- With Infinera's (NASDAQ:INFN) $300M+ acquisition of Swedish optical networking peer Transmode on the books, the company has rolled out an end-to-end solution pairing Infinera's bread-and-butter DTN-X long-haul optical transport systems with Transmode's TM-series packet-optical (integrated Ethernet/IP and optical networking) metro systems. The solution is enabled by new 100G modules for the DTN-X line that communicate with Transmode's gear.
- Infinera, which (unlike Transmode) has historically received the lion's share of its revenue from the long-haul market, has also unveiled two metro DTN-X platforms - the XTC-2 and XTC-2E - that combine 100G WDM transport with OTN switching in a metro-friendly footprint. Infinera's next-gen oPIC-100 photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is leveraged.
- Also launching: A new long-haul DTN-X platform (the XT-500) that uses the company's 500Gb/s PIC-500 PIC and supports the company's Instant Bandwidth rapid-provisioning solution.
- IHS' Andrew Schmitt: "Infinera can now address the entire WDM market - which we expect to top $15 billion by 2019 -- from the edge to the core and across both traditional service provider and internet content provider applications. Infinera and the DTN-X played a major role in the optical reboot from 10 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s in the long-haul core, and the company is well timed to enter the metro portion of the market, which we expect to surge in 2016,"