Mercury, a renewable electricity generator and multi-product utility retailer, is utilising One New Zealand’s fibre network to improve the scalability and resiliency of its services. One NZ has served as Mercury’s backhaul provider since 2016, providing high-quality, reliable, and resilient wholesale fibre services.
With multiple 100 Gb/s services across New Zealand, One NZ’s backhaul fibre services help connect Mercury’s customers to key global internet points and reduce outage incidents. To support Mercury’s growing bandwidth demands and take the customer experience to the next level, One NZ upgraded Mercury’s network to support 400G between Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranga.
To enable Mercury to scale its network to accommodate new broadband customer growth and bandwidth requirements, One NZ is leveraging Ciena’s 6500 powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) programmable 800 Gb/s coherent technology. Ciena’s WL5e also improves optical network performance and optimises power utilisation. WL5e transponders with 400GE client interfaces are offered in the same physical footprint as previous generation transponders with 100GE client interfaces, helping Mercury meet its mission of moving New Zealand to a low emissions future.
Michael Stevenson, ISP Team Leader, Mercury
This network, provided by One NZ and enabled by Ciena technology, allows our engineers to spend more time pursuing new avenues of growth, such as adding new customers and creating innovative service offerings, rather than resolving network issues. One NZ has a long history collaborating with Ciena on high-speed internet solutions and we’re pleased to support Mercury in its growth ambitions. Connectivity is an essential service, and a lifeline for many, so reliability is incredibly important. We are implementing world-class solutions with Ciena’s leading coherent optical technology.