28 November 2024

Viettel will use Nokia’s optical transport solution to cost-effectively address growing demand for 5G and data centre interconnect (DCI), consumer data consumption, and cross-border connectivity.

Nokia’s solution is based on its sixth-generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engines (PSE-6s) and 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS). According to Nokia, the deployment follows the successful trial of Nokia’s PSE-6s with Viettel, which set an optics transmission speed record of 1.2Tbps per wavelength in a real-world environment.

The deployment, to be completed in 2025, will be used to connect Viettel’s data centres in key metropolitan areas such as Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang, enabling the service provider to increase capacity while enhancing energy efficiency. The new optical solution will allow Viettel to scale easily while ensuring superior network performance.

In this project, Nokia’s solution supports 3 x 800GE or 6 x 400GE services on a single line card and will enable Viettel to scale total network capacity to 38.4Tbps over C-band. Nokia says its solution will also help Viettel reduce network power consumption by up to 60%.

“Service providers are grappling with ever-increasing data traffic, making it crucial to have scalable optical networks. Our PSE-6s will allow Viettel to not only cost-effectively address the growing data demand but also enhance network reliability and energy efficiency,” said Vito Di Maria, Head of Optical Networks at Nokia Asia Pacific.