Ciena says it is starting to make waves in the submarine cable space following its Nortel optical net acquisition, yesterday announcing a major deal to upgrade Reliance Globalcom's Europe-Middle East cable to 40G wavelengths. The network upgrade takes the cable's capacity to 2.4 terabits according to Ciena.
The explosive growth of data on mobile networks has opened up opportunities for global carriers. Global carriers need to understand how to deal with the unique requirements of mobile operators if they want to be successful, said members of a panel of mobile industry executives.
The Asia-Pacific satellite industry must tackle some steep hurdles to convince governments in the region to see its value within the broadband arena, according to experts on a panel at PTC'11.
Pacific Fibre executive Lance Wiggs says Australia and New Zealand are already behind the rest of the world when it comes to delivering international bandwidth. He said when the two countries build their national fibre networks the gap between demand for international bandwidth and the amount delivered will widen. Pacific Fibre plans a new trans Pacific cable to compete against Southern Cross Cable.
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