Optical & Fixed Networks

Vogel Telecom, a leading carrier’s carrier service provider in Brazil, has selected an integrated OTN switching and coherent optical transport solution from Coriant.

Nokia and Orange Jordan are deploying a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network across Jordan.

NEC Corporation has announced the completion of the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) submarine cable linking Peninsular Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak.

A new shared infrastructure project aimed at promoting rural mobile voice and data coverage in Gabon has been granted Universal Service Fund capital.

South Africa’s FibreCo Telecommunications has selected ADVA Optical Networking to enable its roll out of high-bandwidth services across South Africa.

Djibouti Telecom has signed a contract with France-IX to peer its IP traffic through France-IX’s IXPs in Paris and Marseille.

OPT and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) - part of Nokia - have signed a turn-key agreement for the deployment of the NATITUA cable system, which will further enhance the connectivity in French Polynesia.

According to latest research conducted by Dataxis, fixed broadband connections for Latin America in the first quarter of 2017 reached 68.11 million.

Telefonica’s global infrastructure group Telxius is now offering its customers on-demand software-defined terabit capacity subsea service activation on its SAM-1 subsea network between the U.S., Brazil and Puerto Rico.

Nokia is bringing its 1830 PSS (Photonic Service Switch) DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology to Nepal in partnership with WorldLink.

The government of Poland has awarded a tender for the design, build-out and operation of advanced fibre optic networks to Nokia in partnership with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of M&G Investments.

East African operator Djibouti Telecom has joined its IP network with Hurricane Electric, the world's largest IPv6-native Internet backbone.

Nokia and China Mobile are deploying millions of home gateways to provide residential customers across 29 different provinces in China with access to fibre-based ultra-broadband applications and intelligent home services.

Mauritius-based IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the IOX Cable System.

BringCom Incorporated, a provider of connectivity solutions to developing countries, has reached a tentative agreement to acquire African network service provider Datanet.

ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.

The partnership between Ericsson and Cisco has secured its first agreement in Brazil, with the two companies working together to supply and install IP routers for Nextel.

Russian CSP TransTeleCom has shifted all its international backbone traffic to a Long Haul DWDM network.

Pan-African communications service provider Internet Solutions Kenya has tapped Telco Systems to upgrade its entire fibre network infrastructure to 10GB.

Reliance Jio has deployed Ciena’s multi-terabit converged packet-optical technology to power its pan-India 4G network core and help unleash digital revolution in India.

The government of the Philippines has approved a project to create a national broadband network.

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) has deployed Coriant’s best-in-class coherent optical transport and universal switching technology as part of a nationwide upgrade to its fibre-based backbone network.

Optical network equipment supplier Ekinops has partnered with Orange Ivory Coast to deploy its 100 gigabits per second solution.

Angola Cables has chosen Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica, as its peering point.

Telia Carrier has established two new points of presence (PoP) in St. Petersburg, Russia to meet customer demand.

PacketLight Networks has partnered with Avelacom to build out their high speed network from London to Moscow with PacketLight’s optical transport solutions.

Cablevision Argentina doubling its network capacity to meet surging demands for high-speed internet and video.

Liquid Telecom has been granted final regulatory approval to become the majority stakeholder of Raha, Tanzania’s leading Internet Service Provider.

Angola Cables has selected Etix Everywhere as its partner to build its critical infrastructure globally as part of a project to offer a lower latency route between the USA and Africa.

Telia Carrier has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Zagreb, Croatia, to deliver wholesale IP transit and Ethernet services for carriers, content and cloud providers.

Thai operator dtac has selected Nokia's IP/Optical portfolio to bolster its backbone network.