Ciena Networks
The
underwater world becomes increasingly important
The news
from Southern Cross/Siena is important in several ways. First, it shows the
growing demand for subsea infrastructure. This is very important because 99% of
the world's internet traffic goes through submarine cables, and Ciena expects
this market to grow at around 40% per year in the near future.
Submarine
cables are certainly an area that is increasingly being driven by hyperscalers.
Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), and Facebook/Meta
Platforms (Nasdaq: META) are among the largest sponsors of submarine cable
projects around the world.
Ciena
project also demonstrates a growing list of requirements for advanced optical
switching. Intelligence, mesh networks, and advanced coherent optics are
prerequisites for the high-speed networks that will carry Internet traffic in
the future. The collaboration between
Ciena networks and
Southern Cross NEXT is a step toward owning a piece of that future. This marks
a victory for the company over rivals such as Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Nokia
(NYSE: NOK), but interestingly, Sienna defeated Nokia's Alcatel Submarine
Networks (ASN) in the NEXT competition. It seems so. In 2019, ASN was selected
to begin building the cable system, which will apparently be replaced or
expanded with Ciena's network. As of this writing, ASN has not yet responded to
inquiries.
Submarine
cables are an essential element of digital transformation. And as capacity
requirements increase, so does the need for new projects. The Southern Cross
NEXT network and his Ciena contribution to it are part of a noteworthy trend.
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