The international wholesale unit of German mobile operator Deutsche Telekom established the first European 800G network, connecting its data centers in Vienna, Austria. The network makes use of Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) to satisfy surging traffic requirements and customers’ demands for higher speeds and efficiency, which are especially important for applications such as IoT, cloud computing and video.
Based on higher spectrum efficiency, the network will allow Deutsche Telekom to transport eight 100G of data traffic in less than 100 Ghz of spectrum and is optimized for high-capacity 100GE and 400GE customer interface connectivity.
