Turkcell and ZTE: Pioneering the terabit era with 800G pluggables

Turkcell has used ZTE's pluggable 800G solution to verify and upgrade its network.
Feb. 26, 2025

Since ZTE launched its pluggable 800G solution, Turkcell has used it to verify and upgrade its network. The pluggable 800G solution consists of a high-performance pluggable 800G coherent optical module and ultra-wide C+L band spectrum. ZTE’s OTN product solutions based on the pluggable 800G optical module can cover all scenarios, including backbone, metro and DCI. Turkcell has adopted ZTE's 130Gbd-based single-wavelength 400G QPSK modulation to achieve long backbone transmission distances. Turkcell has selected the pluggable 800G solution with a channel spacing of 150Ghz to achieve the best balance between transmission distance and capacity. In the future, Turkcell will deploy the 130Gbd-based single-wavelength pluggable 800G 16QAM modulation solution to reach the largest system capacity.
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