Tata Communications Brings 100G Connectivity to Carriers and Enterprises Across the US and Europe Using Ciena’s GeoMesh
Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of
Communications, today announces the launch of 100 gigabits per
second-enabled services on its TGN-Atlantic (TGN-A) subsea cable system
– from New York to London.
Using Ciena’s GeoMesh networking solution ( based on its market-leading
6500 Packet-Optical Platform powered by WaveLogic 3 coherent optical
processors and optical bypass), Tata Communications is upgrading its
TGN-A submarine cable to 100G – the first on its global submarine
network.
The upgrade will deliver bandwidth and provide flexibility to carriers
and enterprises to scale their network seamlessly and meet their
increasing capacity demands, driven by the use of cloud computing and
mobile devices, as well as other high-bandwidth services including music
/ HD video downloading and social networking applications. It will be
instrumental in increasing carrier network performance through
consolidation of transport traffic.
“The move to 100G coherent technology on our TGN-Atlantic cable system
demonstrates our leadership in global network infrastructure,” says
Genius Wong, Senior Vice President of Global Network Services at Tata
Communications. “Based on Ciena’s GeoMesh, this major deployment will
bring maximum bandwidth, lower latencies, higher uptimes and seamless
scalability for carriers and enterprises, today and in the future.”
The implementation will pave the way for further upgrades leading to
multifold increase in bandwidth availability across Tata Communications’
Global Network (TGN), which consists of 210,000 kilometres of
terrestrial and subsea network fibre, reaching countries representing
99.7% of the world’s GDP. The TGN IP Transit Network (AS6453) makes up
20% of the world’s internet routes and carries 4,200 Petabits of traffic
per month on its Internet backbone. Ciena's WaveLogic coherent receiver
technology enables unobtrusive 40G/100G upgrades to existing submarine
networks with only the addition of new terminal equipment, significantly
extending the life of existing cable plants and further lengthening
their lifespans into the future.
The TGN-A will also be equipped with Ciena’s GeoMesh solution. “Our
GeoMesh solution is designed to help operators like Tata Communications
simplify their global networks by removing traditional network seams
that inefficiently linked submarine networks to terrestrial networks,”
says Ed McCormack, Vice President and General Manager, Submarine Systems
at Ciena. “GeoMesh makes networks more cost-effective, reliable, and
lower in latency.”
The first phase of the deployment will bring 100G capability to the New
York-London route, expected to be in full service during the first half
of 2013.
Tata Communications’ global connectivity services are built on the
world’s largest and most advanced global subsea cable network, which
enables carriers and enterprises to connect almost anywhere in the
world. The cable network boasts significant depth in the key emerging
markets including Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Ciena is a pioneer in coherent optical technology. It offered the
industry’s first commercially-available systems, with coherent 40G
deployed since 2008 and coherent 100G since 2009. To date, Ciena has
shipped 20,000 coherent 40G/100G line interfaces to more than 100
customers across the globe, with more than 20 million coherent
kilometres deployed.
About Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of
communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata
Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain
expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed
solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian
consumers.
The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest
submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to more
than 200 countries and territories across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million
square feet of data center and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications’ depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets
includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in
global international voice, and strategic investments in South Africa
(Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited) and Nepal
(United Telecom Limited) Tata Communications Limited is listed on the
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its
ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE: TCL).
www.tatacommunications.com
About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide
to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally
change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep
expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software
automation to deliver solutions in alignment with OPn, its
approach for building open next-generation networks. We enable a
high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified,
virtualized environment. We routinely post recent news, financial
results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on
our website. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.
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