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HUBER + SUHNER partners with TOWARDEX to deliver next-generation enterprise connectivity for Boston
The ability to meet the growing demand for high-capacity 100G enterprise connectivity has received a significant boost thanks to a new customer-edge deployment of the HUBER + SUHNER CUBOsystem 400G muxponder by TOWARDEX.
Rolled out across the Boston area, the solution will scale services at the metro edge to enable high-bandwidth connectivity to be delivered straight to customer premises and campus locations.
As one of the region’ s most advanced network operators and the force behind the Massachusetts Internet Exchange, TOWARDEX has partnered with HUBER + SUHNER to integrate 400G muxponding and media conversion capabilities directly at the customer edge.
The approach brings a compact, high-performance and cost-efficient architecture designed to support the transition to 800G and 1.6T optical transport.
“ The traditional way of delivering 100G to customer campuses has been too cumbersome, expensive or power-hungry and only able to scale in a limited fashion,” said James Jun, CEO, TOWARDEX.“ With the CUBO platform from HUBER + SUHNER, we’ re now able to deliver 400G uplinks and break them into cost-efficient 100G services with far greater simplicity, flexibility and longterm efficiency.”
With increasing demand for 100G services at office complexes, customer premises and multi-tenant environments across Boston and New England, TOWARDEX opted for the CUBOsystem 400G solution.
The platform enables the delivery of a high-capacity 400G uplink into a customer location that can be broken out into multiple cost-efficient 100G circuits, improving operational flexibility and overall cost-per-bit.
Serving some of Boston’ s largest enterprise and carrier networks, the company also required a carrier-grade, compact solution capable of supporting both media conversion and muxponding at the metro edge.
“ From a technical and operational standpoint, the CUBOsystem platform gives us the flexibility we need at the edge,” Jun said.“ It integrates cleanly with our existing ROADM architecture, reduces the amount of equipment required at customer sites and streamlines how we scale services across the region.”
The proven reliability of the CUBOsystem product line, designed for dense metro, access and harshenvironment deployments, makes it well suited to TOWARDEX’ s distributed edge architecture.
“ From the beginning we needed a partner who could accommodate our needs to deliver carrier-grade optical transmission equipment to our customer demarcation locations,” said Jun.“ HUBER + SUHNER brought the right expertise, willingness to test and adapt and deep experience in deploying high-performance fiber systems in challenging edge environments. They exceeded our expectations.”
“ TOWARDEX is known for building one of the most forward-looking networks in the Boston region,” said Bill Burress, VP Sales North America at HUBER + SUHNER.“ We’ re proud to support their expansion with the CUBOsystem platform and help deliver the next generation of highcapacity services.”
The deployment strengthens the long-standing collaboration between HUBER + SUHNER and TOWARDEX and demonstrates a clear path for operators to scale their networks for future growth. • www. intelligentcio. com
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