euNetworks has tapped Ciena for a technical first over in Europe. They have leveraged Ciena’s WL6e technology to deploy a wavelength solution of 1.6Tbps through one of Europe’s busiest data corridors.
They are now sending commercial traffic over the system on 281km of fiber between Amsterdam and Dusseldorf. That’s part of their very recently built Super Highway system, using low-loss G.657A1 fiber and a reduced number of ILA sites. Ciena’s gear leverages 3nm silicon technology to achieve a 50% reduction in space and power and a 15% improvement in spectral efficiency.
euNetworks’ Super Highway system has been overbuilding the FLAP-D routes, the latest being Frankfurt-Paris. The use of modern conduit and fiber enables them to squeeze even more performance of out the latest in optical technology. Not all routes are going to need 1.6Tbps waves anytime soon, but much of the rest of this particular ring certainly will soon enough.
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Did they say anywhere what the channel size was to deliver 1.6 TB/s?
All of the other operators I’ve talked to have stated that unless spectral efficiencies have meaningfully increased, there’s little to be gained with bigger channels.