XO Communications has made a major transformation in its nationwide optical
network, enabling the company to deliver the next wave of high-speed optical
networking services and meet the explosive bandwidth demands driven by cloud
services, Internet videos, mobile services and new wireless technologies.
The company today announced that it is the first service provider in the
United States to deploy 100 Gbps (Gigabit per second) optical technology across
a long haul fiber network on a nationwide basis. The Nokia Siemens Networks
optical system deployed in the XO long haul network is capable of simultaneously
transmitting up to 96 wavelengths of light, each carrying data at 100G and
allowing a total data transfer speed of up to 9.6 Terabits per second. Today's
announcement represents XO Communications' evolution to next generation optical
transport network technology to deliver core network speeds of 100G and the
ability to scale to 400G and beyond.
"While other telecommunications companies have deployed or tested 100G
optical systems across portions of their networks, XO Communications is the
first service provider to deploy 100G technology on an operational basis
coast-to-coast across its nationwide fiber network," said Randy Nicklas, senior
vice president and chief technology officer for XO Communications. "By making
this leap to 100G, XO Communications is taking a leadership role in utilization
of optical networking and offering customers the network infrastructure and
services needed in order to deliver today's cloud computing, mobile wireless and
Internet video delivery platforms and services."
The 100G optical network platform will enable XO Communications to more
efficiently manage the increasing data traffic across its network from
enterprise and wholesale customers' Internet, video, mobile data and cloud-based
enterprise applications. By increasing the bandwidth efficiency of its long haul
fiber infrastructure with state of the art optical equipment, XO Communications
can carry more than10 times the amount of network traffic carried on a standard
route using previous generation optical systems. In addition, the 100G
technology platform will enable XO Communications to offer 100 Gbps optical
network services to customers that increasingly need higher bandwidth solutions,
including cable companies, mobile wireless service providers, and domestic and
international telecommunications companies.
"We are happy to play a key role in enabling XO Communications to reach this
important industry milestone," said Jim Benson, head of Optical Networks for the
Americas at Nokia Siemens Networks. "With the use of our high performance 100G
coherent technology, XO Communications has built an automated, high capacity,
state of the art network that will allow it to provide end customers with very
low latency service connections coast-to-coast."
XO Communications has deployed Nokia Siemens Networks' Dense Wavelength
Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network based on the hiT7300 platform across its
coast-to-coast routes on its long haul optical network. The hiT7300 is a proven,
high-capacity, flexible and cost-efficient packet-optical transport platform and
is part of Nokia Siemens Networks' Liquid Transport architecture. The platform
utilizes the installed network infrastructure by implementing coherent
transmission technology, thereby protecting operator investments. By offering
DCM-free transmission, this solution enables lower latency (less delay) in data
transmission and allows a rapid, cost effective transition to 100 Gbps line
speeds. A future-proof hardware design in the Nokia Siemens Networks solution
supports up to 400G and colorless, directionless ROADM functionality.
"For years, Heavy Reading has positioned 100G as the next-generation
transport rate for backbone networks, as continued traffic growth has simply
outgrown the capacity of 10G and even 40G," said Sterling Perrin, senior analyst
at Heavy Reading. "XO's announcement today of the first nationwide 100G network
across the U.S. is another major milestone in the continued commercial progress
of 100G. We believe that broad operator adoption of 100G will benefit
businesses, consumers, and mobile data users alike."
About XO CommunicationsXO Communications is a leading nationwide provider of
advanced communications, managed network and IT infrastructure services for
business, large enterprise and wholesale customers. These customers include more
than half of the Fortune 500, in addition to leading cable, mobile wireless and
domestic and international telecommunications companies. XO offers a superior
customer experience through its innovative data and IP solutions, its employees'
focus on customers and the proven performance of its advanced network. To learn
more about XO Communications, visit www.xo.com or blog.xo.com. XO Communications
is also on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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