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Southern Cross readies to be first submarine cable operator to offer 800 Gb / s across the Pacific .

The use of WL6e technology in NEXT will allow the implementation of 800 Gb / s wavelengths across the single 12,500 + km span , providing reliable , energy efficient and high bandwidth connections to support offerings such as the recently launched 400GbE services from Southern Cross .

“ We have a long-standing history with Ciena and their strong history of innovation and deep understanding of our business needs have continued to be instrumental to our success .

“ We ’ re once again announcing what is expected to be another networking world first , implementing Ciena WaveLogic 6 on SX NEXT to help us push the envelope in terms of high-speed bandwidth connectivity and energy efficiency ,” said Laurie Miller , President and CEO , Southern Cross . demands driven by cloud-based services , content and emerging applications that use Artificial Intelligence .

“ The Southern Cross NEXT cable is key to the transpacific cable ecosystem , contributing to improved network performance across the Pacific region – all on top of Ciena GeoMesh Extreme technology . Southern Cross has always looked to Ciena for the latest innovations to gain a competitive advantage . With this upgrade to WL6 , Southern Cross will be able to provide customers with unrivalled connectivity , allowing them to enjoy applications and services of up to 800GbE ,” said Dino DiPerna , Senior Vice President , Global Research and Development , Ciena .

WL6e integrates new coherent DSP innovations to provide the highest capacity over fiber , supporting 1.6Tb / s single-carrier wavelengths for metro ROADM networks and 800Gb / s across the longest links – pitching 15 % improvement in spectral efficiency compared to the previous generation .

WL6e also aims to deliver significant economic benefits , including a 50 % reduction in space and power per bit compared to Ciena ’ s 800G technology .

The first coherent optical solution operating at 200GBaud , WL6e will maximize coverage of 800Gb / s connectivity across networks .

WL6e will start to become available in the first half of 2024 supported across a range of Ciena ’ s optical and routing and switching platforms .

WL6 will also be made available for use in third-party solutions . p

Ciena ’ s WL6e integrates new coherent DSP innovations to provide the highest capacity over fiber .

WL6e supports 1.6 Tb / s single-carrier wavelengths for metro networks , 800 Gb / s services across the longest links , a 50 % reduction in watts per bit , and requires less space compared to the previous generation for similar capacities .

Ciena ’ s technology enables Southern Cross ’ network to respond more quickly to fluctuating and often unforeseen network

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