Alcatel deploys DWDM for Telstra

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, Nov 22, 2002

Alcatel announced that it has designed, manufactured and deployed a 2.5 Gbit/s 16-channel DWDM system for Telstra. This is believed to be the longest straight line system in the world. This system is one of five separate turnkey projects awarded to Alcatel which were delivered concurrently in just over 12 months.

The five projects are: Darwin to Adelaide, South Headland to Darwin, Threeways to Mount Isa, Brisbane to Cairns, and Melbourne to Launceston According to Telstra, these five projects represent a major milestone in accelerating Telstra's national network capacity and extends the country's backbone DWDM Optical Transmission coverage to over 10,000km in all.

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