08 April 2022

PCCW Global has completed a major and significant upgrade on the PEACE cable system between Marseille, Cyprus and Abu Talat using Infinera’s ICE technology.

The company now offers network operators the ability to significantly increase capacity per fiber pair on these critical Middle East and Mediterranean fibre routes.

Leveraging Infinera’s ICE technology on the GX Series Compact Modular Platform, PCCW Global is able to reach individual wavelength speeds of 650 Gbps resulting in more capacity, with less hardware, and providing up to 25 terabits per fibre pair.

“The PEACE cable system is the highest-performing open cable system connecting Asia, Europe and Africa,” said Haitham Zahran, vice president of EMEA subsea cable systems, PCCW Global. “By collaborating with Infinera to upgrade our network segment to increase fiber capacity, we are able to offer customers industry-leading innovation that provides the most reliability and highest capacity fiber pair available.”

Nick Walden, senior vice president of worldwide sales, Infinera, added: “Infinera’s subsea solutions have historically provided network operators the greatest amount of value from their fiber assets using innovative, industry-leading technology. Infinera’s ICE solution enables PCCW Global to offer network operators open, scalable and flexible services to meet the region’s growing bandwidth demands.”