Cablevision Argentina is a large cable TV and Internet services provider for Latin America and will be South America’s first cable operator to provide services over 100 GB/S speed, deploying an advanced optical networking solution.
Alcatel-Lucent's advanced 100G optical coherent networking solution has been opted by Cablevision Argentina to considerably accelerate performance and service in order to furnish the requirements of its customers based on internet applications, video and multimedia.
Cablevision serves over 1M Internet users and 3M CATV clients in Argentina, delivering Cablevision Digital HD. The company's fiber capacity is being spent up with the increase in subscribers and traffic. Hence, proper solutions need to be formulated to reduce the cost and complexity of high quality services thereby maintaining the traffic.
Cablevision Argentina’s Engineering Chief, Gabriel Carro says that the company progresses with support from Alcatel-Lucent's solution and provides 100G reliable and flexible network, serving the present and future bandwidth requirements with a quick market introduction.
Alcatel-Lucent presents its 1830 PSS with improved 100G coherent technology to develop capacity scalability. This is the first 100G-capable cable TV network installed in South America. The solution will allow Cablevision to minimize energy utilization, maintenance and operating costs, apart from increasing network capacity. This advanced 100G coherent technology, intended to furnish bandwidth demands, supported by file sharing, video streaming, web applications, and high definition movies will precede optical networking.
The 100G solution from Alcatel-Lucent forms an important part of its high leverage network, designed to support operators in their network transformation thereby supplying advanced and valuable services.