infinite Capacity Engine 4
product. 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
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Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2018 as
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