Cambodian Internet Service Provider (ISP), Chuan Wei in its bid to build a high speed ultra-broadband backbone for its network, has partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the company's 100Gbps DWDM solution. The deployment is expected to support the high growth in the country's broadband traffic. The service provider also aims to upgrade the link to 400Gbps in future with connectivity to submarine cable landing stations for international internet connectivity.
The project, says Alcatel-Lucent, will see the deployment of its 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) platform, a family designed to the latest international SD-FEC zero-touch photonics and coherent technology. Alcatel-Lucent Agile Optical Networking combines Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) , Optical Transport Network (OTN), and Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)/Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) control plane intelligence to assure scalable, versatile, reliable and efficient transport at speeds of 100G and beyond.
We recognized the need to upgrade our network to meet customer expectations for ultra-broadband connectivity and high reliability especially as it pertains to international reach through Chuan Wei’s submarine cables. We were looking for a network with significant increase in capacity, even more reliability, and a high degree of scalability to prepare our network for 400G and beyond.
Jean-Christophe Gaucher, Cambodia Senior Officer for Alcatel-Lucent
We knew that Chuan Wei’s top priority was to provide reliability to their customers but they also wanted to offer ultra-broadband. We were able to show that we can give them a cost-effective solution that accomplishes all of their goals in a way that no one else could.