SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infinera ( INFN) announced today that Kanawa, a new subsea cable owned and operated by Orange in the Caribbean, now offers reliable, high-capacity network services for its existing customers, operators and internet content providers who require additional capacity. Kanawa is powered by Infinera’s fourth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4)-based XTS‑3600 platform and Infinera Instant Bandwidth.
Kanawa, the new internet highway and key driver of growth and development for French Guiana, delivers high-speed connectivity between French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Built, owned and operated by Orange, Kanawa is a 1,746-kilometer cable linking French Guiana and Martinique, and is made up of two pairs of subsea fibers. Kanawa is one of the most powerful cables in the region, providing 100 gigabits per second and up to 10 terabits per second of capacity, based on customer demand. Orange deployed Infinera’s ICE4-based platform and Instant Bandwidth on the Martinique-Guadeloupe segment. With Infinera’s solutions, Orange can increase capacity as needed within minutes, without requiring any additional work on its subsea network, a distinct advantage it can pass along to its customers.
“French Guiana is experiencing rapid growth in digital technology,” said Jean-Luc Vuillemin, Executive Vice President, Orange International Networks Infrastructure and Services. “We needed to ensure the region keeps pace with the rest of the world, and Kanawa was our solution. Infinera’s cutting-edge technology enables Orange to increase capacity on demand and delivers the high performance we expected. Choosing to deploy Infinera’s technology is a significant benefit to us and our customers, providing us with an agile, scalable network.”
“Orange’s selection of Infinera’s ICE4-based platform and Instant Bandwidth underscores the significant benefits of operating a cognitive network,” said Bob Jandro, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Infinera. “We are delighted to work with Orange on this major deployment and look forward to enabling the Caribbean to connect globally.”
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This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to the technical, operational and financial benefits of deploying the ICE4-based XTS 3600 platform and Infinera Instant Bandwidth. These statements are not guarantees of results and should not be considered as an indication of future activity or future performance. Actual results may vary materially from these expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 29, 2018 as filed with the SEC on March 14, 2019, as well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on Infinera’s website at www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements.
