{"id":3227,"date":"2021-08-03T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2021-08-03T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:02:26","slug":"tpg-telecom-selects-infineras-ice6-800g-solution-to-boost-pacific-submarine-cable-capacity-by-50-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=3227","title":{"rendered":"TPG Telecom selects Infinera&#8217;s ICE6 800G solution to boost Pacific submarine cable capacity by 50 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TPG Telecom and Infinera announced a major technology upgrade of TPG Telecom&#8217;s submarine cable connecting Australia and Guam to significantly boost cable capacity and improve reliability leveraging Infinera&#8217;s ICE6 800G solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PPC-1 is TPG Telecom&#8217;s ultra-long-haul cable system connecting Australia and Guam, including connectivity to Papua New Guinea. It has two fiber pairs spanning approximately 7,000 kilometers, with 78 repeaters spaced approximately 92 kilometers apart. The submarine cable is a major gateway for North America and other Asia Pacific destinations.<br \/>\nUsing the latest technology from Infinera, the project will boost data capacity on this key internet backbone link by 50 percent, from 8 terabits per second currently to 12 terabits per second. Enabling direct connectivity to key Sydney points of presence (POPs) is part of this upgrade, delivering seamless connections for TPG Telecom customers beyond the landing station.<br \/>\nTPG Telecom Executive General Manager Mobile and Fixed Networks Barry Kezik said, \u00abWe are increasing the capacity of this vital international link by 50 percent to meet the growing data requirements of our customers, which is being driven by booming demand for cloud computing and video streaming.\u00bb<br \/>\n\u00abWith this investment, TPG Telecom confirms its long-term commitment to provide international services to Australia,\u00bb said Mr Kezik.<br \/>\n\u00abInfinera is excited to collaborate with TPG Telecom to deploy our industry-leading ICE6 800G solution on its critical subsea network, offering higher-speed bandwidth and more capacity and arming TPG Telecom with the ability to deliver new high-speed connectivity services,\u00bb said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Infinera.<br \/>\nTPG Telecom has received the necessary regulatory approvals to modify relevant PPC-1 assets. The upgrade works are expected to be completed this year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Above, David Heard, CEO and director, Infinera \/ Image credited to Infinera<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TPG Telecom and Infinera announced a major technology upgrade of TPG Telecom&#8217;s submarine cable connecting Australia and Guam to significantly boost cable capacity and improve reliability leveraging Infinera&#8217;s ICE6 800G solution PPC-1 is TPG Telecom&#8217;s ultra-long-haul cable system connecting Australia and Guam, including connectivity to Papua New Guinea. It has two fiber pairs spanning approximately &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=3227\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abTPG Telecom selects Infinera&#8217;s ICE6 800G solution to boost Pacific submarine cable capacity by 50 percent\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3229,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions\/3229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}