Sify Doubles National Long Distance Network Capacity with Ciena Technology
Sify Technologies (Sify) announced that it has deployed Ciena’s optical
technology to connect its seven Metro Area Networks across India. Starting with
an express path between Mumbai and New Delhi, Sify has upgraded its countrywide
National Long Distance network to support services up to 600G. This upgrade
will help interconnect its key Artificial Intelligence (AI) ready data center
hubs in Mumbai, Chennai and Noida and the surrounding metro areas with a highly
scalable network.
“India is
embracing digitization with bandwidth demand skyrocketing from global cloud
providers and digital enterprises. Using Ciena’s optical technology, we’ve
doubled our network capacity to 600G. This will be offered via Ciena’s line
system, which can support both C and L band transponders. Our customers will
now have access to ultra-low latency connectivity and unparalleled support to
Gen AI, cloud services and applications,” said Harsha Ram, Head of Network Business,
Sify.
“Ciena has been
working closely with Sify to create an adaptive network that can deliver
transformative business connectivity to enterprises and cloud providers across
India. Leveraging Ciena’s optical prowess, Sify can scale as required to
deliver more capacity for any distance application, supporting its customers’
digital ambitions,” said Amit Malik, Vice President, Ciena India.
Sify is using
Ciena’s 6500
Reconfigurable Line System and Waveserver
5, both powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e)
coherent optics. The network deployment is augmented by Ciena
Services, who provided strategic consulting services to ensure
an optimized implementation, while Ciena’s Maintenance Service provides
end-to-end support. Sify has also been utilizing Ciena’s Navigator Network
Control Suite (Navigator
NCS) for real-time software control and network visibility.
In particular, Sify is leveraging components of Navigator Intelligent Apps such
as PlannerPlus to
build and augment its optical network quickly and easily.
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