AAE-1 Consortium to Upgrade Cable to 200Gbps

Retelit has announced that the AAE-1 submarine cable consortium has decided to double the network’s speed from 100Gbps to 200Gbps.By Telecompaper
October 31, 2018

Italian telecommunications infrastructure provider Retelit has announced that the management committee of the Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) submarine cable consortium has decided to double the network’s speed from 100Gbps to 200Gbps. The 25,000 km system – owned by a consortium of 19 global service providers – connects Asia, the Middle East, East Africa and Europe and has a nominal design capacity of over 40Tbps. The decision to install 200Gbps technology comes just 18 months after the activation of AAE-1 and two years ahead of schedule, said Retelit.

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