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Tata Communications brings 100G connectivity with Ciena’s GeoMesh

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Harmeet
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HILLSBORO & HANOVER, USA: Tata Communications and Ciena Corp. announced the launch of 100 gigabits per second upgrade along the TGN-Pacific (TGN-P) submarine cable system that connects the US to Japan and three routes in the TGN-Intra-Asia (TGN-IA) market across Asia.

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With this latest in a series of investments, Tata Communications becomes the only private subsea cable owner that has 100G deployed across major routes around the world on its own infrastructure.

With Ciena's 6500 Converged Packet Optical platform and GeoMesh solution, Tata Communications is upgrading its TGN-P submarine cables - which is the longest segment in route km and believed to be the highest capacity subsea cables deployed in the Pacific - to 100G.

As a result, Tata Communications now offers 100G transport services on its TGN-P submarine cable system that links the US to Japan, a distance spanning 22,300 km. The cable connects Emi, Chiba to Hillsboro, Oregon and Toyohashi as well as Aichi Prefecture to Hillsboro, Oregon. In addition, Ciena's solutions also supports Tata Communications' Intra-Asia network, which spans roughly 6,700 km.

Based on Ciena's OPn architecture for programmable network infrastructures, that deliver much lower cost-at-scale, Ciena's GeoMesh and WaveLogic solutions enable Tata Communications to better monetise its network and provide flexibility to its customers. This also allows them to handle capacity demands driven by high-bandwidth services such as cloud computing, video and mobile communications.

With Ciena's OneControl Unified Management System, Tata Communications can also benefit from multi-layer service management capabilities that support streamlined service activation, fault management and performance monitoring.

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