Ribbon and SURF Achieve Interoperable 2x400GbE Transport via Single 800G Wavelength over Brownfield 1,650km Amsterdam-Geneva Link
PLANO, Texas, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global provider of real time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions to many of the world's largest service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to modernize and protect their networks, today announced that in cooperation with SURF, the collaborative organization for IT in Dutch education and research, it has successfully achieved 800G over a brownfield 1,650 km fiber optic link connecting research institutes including Nikhef with The Large Hadron Collider located on the CERN campus in Geneva.
- "This trial signifies a crucial step forward as we gear up our network to cater to the future needs of scientific research and education in the Netherlands and beyond."
- The trial demonstrated a number of Ribbon's advanced transport solutions:
Apollo TM800_2, which uses industry-leading 5nm-140Gbaud transmission technology to deliver capacity-reach optimized 800G transport. - NPT 2400 metro router, which is interoperable with SURF's network and delivered 2x400GbE uplinks running EVPN services on top of BGP to 8x100G ports on that network.
- "We're excited to work with SURF to demonstrate how they can deliver advanced transport services to their research and education partners over the existing infrastructure," said Sam Bucci, COO and EVP, Ribbon.