Titan Telecoms deploys 800G flexible spectrum between Sydney and Melbourne with Adtran’s FSP 3000 TeraFlex™

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Titan Telecoms deploys 800G flexible spectrum between Sydney and Melbourne with Adtran’s FSP 3000 TeraFlex™

2025-01-15 21:14 Last Updated At：21:41

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 15, 2025--

Adtran announced today that Titan Telecoms is using its FSP 3000 TeraFlex™ CoreChannel™ technology to transport 800Gbit/s flexible spectrum services over a 963km backbone link between Sydney and Melbourne. This multi-vendor network addresses high-capacity connectivity needs by enabling commercial spectrum service offerings across Southeast Australia. The new service utilizes Adtran’s FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ CoreChannel ™ optical terminal to enable dynamic bandwidth allocation and optimized fiber utilization. Its success sets a new standard for flexible spectrum transport and future high-capacity networking innovation.

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"This new service demonstrates how ultra-high bandwidth backhaul, underpinned by flexible spectrum, can transform inter-capital connectivity for critical cloud applications and high-bandwidth tasks," said Nic Tippelt, CTO of Titan Telecoms. "It’s a step forward in enhancing Australia’s digital infrastructure and delivering better services to Australian carriers. We’re excited to be able to deliver 800Gbit/s circuits over infrastructure that traditionally had not supported such high bandwidth."

The new service transports 800Gbit/s services over a 963km flexgrid ROADM network between data centers in Sydney and Melbourne, operating over Lumea’s optical ground wire network. Using the Adtran FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ CoreChannel ™, the service applies adaptive symbol rate and spectral shaping capabilities, optimizing optical paths and reducing costs. The open technology interoperated with Ciena’s OLS to enable highly adaptive ultra-high-capacity bandwidth. Managed by Adtran’s Mosaic Network Controller with SDN control, the solution improves efficiency through dynamic resource allocation.

"Spectrum services will be key to meeting the escalating demand for high-speed internet and data services. The adaptive baud rate capability of our FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ technology allows for dynamic adjustment, optimizing spectrum use and extending the reach of optical networks. Designed to inject more capacity into legacy infrastructure, TeraFlex ™ supports 800Gbit/s transport over long distances. It offers excellent client flexibility and efficiency, accommodating a mix of 400Gbit/s, 100Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s client services and multiplexing them to 800Gbit/s to minimize cost per Gbit per kilometer," commented Christoph Glingener, CTO of Adtran. "What’s more, our transmitter’s superior signal-to-noise ratio and receiver’s high noise tolerance help ensure compatibility with existing infrastructure, enabling long transmission distances and facilitating seamless upgrades without major overhauls."

About Adtran

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent company of Adtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open, disaggregated networking and communications solutions that enable voice, data, video and internet communications across any network infrastructure. From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, Adtran empowers communications service providers around the world to manage and scale services that connect people, places and things. Adtran solutions are used by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual users worldwide. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. is also the largest shareholder of Adtran Networks SE, formerly ADVA Optical Networking SE. Find more at Adtran, LinkedIn and X.

About Titan Telecoms

Titan is a leading telecommunications infrastructure owner and operator, specialising in end-to-end optical network connectivity and wholesale services. As one of Australia’s only pure optical wavelength and fibre service providers with a self-maintained network, Titan delivers metro and long-haul connectivity significantly faster than industry standards. Connecting fifty major points of interconnection across the Australian East Coast - including cable landing stations and hyperscale data centres - Titan provides reliable internet services to thousands of retail, enterprise, and government customers daily. Titan’s scalable network drives modern high bandwidth communication across Australia.

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Dozens presumed dead and about 100 injured in fire at Swiss Alps bar during New Year's celebration

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration, police said Thursday.

“Several tens of people” were killed at the bar, Le Constellation, Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler said.

Work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families but “that will take time and for the time being it is premature to give you a more precise figure," Gisler said.

Beatrice Pilloud, attorney general of the Valais Canton, said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage.

“At no moment is there a question of any kind of attack,” Pilloud said.

Officials called the blaze an “embrasement généralisé,” a firefighting term describing how a blaze can trigger the release of combustible gases that can then ignite violently and cause what English-speaking firefighters would call a flashover or a backdraft.

“This evening should have been a moment of celebration and coming together, but it turned into a nightmare,” said Mathias Rénard, head of the regional government.

The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, Rénard said.

Helicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene to assist victims, including some from different countries, officials said.

“We are devastated,” Frédéric Gisler, commander of the Valais Cantonal police, said during a news conference.

The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, according to regional councilor Mathias Rénard.

The municipality had banned New Year’s Eve fireworks due to lack of rainfall in the past month, according to its website.

In a region busy with tourists skiing on the slopes, the authorities have called on the local population to show caution in the coming days to avoid any accidents that could require medical resources that are already overwhelmed.

The community is in the heart of the Swiss Alps, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the Matterhorn, one of the most famous Alpine peaks, and 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Zurich.

The highest point of Crans-Montana, with a population of 10,000 residents, sits at an elevation of nearly 3,000 meters (1.86 miles), according to the municipality’s website, which says officials are seeking to move away from a tourist culture and attract high-tech research and development.

The municipality was formed only nine years ago, on Jan. 1, 2017, when multiple towns merged. It extends over 590 hectares (2.3 square miles) from the Rhône Valley to the Plaine Morte glacier.

Crans-Montana is one of the top race venues on the World Cup circuit in Alpine skiing and will host the next world championships over two weeks in February 2027.

In four weeks’ time, the resort will host the best men’s and women’s downhill racers for their last events before going to the Milan Cortina Olympics, which open Feb. 6.

Crans-Montana also is a premium venue in international golf. The Crans-sur-Sierre club stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course with stunning mountains views.