ORION network takes "generational leap forward" to 100G

TORONTO - Ontario's advanced research and education network ORION has completed the first phase of a major upgrade to deploy a 100G operational network of more than 5,800 kilometres of fibre in the province.The first segment of the network to go live with the 100G provisioning spans 312 kilometres from London to St. Catharines, with 3 In-Line Amplifier sites in between. Alcatel-Lucent's 1830 Photonic Service Switch provision 100G, which uses next-generation coherent technology, transmits 100G over a single DWDM wavelength (single laser).The upgrade, which was announced last October, will build on the network foundation as Ontario's enabling innovation backbone, with...