Cable / Telecom News

Huawei, Hibernia Atlantic complete first 100 Gbps transatlantic trial


SUMMIT, NJ and DUBLIN, IRELAND - Huawei and bandwidth connectivity provider Hibernia Atlantic have successfully completed the first 100G transatlantic connection between Halifax and Southport, England. This is the highest capacity connection ever transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean, according to a company announcement, and will allow the organizations to move forward on their plans to establish 100 Gbps connections between Halifax and Montreal and between Amsterdam and London by the first quarter of 2012, followed by other key routes later in the year. The trial involved Huawei’s latest 100 Gbps single wavelength coherent technology which utilizes innovative digital signal processing...