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Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier Launches Europe’s First 800G Network

Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the international wholesale Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller. Rolf
unit of Deutsche Telekom, recently turned up the first European Nafziger, SVP, Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier said, "With it, we
800G network connecting its data centers in Vienna, Austria. will increase network capacity and efficiency, and create a more
The technology, provided in cooperation with Ciena will satisfy adaptive network that can meet our customer’s needs now and
customers’ demands for higher speeds and efficiency, which into the future." Jamie Jefferies, VP and GM, EMEA, Ciena said,
are especially important for applications such as IoT, cloud "We have many shared values with Deutsche Telekom Global
computing and video, said the Operator. Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier and have enjoyed working with them to deploy innovations
Carrier welcomes Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) to satisfy across their pan-European network, and we are especially proud
surging traffic requirements across its pan-European network. to work with them on this first 800G deployment for Europe."
800Gb/s transmission was successfully implemented between
data centers in Austria and validated for stability and error rates
in a live environment. The technology innovation, which is based
on higher spectrum efficiency, will allow Deutsche Telekom
to transport eight 100G of data traffic in less than 100Ghz of
spectrum and is optimized for high-capacity 100GE and 400GE
customer interface connectivity. It is the industry’s first solution
that can transport 2x400GE across a single 800G wavelength. This
next technology step supports the extension of the highly efficient
Deutsche Telekom network by further reducing shelf demand
and power consumption for deployments in Public Telehouse
Exchange points. Deutsche Telekom intends to implement Ciena’s
WL5e with its 6500 and Waveserver 5 platforms, managed by

Netcracker Offers AI driven Ddigital BSS/OSS to Microsoft Azure

Netcracker Technology announced that it e-commerce subsidiaries in 14 European “By running Netcracker’s Digital BSS/OSS
is working with Microsoft to offer its Digital countries. From Netcracker Digital on Microsoft Azure, telco service providers
BSS/OSS and Orchestration applications Marketplace, available from any cloud will gain a significant advantage in agility
on Microsoft Azure. Netcracker is platform including Microsoft Azure, service and cost efficiency to meet the demanding
collaborating with Microsoft to integrate providers and IT system integrators can needs of new dynamic services,” said Bob
Azure Machine Learning (ML) and AI create high-value digital service bundles Titus, CTO at Netcracker. “We are delighted
services with Netcracker’s Advanced for their customers though a unified and to be working with Microsoft to help
Analytics to add intelligent contextual automated e-commerce platform. The our customers bring to market new and
decisioning and recommendations to Digital Marketplace combines service innovative services with a powerful AI-
enable more personalized customer provider offerings, together with those driven user experience.” “As telco service
engagements. Service Providers around from third parties such as Microsoft, into providers transform their operations and
the world will benefit from the ability to a streamlined digital user experience. business environments to the cloud, the
innovate faster with cloud scale and agility. “Bechtle welcomes the collaboration public cloud can bring many advantages
Netcracker has also integrated a number of between Microsoft and Netcracker as including speed to market,” said Bob De
Microsoft business applications (such as we evolve our portfolio of digital cloud Haven, GM Media and Communications
Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics services,” said Ulrich Baisch, CIO at Industry at Microsoft Corp. “By integrating
365 and Microsoft OneDrive) into its Bechtle AG. “Both companies are key Netcracker’s cloud-native IT applications
Digital Marketplace for service providers, contributors to our cloud business, and with Microsoft Azure, our mutual
including Bechtle, one of Europe’s leading we look forward to their continued support customers can deliver digital services
IT providers with 75 system integrators in as we expand our digital B2B applications faster with on-demand scaling and cloud
Germany, Austria and Switzerland and 24 through Netcracker Digital Marketplace.” economics.”

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