Telefónica UK has selected Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform to deploy across Network Rail's railway infrastructure in the UK, delivering an advanced communications network which underpins Network Rail's operations transformation. Network Rail Telecom (NRT) is Network Rail's national telecommunications asset management and service provision function. NRT manages over 16,000 km of fiber optic cable which extends to the farthest reaches of the rail network in England, Wales and Scotland, delivering mission critical telecommunications systems, managed services, and solutions to Great Britain's railway.
Infinera, a leading provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, said that the deployment features a 500 gigabit per second (Gb/s) super-channel solution that is designed to support future terabit super-channels without requiring new chassis. In addition, NRT's deployment features Infinera's unique Instant Bandwidth™ technology, enabling NRT to deploy capacity with the click of a mouse, to rapidly meet their customer service demands for high capacity, low latency services. The DTN-X is designed to scale in the future to support up to 12 Tb/s of integrated OTN switching as well as Fast Shared Mesh Protection to provide rapid service protection even in the face of multiple fiber cuts, added Infinera.
Craig Ellis, Head of Technology & Engineering at NRT
We deployed Infinera's solutions to enable a railway fit for the future, providing improved network reliability, scalability and safety for our teams. For railways, it's about safety and performance through reliable network infrastructure and leading-edge network management systems. Remote configurability of bandwidth is also important since the majority of our nodes are at the railway track and accessing these sites is not as easy as accessing a traditional telco node. The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network provides a solution that is highly reliable through its use of photonic integrated circuits, and the software driven management system enables remote diagnostics and turn up of bandwidth, ideal for this type of network, keeping our people safe yet allowing our networks to grow.
Andy Hudson, Director, Network Rail Telecom
The partnership with Infinera in deploying this network to scale to terabits in the future supports all our future requirements in the UK with bandwidth deployed quickly and efficiently, meeting the increasing demands of the railway. Deploying a vendor with Infinera's capability is key to enabling a safer, smarter and more cost effective telecoms platform fit for a better railway for a better Britain.
Chris Champion, Infinera senior vice president, EMEA sales
Network Rail's selection of an Infinera Intelligent Transport Network for a cutting-edge optical network, highlights the value of our solutions to provide reliability for a mission critical network that isn't easily accessible at all times. The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network enables network operators to automate, converge and simplify their optical transport networks to reliably deliver advanced services to their customers.
