The new coherent optical network, using open transponders, interconnects several cities in Central Chile with non-amplified 200/400Gbps trunks, providing Mundo Pacifico the highest capacity network in the region.
Concepción, Chile, July 20, 2020: In the midst of the most severe pandemic in over a century , Mundo Pacífico announces that it has deployed HyperNET, a software-defined IP network, based on Cassini (the Coherent Switch developed within the Telecom Infra Project). The activation of Hypernet has enabled Mundo Pacífico to significantly increase network capacity to meet current surges in demand across cities in Central Chile.
“Predicting that Coronavirus was going to require confinement of people in their homes, it was evident that we would face an unprecedented increase in traffic. We decided to expand our capacity with Cassini, rather than the traditional Transport, MPLS and IP stack, because it is much simpler to deploy and operate, and requires reduced infrastructure in our sites”, stated Marcos Alcayaga, Mundo Pacifico’s Network Engineering Manager and architect of the project. “The first phase of the network spans from the capital city (Santiago), to the South (Concepción) and the coast (Valparaíso), as part of a long-haul backbone of about 1000 Kms of fiber optics. Next phases will include other regions”, concluded Alcayaga.
HyperNETs is based on Cassini, a disaggregated coherent switch and open packet transponder (designed by Edgecore Networks), which provides high performance switching combined with long-haul CFP2 coherent optics modules (from vendors such as Acacia Comunications), and which runs OcNOS® (a feature-rich operating system for whiteboxes, developed by IP Infusion). By leveraging open automation standards, all services are deployed from a distributed controller. Cassini was developed within the TIP Open Optical Packet Transport Project Group and is currently the industry’s highest capacity open packet transponder, leveraging open automation standards.
Contrary to traditional approaches, the Cassini transponder collapses from the Optical to the IP layers in a single platform, where we have L3 switches making IP routing decisions on the optical layer, a novel concept that is very efficient for managing huge volumes of traffic”, explained José Miguel Guzmán, Country Manager at Whitestack, the company responsible for the end-to-end integration of the technology and also facilitator of the automation platform for real-time provisioning services.
By using CFP2-DCO (Digital Coherent Optics) from Acacia or other compatible vendors, Mundo Pacifico deployed the highest capacity network in the region, interconnecting cities and villages with trunks of 200-400 Gbps (using the highly efficient DP-16QAM modulation), covering significant distances without, in general, any need for external optical amplification.
“Mundo Pacifico is leveraging IP Infusion’s 20 years of experience in providing leading network operating systems for carriers who are implementing open, disaggregated networks,” said Atsushi Ogata, President and CEO of IP Infusion. “Our disaggregated network OS solution allows Mundo Pacifico to cover its targeted geographic areas and to expand in the future with a proven alternative to the more costly vendor lock-in option. This disaggregated networking solution delivers innovation agility in rolling out new services and meets Mundo Pacifico’s increased traffic demands.”
Mundo Pacífico does not want to do things like the rest of the industry, we want to differentiate by providing our customers the cutting-edge technologies developed by tech leaders, and adopted by the most disruptive telecom operators. We are proud to take the lead on high capacity networks in the region
— Enrique Coulembier, CEO of Mundo Pacífico.
“Cassini‘s great innovation, is that it was developed by a consortium of companies grouped under the umbrella of the Telecom Infra Project, a global community of companies and organizations that are driving infrastructure solutions to advance global connectivity”, adds Gianpietro Lavado, Senior Architect at Whitestack, who led the first trial of this technology in Peru.
“We congratulate Mundo Pacífico for this huge milestone, an important achievement for the Open Optical Packet Transport team – and for the whole Industry – that demonstrates that when players collaborate together, they can produce brilliant solutions to very concrete problems with highly successful results” , said Attilio Zani, Executive Director at the Telecom Infra Project.
About Mundo Pacifico Mundo Pacifico is the fastest growing Triple Play operator in Chile. Started 20 years ago as a small local operator in Concepción, over time they have developed an innovative operational model that allowed them to expand to major cities very quickly, based on agile engineering and using non-standard technologies. They offer Internet, Television and Telephony services, in Central Chile. For more information: https://www.tumundo.cl/
About Whitestack Whitestack is a leading company at implementing open components in productive netwoks. They provide complete Infrastructure Stacks for Telcos and Large companies, starting with commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) servers and WhiteBox switches, cloud solutions with their Openstack based WhiteCloud platform, and Kubernetes-based WhiteMist, and telco-oriented NFV orchestration with their OSM based WhiteNFV platform. For networks that are still in transition to SDN, WhiteAutomator provides an abstraction layer that brings programability to existing networks. As part of their work within TIP, Whitestack is leading the development of disaggregated networking in some regions,creating the highest capacities with more efficient technologies. Whitestack is also supporting operators’ transition to 5G, by creating an orchestrated Telco Cloud, for suporting multivendor network services. Their collaboration with the Facebook Magma project will lead to more flexible mobile networks. Find out more: https://www.whitestack.com/
About the Telecom Infra Project The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is a global community of companies and organizations that are driving infrastructure solutions to advance global connectivity. Half of the world’s population is still not connected to the internet, and for those who are, connectivity is often insufficient. This limits access to the multitude of consumer and commercial benefits provided by the internet, thereby impacting GDP growth globally. However, a lack of flexibility in the current solutions – exacerbated by a limited choice in technology providers – makes it challenging for operators to efficiently build and upgrade networks. Founded in 2016, TIP is a community of diverse members that includes hundreds of companies – from service providers and technology partners, to system integrators and other connectivity stakeholders. We are working together to develop, test and deploy open, disaggregated, and standards-based solutions that deliver the high-quality connectivity that the world needs – now and in the decades to come. Find out more: www.telecominfraproject.com
About Acacia Communications Acacia Communications develops, manufactures and sells high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed to transform communications networks through improvements in performance, capacity and cost. By implementing optical interconnect technology in a silicon-based platform, a process Acacia Communications refers to as the “siliconization of optical interconnect,” Acacia Communications is able to offer products at higher speeds and density with lower power consumption, that meet the needs of cloud and service providers and can be easily integrated in a cost-effective manner with existing network equipment. For more information about Acacia, visit www.acacia-inc.com.
About Edgecore Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading network ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for Data Center, Service Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of open 1G-400G Ethernet OCP Accepted™ switches, core routers, cell site gateways, virtual PON OLTs, optical packet transponders, and Wi-Fi access points that offer choice of commercial and open source NOS and SDN software. For more information, visit http://www.edge-core.com
About IP Infusion IP Infusion enables disaggregated networking solutions for carriers, service providers and data center operators. We provide network OS solutions for today’s networks to allow network operators to reduce network costs, increase flexibility, and to deploy new features and services quickly. IP Infusion is an integrator and customer service provider for DANOS-Vyatta edition, as well as a provider of the OcNOS® and ZebOS® network operating systems to our more than 300 customers. IP Infusion is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and is a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of ACCESS CO., LTD. Additional information can be found at http://www.ipinfusion.com.
