Telia carrier strengthens european network with ciena

Telia carrier has announced an agreement with ciena to further increase capacity in its european footprint. to maintain its position and capture growth in its long-haul transport network, telia carrier has chosen ciena to be the supplier of a new open optical line system (o-ols) in europe. the selected system will be deployed from the beginning of 2020 and will provide increased capacity across the european flap (frankfurt, london, amsterdam and paris) markets, as well as linking-up additional key locations in the telia carrier network, to create a european express network. additionally, telia carrier will deploy ciena’s waveserver transponders, powered by wavelogic ai and wavelogic 5 extreme coherent optics, which can be deployed not only in the new o-ols in europe, but also in other existing line systems in the telia carrier network, in both europe and the united states. this further strengthens telia carrier’s position as one of the first tier 1 operators to push for true openness and the ability to run alien wavelengths within its infrastructure on both sides of the atlantic.
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