Telecom Namibia to deploy country's first advanced optical network
[Windhoek, Namibia, 13 December 2011] -
Telecom Namibia, the incumbent fixed-line operator, is deploying the African country's first optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network.The network will increase the operator's transmission capacity to up to 1.6 Terabits per second. New 10G and 40G channels – individual beams of light each carrying data at 10 or 40 gigabits per second – will provide low-latency services and improved international connectivity.Nokia Siemens Networks will provide the DWDM equipment and related services for the deployment, the benefits of which will also be extended to the neighbouring countries of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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