Cable / Telecom News

Bell rolls commercial 400G wavelength across fibre network


MONTREAL – Bell Canada announced Thursday a new commercial “400G wavelength service” that will deliver “significantly increased connectivity speeds and capacity required by the largest cloud and data centre providers while optimizing network performance and energy efficiency.” The new service, driven by Ciena's WaveLogic 5 Extreme technology, offers “faster connectivity, increased capacity, low latency and higher energy efficiency for major cloud operators, content providers and carriers moving massive amounts of data,” reads the release. “Bell 400G wavelength service efficiently delivers the speed and capacity necessary to meet the fast-growing demand of bandwidth-intensive operators moving massive amounts of data and content...