Pakistani provider Multinet is upgrading its optical transport network covering more than 14,000 km in more than 120 cities across the country.
This remote network infrastructure deployment significantly expands capacity, upgrading the network to 3.2Tb/s capacity using the Telecom Infrastructure Project (TIP) open optical framework, which is designed to provide better global connectivity. The network upgrade will not only enable Multinet to bring agility and ultra-scalability to Pakistan's growing bandwidth needs, but will also add more towns to Multinet's fiber network.
The mission of TIP's Open Optical and Packet Transport Initiative is to create open and disaggregated technologies, architectures and interfaces for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and IP networks. Multinet's long-haul network infrastructure deployment utilizes software and hardware from TIP's open optics ecosystem and industry leaders including Yuden Technology, IP Infusion and Smartoptics, as well as local systems integrator Starcom Technologies (Pvt) of Pakistan. Multinet's upgrades include Cassini, TIP's disaggregated coherent switch and open packet forwarder built by Yuden Technology, and IP Infusion's OcNOS, a full-featured network operating system for white-box disaggregated networking solutions that provides a scalable transition from legacy networks to open and agile networks.
When we decided to upgrade our long-haul network, we knew we had to take an approach to building it to be agile, scalable and sustainable, and that was made possible through open networking and disaggregation technology," said Adnan H. Zaidi, chief operating officer of Multinet. This is the future of telecommunications and the reason we adopted open optics and packet delivery technology. The network upgrade also resulted in the world's largest implementation of an open optical framework, the first of its kind in Pakistan, and I am proud to share this landmark achievement. Open networks like this deployment will simplify operations and accelerate innovation."
Sandeep Kohli, Manager of Connectivity Technologies and Ecosystems at Meta and member of the TIP Open Optical and OpenWiFi initiative groups, added, "This is a shining example of Mulitnet's continued commitment to bringing modern, cutting-edge technologies to Pakistan. Multinet believes in open and disaggregated technologies, including Open Optical and Open WiFi. That's why they are known as one of the most trusted infrastructure partners in the region."
Kristian Toivo, Executive Director of TIP, concluded, "Multinet continues to demonstrate its leadership in driving modern connectivity solutions in Pakistan through the use of open and disaggregated technologies."
