Asia Submarine-Cable Express (ASE), the consortium of Asian telecom operators managing the ASE cable system, is now working with Ciena, a network systems, services and software group, to improve the design capabilities and sustainability of its cable system.
The Asia Submarine-cable Express Cable System is a high-capacity cable system built in the Asia Pacific region to meet the exponentially increasing demand for bandwidth for new and revolutionary broadband applications such as IP, video, data and other multimedia services. The high-capacity cable system is 8,148 kilometers long and connects Japan to Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. The system is designed - potentially - to connect mainland China as well as other Southeast Asian countries. The system is expected to provide seamless interconnection with other major cable systems connecting Europe, the Middle East, other parts of Asia and the United States.
Utilizing Waveserver 5 powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme and optical bypass, Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme will provide additional capacity over the ASE's existing cables, increasing its design capacity by 193%, Ciena said.
Optimized for 100GbE and 400GbE applications with unmatched scalability, Waveserver 5 also minimizes ASE rack space and reduces power consumption by 60 percent for a greener solution.
ASE cables also use Ciena's 6500 Packet Optical Platform in the Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTE) Configuration and Management, Control and Planning (MCP) domain controller. Ciena Services is providing consulting, systems integration, maintenance and network conversion services for the cable, a collaboration between telecom operators NTT Ltd Japan Corporation, PLDT (Philippines), StarHub (Singapore) and Telekom Malaysia in the region.
