14 November 2024

Ribbon Communications has successfully completed a long-haul DWDM project to upgrade Bharti Airtel’s optical transport network.

Airtel has deployed Ribbon’s Apollo 9600 suite of programmable and open optical transport platforms, which support C+L bands, across its 30,000km network.

The upgrade provides Airtel with 51.2Tbps of long-haul network capacity, which will enable Airtel to deliver 5G mobile backhaul and high-speed connectivity more cost-effectively and meet its growing bandwidth requirements.

“By integrating Ribbon’s state of the art optical transport technologies, we can now meet our customers’ growing demand for 5G and high-speed connectivity, positioning us to successfully execute our long-term business strategy,” said Airtel CTO Randeep Sekhon.

Airtel is also using Ribbon’s Muse platform to enable operator-defined workflow automation, which enhances operational efficiency with real-time network monitoring and management.

Ribbon CEO Bruce McClelland said that its modular solutions would enable Airtel “to precisely meet their service needs, easily accommodate traffic growth and adopt new technologies while delivering high quality connectivity to their massive customer base.”

“Airtel is one of the world’s leading providers and we’re proud to have partnered on this significant deployment. Our highly modular, powerful, versatile and secure solutions will enable them to precisely meet their service needs, easily accommodate traffic growth and adopt new technologies while delivering high quality connectivity to their massive customer base,” added McClelland.