The South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable system is getting an upgrade in the form of Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution, increasing capacity from 65 Tbps to 122 Tbps.
Sidheeque Machinal, management committee chairman of the SEA-ME-WE 4 consortium, said in a press release, “Ciena’s cutting-edge technology is helping us in optimizing the resources of the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable, thereby enhancing its capabilities to address evolving connectivity demands through enhancement in network capacity, flexibility, and durability. This upgrade holds particular significance given the pivotal role of the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable system in driving digitalization efforts across the diverse regions where the system is passing through.”
Ciena reports that its 6500 Packet-Optical platform will allow SEA-ME-WE 4 to maintain pace with the rising global demand for bandwidth. Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics and its Navigator Network Control Suite are also being used.
Thomas Soerensen, Ciena’s vice president of global submarine solutions, said in the same press release, “The Europe-to-Asia route, where SEA-ME-WE 4 is situated, is experiencing a major digitalization push, resulting in extreme capacity demands. With Ciena’s field-proven expertise in building critical submarine network infrastructure, we’re helping SEA-ME-WE 4 address rising capacity demands by making the switch to network architectures that adapt to leverage intelligence, scalability, and programmability.”
