Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end transport networking solutions, Tuesday announced that it has been selected by UNINETT, a non-profit provider of telecom and data network connections to Norwegian universities and research institutions, to build a new 100G-capable subsea optical transport infrastructure connecting Ny-Ålesund and Longyearbyen on the Svalbard archipelago. The new network is designed to maximize utilization of deployed fiber resources and deliver reliable wavelength and sub-wavelength services to a large end-user community, including more than 200 Norwegian research and educational institutions and more than 300,000 users.
According to Coriant, the solution which includes the Coriant hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform and the Coriant Transport Network Management System (TNMS), will enable UNINETT to cost-efficiently scale optical transmission capacity and meet the low latency connectivity requirements of demanding, high-bandwidth scientific research and education traffic and applications.
Vidar Faltinsen, Chief Technology Officer, UNINETT
High-speed global collaboration and real-time exchange of media-rich data and applications are critical to research and educational institutions, and serve as the life blood of research communities like Ny-Ålesund. In order help us achieve our goal of bringing our customers state-of-the art broadband communications, we needed a proven technology partner that could deliver a highly reliable and flexible DWDM solution, with the service expertise to support network deployment and service commissioning in Svalbard’s particularly harsh environment. Coriant proved the ideal partner on all fronts.
Uwe Fischer, Chief Technology Officer, Coriant
Coriant has a wealth of experience in providing robust and reliable optical transport solutions for hybrid subsea and terrestrial networks. We continue to build our industry leadership on superior photonic layer performance, stability, and scalability, with proven features such as active power transient management and integrated high-density LH/ULH ROADMs that ensure the high-availability required by UNINETT’s customers.
