Nokia and WorldLink build Nepal's first 100G optical network for super-fast broadband services for consumers and businesses
10 July 2017 - 6:59PM
Press Release
- The biggest-ever project by the operator upgrades 650-km-long
backbone network providing super-fast international connectivity
between Nepal and other countries including India
- The ultra-fast network will allow people to enjoy highest
quality services including HD video, 4K video and Internet TV
- The network will use Nokia's 1830 PSS - powered by its PSE-2s,
the industry's most programmable chipset - for flexibly increasing
capacity, reach and density
10 July, 2017
Kathmandu, Nepal - Nokia and WorldLink are upgrading
650-km-long backbone network with Nokia's 1830 PSS
(Photonic Service Switch) DWDM (Dense
Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology to support
bandwidth-hungry entertainment and enterprise services across the
country. The intercity network stretches from Kathmandu to
Bhairahawa and Birgunj, and provides international
connectivity between Nepal and other countries including
India.
WorldLink, the largest fixed broadband operator in the Himalayan
country, has 120,000 residential broadband subscribers and 5,000
enterprise broadband circuits. It is now connecting 10,000
residential Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service subscribers every
month, requiring the operator to meet ever-increasing demand for
network capacity. Nokia's optical network technology will
allow WorldLink to flexibly increase its network capacity,
reach and density as the technology is powered by the industry's
most programmable chipset, Nokia's Photonic Service Engine-2 with
super coherent technology (PSE-2s).
Samit Jana, CTO, WorldLink, said: "WorldLink has a
commitment to Nepal to transform the communications landscape so
that our people and enterprises thrive. This is our largest project
to date and it will allow us to provide ultra-fast broadband
services for our mobile and fixed network subscribers in cities as
well as rural areas across the country."
Sanjay Malik, head of India Market , at Nokia,
said: "We are proud to be part of WorldLink's vision to
transform Nepal's communications architecture by providing the
first 100G transport network. Nokia's highly scalable optical
platform will ensure low latency and high resiliency, and allow
WorldLink to cost-effectively increase network capacity as
needed."
Resources:
- 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) portfolio page
- Photonic Service Engine 2 (PSE-2) page
- Video: Nokia PSE-2: The heart of the network for today and
the future
- Video: Super coherent technology - optimizing wavelength
capacity and reach
- Nokia Optical Networking page
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