ACE Cable System Upgrades Africa-Europe Route to More Than 30 Tbps With Ciena

The ACE cable system consortium has selected Ciena t o upgrade a key submarine route connecting Western Europe, West Africa and South Africa, as demand for high-capacity connectivity across Africa continues to grow. The approximately 17,000-kilometre ACE system spans 18 landing stations and will use Ciena’s 6500 platform powered by WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) to deliver more than 30 Tb/s of capacity. The modernization is expected to expand bandwidth over existing infrastructure while limiting dis