Integrated communications service provider Maxis Berhad has deployed Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 gigabit per second (100G) optical coherent network solution to cope with increased data traffic, simplify its network and reduce costs.
Maxis claims its optical backbone network is the first 100G single carrier with optical coherent technology system commercially deployed in Asia-Pacific.
With Alcatel-Lucent’s 100G optical coherent network solution, Maxis also expects to provide high-speed connectivity and automatic restoration capabilities to enterprises for their data centres and services such as cloud computing and machine-to-machine communications (M2M).
Furthermore, the new optical network will enable Maxis to provision services faster and shorten the time to market for new services requiring higher capacities and reliability.
Maxis CTO Mark Dioguardi said the deployment of this optical network solution transforms core transmission network; much like upgrading from a normal trunk road to a super highway, allowing users to enjoy faster and seamless high capacity connectivity within Peninsular Malaysia.
"We were also the first service provider to surpass 5,000 3G sites across East and West Malaysia, enabling the delivery of high-speed wireless broadband and mobile data capabilities to over 80% of the Malaysian population. Additionally, Maxis was the first to conduct trials for Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology successfully," Dioguardi said.
Alcatel-Lucent Asia-Pacific Activities president Rajeev Singh-Molares said their 100G optical solution gives Maxis a new architecture that will drastically reduce its cost of reliably transporting high volumes of traffic while providing a powerful platform to launch and support innovative new services.
