Ribbon Communications has announced the successful completion of a long-haul Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) deployment for Bharti Airtel, enhancing the telecom operator's bandwidth capacity and ability to meet the high demand for 5G and high-speed connectivity. DWDM fiber optics are expected to improve 5G mobile backhaul and high-speed connectivity across Airtel's 30,000 km network, Ribbon said on Friday.
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5G Mobile Backhaul Enhancements
Airtel has deployed Ribbon's Apollo 9600 suite of programmable and open optical transport platforms, which support C+L bands, throughout its network. This deployment has provided Airtel with 51.2 Tbps of long-haul network capacity, addressing its growing bandwidth requirements, the official release said.
"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.
Furthermore, Ribbon's Muse platform enables operator-defined workflow automation, enhancing operational efficiency with real-time network monitoring and management.
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Ribbon Communications added, "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."
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Back in February 2023, Ribbon announced that Airtel had selected it to build its new high-speed transport network. At that time, Ribbon stated that the project was based on a disaggregated approach, a critical part of Airtel's modernisation strategy, enabling it to offer cost-optimised 5G mobile backhaul and high-speed enterprise business connectivity throughout Northwestern India.
