Tuck Telekom with Alcatel-Lucent Help Achieves Data Transfer World Record with 100G Optical Transport

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Tuck Telekom with Alcatel-Lucent Help Achieves Data Transfer World Record with 100G Optical Transport

Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor

How much data can be pushed along a single fiber cable in a commercial network?  The answer is roughly 8 Terabits per second, according to a new Guinness World Record.

Türk Telekom, Turkey’s leading telecom service provider, broke the record with help from Alcatel-Lucent Agile Optical Networking technology, according to a recent Alcatel-Lucent post. The record, which is the equivalent of transferring 250 high definition movies across the cable per second, relied on Alcatel-Lucent’s 100G optical technology. The transmission took place between Ankara and Istanbul on the Türk Telekom dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone network in the summer of 2013.

The record was broken through the design and use of the most advanced 100G DWDM network using the 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS-32) and 1626 Light Manager solutions.

“We were looking to extend our fiber broadband infrastructure to all parts of Turkey and, at the same time, exploit the advantages offered by the relevant technologies to the maximum extent in our network backbone” said Memet Atalay, vice president of operations for Türk Telekom.

This presented an opportunity to showcase Alcatel-Lucent’s 100G technology and show the type of speeds it can facilitate, which led to the record.

“Designed to meet the need for greater bandwidth posed by high-resolution video services, web access, and cloud services, our 100G technology stands out for its environmentally friendly features while offering extraordinary performance, flexibility, and reliability on existing optical transmission networks,” said Cenk Kivilcim, country senior officer of the Turkey-Azerbaijan region for Alcatel-Lucent.

Confirming the record with Guinness World Records meant showing the speeds on a pair of fiber optic connections and having it evaluated through a meticulous process carried out by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), an internationally recognized test center. It wascertified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

“Türk Telekom was so impressed with the capacity enabled by the trial, that, supported by us, they applied for the Guinness World Records title,” noted Arm El Leithy, vice-president of Middle-East, Africa and Turkey for Alcatel-Lucent. “We are very pleased to have been a part of this world record, as it showcases our expertise and leadership in Agile Optical Networking.”

 

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