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Subsea cable capacity upgrades via Ciena technology

Overview

Telecommunications providers are utilizing Ciena technology to upgrade subsea cable systems to meet rising bandwidth demands from cloud services and AI-driven traffic.

The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium selected Ciena to upgrade its 17,000km cable system, which connects Western Europe with West and South Africa. The upgrade, using WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optics, aims to increase capacity to over 30Tbps to support digital inclusion and economic growth for over 500 million people across 20 countries.

Similarly, Angola Cables is upgrading its MONET and South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) networks. These upgrades facilitate data travel between the United States, Brazil, and Angola, utilizing Ciena’s Waveserver and 6500 Packet-Optical platforms to enhance infrastructure scale and flexibility.

Entities

Ciena · South Atlantic Cable System · Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium · MONET · Angola Cables

Timeline

  1. [TECHNOLOGY] 6 sources
    Angola Cables upgrades submarine cable systems with Ciena technology

    Angola Cables is upgrading its MONET and SACS submarine cable systems with Ciena optical technology to support rising AI and cloud-driven data traffic between Africa, Brazil, and the United States.

  2. [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Ciena to upgrade ACE subsea cable to over 30Tbps

    Ciena will upgrade the 17,000km Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) subsea cable, using WaveLogic 6 Extreme technology to increase capacity to over 30Tbps for 500 million people.

Sources

abranet.org.br · ct.gov · ecofinagency.com · exame.com · mobileeurope.co.uk · oceannews.com · poa24horas.com.br · vozdadiaspora.com