Using Ciena’s Waveserver 5, the Hawaiki cable can scale to meet the surging capacity needs of the most demanding cloud applications and data services, improve reliability and availability and deliver lower latency connectivity between Oregon and Hawaii.
As a carrier-neutral and independently owned submarine cable system, Hawaiki offers many service and cost benefits for content and cloud service providers, telcos, ISPs and. Amazon, Vodafone and REANNZ are current customers.
Hawaiki Transpacific Cable’s 400GbE service, deployed using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, was validated using EXFO’s multi-technology 400G Test Set, offering Open Transceiver System and Intelligent Pluggable Optics test application.
Results demonstrated smooth traffic and no latency impact across the Sydney to Hillsboro, Oregon segment. BW Digital was supported by WWG Comtest, EXFO's New Zealand partner, for the loan and technical support on the EXFO Test Set.
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