IP Infusion yesterday announced that EXATEL, a leading telecommunications operator based in Poland, has chosen OcNOS® as a part of its customized SDN platform, to provide cutting-edge services for its customers. This networking platform runs on a variety of Edgecore Networks and UfiSpace hardware.
EXATEL is the second-largest optical fiber provider in Poland, providing coverage for all of that country, as well as in Frankfurt and Prague. Its most important customers are public entities, large enterprises and other telecommunications service providers. Investing in the development and protection of telecommunications infrastructure is one of its top priorities. As EXATEL’s long-term strategy is to build a sustainable competitive advantage in telecommunications and cybersecurity, the company decided to take initiative and began its efforts in the area of SDN (Software Defined Networking). The company chose OcNOS as one of its pillars in building an open networking platform because it provides the required flexibility for EXATEL to offer customized services based on specific customer needs.
EXATEL deploys DWDM & OTN networks in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on its own fiber infrastructure. They use L2/L3 switching and routing on SDN software infrastructure built with OcNOS and other solutions, including those made in-house. All the links with OcNOS are 100G and 400G capacity. The software switching in SDN infrastructure is becoming an increasingly efficient alternative to traditional vendor solutions. Its modular and scalable features accommodate future growth with ease, offer cost-effectiveness, and decrease the risk of failures. Support for Open ZR+ optics ensures interoperability among various networking equipment, promoting vendor diversity and preventing vendor lock-in. This facilitates more efficient use of existing fiber infrastructure, reducing the need for costly infrastructure upgrades.
Rafał Magryś, EXATEL CTO
EXATEL’s SDN infrastructure is a Service Router with OcNOS, which is a network deployed like building blocks in our programmable network. We chose IP Infusion because of its diverse and highly successful use cases, proven ability to scale, and superb customer service – every service is created at the edge with OcNOS. This modularity improves service to reduce time to market and increase security for our customers.
Atsushi Ogata, President and CEO of IP Infusion
The ability to customize EXATEL’s network is a very important advantage for IP Infusion, and our networking expertise will only become more relevant as market needs grow. Our value proposition of market-leading performance at a market-leading price positions IP Infusion as a unique vendor for open networking products in the optical fiber market.
