FLAG Telecom deploys Infinera DTN

BANGALORE: Infinera Corporation recently announced that it was selected by FLAG Telecom, a provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, to supply optical networking equipment in FLAG's largest metro networks.

FLAG has deployed Infinera equipment on its fiber-optic networks in major metro areas, initially in Asia and Europe.

FLAG owns and manages an extensive fibre-optic network spanning four continents and connecting key business markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA. It has deployed the Infinera DTN in its terrestrial network to provide dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) and intelligent digital bandwidth management in the optical transport layer. FLAG's decision to deploy Infinera DTN is to satisfy growing customer demand for high capacity optical services.

“FLAG is very pleased to work with Infinera on this network deployment,” said Peter Boland, senior vice president, Network Planning and Engineering for FLAG Telecom. “We are seeing strong demand for STM-16, 10G, and wavelength services in many of our larger metro locations. We sought a system, which would allow us to adapt quickly and easily to new growth, simplify network management, and improve our service quality. After evaluating multiple vendors of DWDM and ROADM technology, we concluded that the Infinera DTN was the best fit for our network requirements.”

The Infinera DTN uses a new semiconductor chip known as a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Infinera's PICs integrate more than 60 optical devices onto a pair of chips, providing space, power, and reliability advantages as well as enabling a network architecture known as “Digital Optical Networking”.