Verizon plans 100G deployment on US network

MUMBAI, INDIA: Verizon announced that it is planning to deploy 100G (gigabits per second) technology on selected segments of its US backbone network by the end of the second quarter of 2011. Moving to 100G enables Verizon to increase bandwidth efficiency on its existing fibre infrastructure.

The network segments include Chicago to New York, Sacramento to Los Angeles and Minneapolis to Kansas City. Verizon will use Juniper Networks routers and Ciena’s 100G coherent optical transport solution.

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“We’ve already successfully deployed 100G on a portion of our European network, and now we’re preparing to expand this technology to our US network,” said Ihab Tarazi, vice president, network planning, Verizon. “Advancing to 100G is a significant step in strengthening our global IP network to handle the bandwidth demands of our customers — whether it’s large enterprises or the average consumer. Besides greater scalability and network efficiencies, we also expect 100G deployment to improve latency on a route-by-route basis.”

The company claims that by installing new equipment on the network, while retaining use of the current fiber system, the company can carry up to 10 times the amount of network traffic carried on a standard route.