Portugal Telecom Does 100G

Monday, 29 November 2010 12:20

Portugal Telecom has performed, for the first time in the country, a 100Gbps (Gigabit per second) connection, between Lisbon and Oporto, demonstrating the highest speed possible today, on a full in service telecom network. The event showcased end-to-end optical/IP 100G connectivity across an existing active dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) link covering over 400km. Using optical transmission and switching and routing IP/MPLS equipment, the demonstration proved these velocities are already possible over optical fiber existing networks which are processing live traffic, as is the case with PT’s fixed telecom network. The network capacity reinforcement provides PT with the ability to increase bandwidth to address the growing demand for video and multimedia, with exceptional quality of experience across TV, PC and mobile devices, while simultaneously providing access to new cloud services over its existing triple play network. For this demonstration, PT used Alcatel-Lucent’s 1626 Light Manager enhanced with 100G next-generation coherent technology and the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router equipped with 100GE cards for IP/MPLS routing and services. The unique combination of Alcatel-Lucent 100G optical transport and 100G Ethernet technologies enables unmatched end-to-end scalability, performance and compatibility across core, edge and metro networks. Blending innovative 100G technology in IP and optics with groundbreaking IP/optics integration, Alcatel-Lucent supports continuous bandwidth scaling, lowest-cost-per-bit transport and reduced total cost of ownership – all of which are central to the Alcatel-Lucent Converged Backbone Transformation solution and High Leverage Network architecture. Alcatel-Lucent