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Australian telecommunications company Telstra has increased its backbone capacity by 400Gbps between Sydney and Melbourne.
The internet service provider has been testing Telstra Wholesale’s 400Gbps Ethernet services on two unique lines, one connecting numerous data centers along the way and the other running inland.
The upgrade “quadruples the data capacity transmitted per client service wavelength,” according to Telstra Wholesale.
Telstra’s chief technology officer and co-founder John Reisinger said the links will expand the company’s footprint, and redundant services will strengthen client services.
“Aussie Broadband is the first client to adopt Telstra Wholesale’s native 400Gbps wavelengths, rather than stacking multiple 100Gbps services,” Reisinger said.
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Reisinger also said that given the growing demand for capacity, the supplier is aiming to purchase more links.
“The additional capacity helps Aussie better handle localised content network outages, which can sometimes result in hundreds of gigabits per second having to be carried to alternate locations.”
Ever since July 2022, when Ericsson started integrating Ciena’s 6500 packet-optical system into the network, Telstra has been working on the 400Gbps backbone upgrade.
Telstra Wholesale executive Steve Long said, “Data traversing over the Telstra fixed network has tripled since 2017 and continues to grow at about 25 percent each year.”
The 400Gbps service will be made available to all consumers by Telstra Wholesale in April, and on other inter-capital lines throughout 2023.
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Source: IT News
Jaw de Guzman is the content producer for Comms Room, a knowledge platform and website aimed at assisting the communications industry and its professionals.
