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Telxius signs up to Firmina subsea cable system
Global connectivity provider Telxius is joining the Firmina subsea cable system, which connects the East Coast of the USA to Las Toninas in Argentina, with landings in Praia Grande in Brazil and Punta del Este in Uruguay. Telxius will also host Firmina in its Santos digital hub in Brazil. The company says its customers will benefit from three redundant routes between the US and Brazil (Firmina, Brusa, SAm-1) as well as three redundant routes extending to Argenti- na (Firmina, Tannat, SAm-1). These routes bolster the network’s resilience, ensur-
joining Firmina which demonstrates our commit- ment to delivering low laten- cy, enhanced diversity and high-capacity networking across the Americas for our customers and partners. In today’s rapidly evolving busi- ness landscape, we believe in the continuous growth of our international submarine cable network to create major business opportunities for all of us involved. We are also thrilled to announce the expansion of our collab- oration with Google and confirm our shared mission to jointly invest in internet infrastructure”, said Mario Martín, CEO at Telxius.
trial fibre, including eight next-generation subsea sys- tems: Marea, Brusa, Dunant, Tannat, Junior, Mistral, Tikal, and now Firmina. Telxius also has a Tier-1 interna- tional IP network (AS 12956) offering direct Internet con- nectivity to major carriers and ISPs, with a capacity of more than 20 Tbps plus a wide-ranging portfolio of capacity, colocation and security services across the globe. In October of this year, Telxius announced it was extending its ultra- high capacity subsea cable (Tikal) to land in Cancun, in Mexico. “We are excited about
ing robust and low-latency connectivity spanning the Americas. Together, these network routes will increase international connectivity and are expected to boost the digital economy, open- ing new opportunities for businesses. The Telxius network has been designed to connect the main digital data hubs on both sides of the Atlantic with a multi-terabit, robust set of next-generation sub- sea cables fully serving the Americas and Europe while enhancing Telxius traditional routes. The Telxius network spans over 100,000 km of submarine and terres-
Adtran secures supply chain with new German facility
Bharti Airtel taps Nokia for pan- Indian network
Adtran has opened a new Terafactory in Meiningen, Germany, to fortify supply chain resilience and accelerate regional technological advancements. The new state-of-the-art facility brings production back to Central Europe, boosting the company’s robustness against global logistics shocks and promising to create new local jobs. The Terafactory also streamlines workflows and reduces resource consumption by harnessing advanced automation technologies. The move towards supply chain autonomy for Adtran’s core European market echoes a similar strategy in the US, where the company has recently expanded its manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The new Terafactory reduces Adtran’s dependence
Nokia today has entered into an agreement with Bharti Airtel to deploy a next-generation optical transport network that will provide additional capacity, higher reliability and lower cost, enabling superior services for Airtel’s customers. As part of the agreement, Airtel will utilise Nokia’s 1830 PSS-x OTN switches in its National Long-Distance Network connecting major cities across India. The launch of 5G networks and the push for broadband connectivity across India is increasing demands for CSPs, including augmenta- tion of backhaul transport for denser 5G mobile networks, wholesale connectivity for new segments like smart grids, datacentre intercon- nect (DCI) and other busi- ness services. To address this exponential growth in traffic
on overseas suppliers and helps stabilise the delivery of its networking solutions to customers. As part of the BMBF-sponsored 6G-Tera- factory project, Adtran will deploy an Open-RAN based private mobile network across the campus, ena- bling automated processes, making the production of hardware, such as the company’s flagship FSP 3000 open optical transport plat- form, more efficient. Quality control is also simplified, as this can now be conducted by experts at the Meiningen site prior to distribution. And with its photovoltaic solar power system, Adtran is further reducing its carbon footprint as it moves towards energy self-sufficiency throughout the Terafactory. This significant initiative has been bolstered by a sub- stantial investment from the Thuringian government.
demand, transport networks need to be upgraded to increase overall transport capacity and bandwidth efficiency using high capacity OTN switching and utilising additional spectrum includ- ing the L-band wavelengths of the fibre. The increased capacity will mean that Bharti can potentially deliver faster and more reliable broadband services and be ready for new use cases. Chandan Kumar, Head of Optical Network Business Centre for Nokia India , said: “As a world leader in OTN, our technology will help Airtel to increase the capac- ity and features of Bharti’s optical transport network to meet growing bandwidth demand driven by the enter- prise and hyperscaler seg- ments. It will also provide the service level performance to meet the strict SLAs from Airtel customers”.
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