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Infinera Transforms Subsea Networks to Cloud Scale with New DTN-X PlatformsSUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced new platforms within the award-winning DTN-X Family to power cloud scale subsea networks. Infinera introduced the XTS-3300 and XTS-3600 meshponders for subsea networks, and upgraded its DTN-X XTC Series to 12 terabits per second (Tb/s) of non-blocking Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching with a new 1.2 Tb/s subsea line card. The solution features dynamic spectral sharing and access to real-time subsea link performance. These new tools enhance Infinera's open and programmable subsea network architecture, enabling operators to securely monetize their subsea spectrum.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at //www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c3ce5b45-b3d8-4071-824c-cab1796188af Trans-Atlantic bandwidth is forecast to grow at 40 percent annually through 2025, with the majority of this traffic shifting to private networks according to Telegeography. This private traffic is dominated by N x 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) elephant flows traveling between the data centers of internet content providers as they move content around the globe. Subsea operators need to maximize the fiber capacity of their cable plants and simultaneously optimize their networks to efficiently handle these 100 Gb/s flows and support smooth scale-out of capacity. This requires networks that are cloud scale, programmable, flexible and secure. Infinera’s new solutions for subsea network operators include:
“Infinera is committed to bringing advanced features to the subsea market. The XTS Series offers unprecedented ease of installation and scale-out, advanced transmission performance, and the power of Instant Bandwidth to deliver real value to cable system operators,” said Scott Jackson, Vice President of Subsea Business Group at Infinera. “The new capabilities announced today deliver leading capacity and reach, and provide the tools essential for cloud scale subsea networks. We are pleased to show Infinera's investment in the subsea market, with solutions enabling operators to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver scalable services across open networks.” “Subsea networks are key enablers for broadband penetration across the world,” said Larry Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer at Seaborn Networks. “Our flexible business model enables customers to rapidly expand wholesale capacity on submarine cable networks. The new Infinera XTS-3300 and XTS-3600 meshponder solutions and dynamic spectral sharing are ideal for subsea networks to ensure scalability, flexibility, programmability and rapid activation of bandwidth.” Infinera’s Advanced Coherent Toolkit enables increased capacity and reach on submarine cables and includes the following innovations: Nyquist subcarriers and SD-FEC gain sharing, 3QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation), matrix-enhanced phase-shift keying (ME-PSK) that surpasses binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) reach performance, and a new, high-gain SD-FEC algorithm. Customer trials validated the benefit of Nyquist subcarriers, demonstrating approximately 20 percent increase in reach compared to single carrier transmission, facilitating increased capacity via higher spectral efficiency. The trials also validated SD-FEC gain sharing in which high-margin carriers share excess margin with carriers at lower optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) to improve performance, increasing capacity. These new capabilities are controlled by Infinera’s Xceed Software Suite and managed by Infinera’s Digital Network Administrator (DNA). The XTS-3300 platform is planned for availability in the second quarter of 2017, with the XTS-3600 platform and the 1.2 Tb/s subsea line module for the XTC-4 and XTC-10 platforms to follow shortly thereafter. Additional Resources
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Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation. This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to the features and functionality of Infinera’s XTS Series of products as well as the economic and operational benefits they may provide when deployed for subsea networking applications. 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 24, 2016 as filed with the SEC on November 1, 2016, as well 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. |