Panama Cable TV firm Boosts Backbone with Coriant
Nano Packet Optical Transport Platform will deliver Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing (ROADM) and dynamic photonic switching
Coriant, a supplier of packet optical, IP, and SDN solutions, has announced that Cable Onda, a television service provider in Panama, is upgrading its DWDM backbone infrastructure with the latest packet optical transport technology from Coriant.
The Coriant solution, delivered in collaboration with local partner Grupo Comtel, will enable Cable Onda to meet growing demand for service capacity while ensuring a superior broadband experience for its residential and business customers.
Built upon the Coriant 7100 Nano Packet Optical Transport Platform, Cable Onda is expanding the capabilities of its optical transport infrastructure with deployment of advanced networking features, including Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing (ROADM) and dynamic photonic switching.
These capabilities enable more flexible and efficient management of network capacity while improving the resiliency and performance of Cable Onda's end-user services, which include high-definition TV, over-the-top (OTT) video, cloud, mobility, Fixed IP, Internet, and digital telephony.
"Keeping pace with today's rapidly evolving digital media and broadband applications requires innovation at all levels of our network," said Dagoberto Lara, Fixed Network Manager, Cable Onda.
"With best-in-class technology from Coriant and excellent local support provided by Comtel, we have been able to significantly advance the performance of our world-class infrastructure to benefit our customers today, and well into the future."
The 7100 Nano enables Cable Onda to cost-efficiently address diverse traffic demands with a flexible system architecture that supports fabric-less switching for OTN, packet, and SONET/SDH, 10G and 100G transparent transport, and WDM with ROADM-on-a-blade or the Coriant Pluggable Optical Layer. Optimised for metro and regional transport applications, the 7100 Nano also enables Cable Onda to reduce operational costs by minimizing space and power requirements with a compact 5RU chassis and dense, highly integrated service modules. To simplify and accelerate provisioning of end-to-end capacity, Cable Onda relies on the Coriant Transcend™ Software Suite, which includes the Coriant Transport Network Management System (TNMS).
"We are pleased to team with Comtel to deliver Cable Onda a truly best-in-class solution purpose-built for their evolving service needs," said Alberto Barriento, managing director, Caribbean and Latin America, Coriant. "The ability to cost-efficiently scale backbone capacity and adapt to unpredictable end-user traffic flows helps Cable MSOs like Cable Onda differentiate their services in a highly dynamic and competitive market environment."
