EllaLink Completes Marine Installation and Turns to Infinera for Network Lighting
March 11 2021 - 7:00AM
EllaLink announced today that it has successfully completed the
marine installation of the industry’s lowest-latency trans-Atlantic
cable system between Europe and Latin America. For the next stage
of the project, EllaLink has selected Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and
its leading-edge ICE6 technology to light the network, providing a
direct single hop transmission path between data centers in each
continent.
Infinera’s state-of-the-art ICE6 800G coherent technology will
enable EllaLink to offer advanced customer products and services,
supporting over 100 Tbps between Portugal and Brazil. Furthermore,
the network will support a 30-Tbps link from Portugal to Madeira,
with an additional 40-Tbps path between Portugal and Morocco in the
future.
Leveraging Infinera’s GX Series Compact Modular Platform,
EllaLink will be able to provide its customers with the critical
bandwidth needed to meet their growing data demands with
industry-leading low-latency services in a single hop between
endpoints. EllaLink also plans to use ICE6 to bolster the capacity
on its long-haul terrestrial network between Sines, Lisbon, Madrid,
and Marseille. Future network expansions will enable EllaLink to
extend its submarine network to French Guiana, Mauritania, the
Canary Islands, and Morocco, resulting in the most advanced
submarine system connecting Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
EllaLink will also benefit from the unique innovations in
Infinera’s ICE6 technology, such as long-codeword probabilistic
constellation shaping (LC-PCS) and intelligent power management,
which provide industry-leading performance. Infinera’s solution
enables EllaLink to create products that benefit its customers by
providing a wide range of accessible and flexible services,
accelerating adoption of the route between Europe and Latin
America.
“I am proud to announce that we have successfully completed the
6,000 km submarine cable installation, providing EllaLink with the
robust system it needs to support the network through its lifetime.
Infinera’s ICE6 solution is an ideal fit for us, outperforming
other available 800G equipment. Coupled with our differentiated
fiber routes, Infinera and ICE6 will provide us the means to offer
our customers advanced products and services from day one, in May
2021,” said Diego Matas, Chief Operations Officer at EllaLink.
“Deploying Infinera’s 800G solution on EllaLink’s new network
will provide a superior networking experience to their customers
when connecting between Europe and Latin America,” said Nick
Walden, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Infinera.
“Infinera’s open optical solution will enable EllaLink to offer new
and differentiated services, helping to ensure their customers
receive the highest level of service.”
Contacts:
Infinera Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916)
595-8157avue@infinera.com
Infinera Investors:Amitabh PassiHead of Investor
Relationsapassi@infinera.com EllaLink Media:info@ella.link
About EllaLinkEllaLink is an advanced optical
platform offering secure high-capacity connectivity on a unique low
latency transatlantic route serving the growing needs of the Latin
American and European markets. The EllaLink network directly
connects Brazil and Europe, linking the major hubs of São Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza with Lisbon, Madrid and
Marseille.
The EllaLink System has been built with state-of-the-art
coherent technology initially offering 100Tbps of capacity over
four direct fibre pairs between Europe and Brazil. The landing
sites in Fortaleza (Brazil) and Sines (Portugal) have been secured
and EllaLink is scheduled to be Ready for Service in spring 2021.
EllaLink is a privately funded and independent company committed to
providing products and services on a Carrier Neutral and Open
Access basis. Marguerite II, a pan-European equity fund
active in the renewables, energy, transport and digital
infrastructure sectors, is the main shareholder of
EllaLink. For more information
visit ella.link
About InfineraInfinera is a global supplier of
innovative networking solutions that enable carriers, cloud
operators, governments, and enterprises to scale network bandwidth,
accelerate service innovation, and automate network operations. The
Infinera end-to-end packet optical portfolio delivers
industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, submarine,
data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To
learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, follow us on
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Infinera Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to the potential technical, operational,
and financial benefits of Infinera’s ICE6 technology, as well as
EllaLink’s future network plans and implementation plans for
Infinera’s ICE6 technology. These statements are not guarantees of
results and should not be considered as an indication of future
activity or future performance. Actual results may vary materially
from these expectations as a result of various risks and
uncertainties. Information about these risks and uncertainties, and
other risks and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is
contained in the risk factors section and other sections of
Infinera’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended
December 26, 2020 as filed with the SEC on March 3, 2021, as well
as any subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These
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obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such
forward-looking statements.
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