Infinera has announced that Norrsken is the first to deploy the Infinera XTM II and the recently released 400G Flexponder, delivering new 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) services to leading internet service providers and carriers. Infinera’s XTM II and 400G Flexponder enable Norrsken to deliver high-capacity, low-latency 200 Gb/s transport across Sweden with industry-leading low power consumption and a small footprint.
Norrsken operates a regional network in Sweden providing Layer 1 wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) services and Layer 2 Ethernet services. Internet service providers, carriers and other customers rely on the Norrsken network to ensure high resiliency by using a main route along the coast of Sweden and a redundancy route inland along the western border of the country.
With the XTM II platform and 400G Flexponder, network operators like Norrsken can activate multiple 200 Gb/s wavelengths on a fiber, providing up to an eightfold density increase and a reduction in power per gigabit of 3.5 times over the previous generation of 100 Gb/s technology. The compact XTM II platform provides Norrsken with a highly flexible, open and software-programmable packet-optical solution for its services.
“We are excited to be the first carrier to deploy Infinera’s newly released XTM II platform and the new 400G Flexponder,” said Björn Jonsson, CEO at Norrsken. “This state-of-the-art network upgrade allows us to expand our end-user offerings to include 100 Gb/s services and scale to meet increasing traffic demands from our rapidly growing customer base. This upgrade delivers higher capacity, higher density, ultra-low latency and lower power consumption while keeping our existing chassis and protecting our network investments with this market-leading packet-optical platform.”
“The XTM II platform is the ideal solution for Norrsken’s network upgrade,” said Karl Thedéen
Senior Vice President, Metro Business Group, Infinera. “By delivering the 400G Flexponder as committed to the market and upgrading Norrsken’s network to the XTM II platform as planned, Infinera is helping Norrsken benefit from industry-leading innovation, meet mounting customer demands and win in its market.”
The Infinera XTM II provides the lowest power consumption in the industry for 200 Gb/s transport at less than 20 watts per 100 Gb/s, while retaining excellent density and low latency for high-performance applications. The Infinera 400G Flexponder is the first of a range of 16QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) modules for the XTM II platform.
Infinera collaborated with local partner Fiberdata AB in Sweden on Norrsken’s network upgrade.
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Infinera provides Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators, governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate service innovation and automate optical network operations. Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications. Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at blog.infinera.com.
