Sparkle, the top Italian international service provider and among the top ten globally, is upgrading its new Curie cable to 800Gbps.
It is deploying Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) on the 10,476km fibre link to improve speed and capacity.
By adopting WL5e, Sparkle’s fibre on Curie will be able to reach a total transmission capacity of up to 450Gbps per channel – which is twice faster than previously available technology. This will result in an ultimate capacity of up to 19Tbps and a 30% increase in the network’s speed, enabling end-users the possibility to indulge in more HD video and cloud computing applications.