Infinera supports FIFA World Cup 2022 network demands
Infinera and Beyond Technology, a technology transformation services provider and Gold Partner in Infinera’s PartnerPlus Program, say they collaborated on construction of a 3.6-Tbps optical network for a network operator the two companies described as “one of the largest telecommunications companies in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia Pacific.” The optical communications networking technology helped the operator meet streaming capacity demands related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Qatar, last year’s host for the World Cup, saw nearly 1.5 million visitors arrive at the country of approximately 3 million people. The network deployment leveraged Infinera’s ICE6 800G technology to support not only global streaming demands but that of about 500,000 locally each day as well.
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