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Shanghai, China, June 26, 2024: During MWC Shanghai 2024, Mr. Victor Rodrigo Nilo Poyanco, service delivery manager of Chile Entel, delivered a keynote speech at the F5G-A All-Optical Network Summit on ” Lighting Up Digital Chile With F5G-A Optical Network “. As the largest telecom operators in Chile，Entel has consistently introduced new innovative technologies, is building F5G-A optical network, lighting up digital Chile.
Entel is the largest mobile operator in Chile and is developing fixed broadband and enterprise services. Its FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Home) subscribers have increased by four times in the past three years. Meanwhile, as the digital hub between South America and Asia- Pacific and the largest cloud service providers in Chile, Entel’s backbone network traffic have increased by nine times in the past five years, bringing an annual network traffic growth of over 50%. To cope with the ever-changing service requirements, Chile Entel is building F5G-A optical network to construct a digital foundation.
First, in terms of network architecture, Chile Entel changed the multiple layers traditional network to unified mesh network. It is like a 3D bridge to balance traffic without congestion, and support network 10 years evolution. Secondly, 400G/800G rate to enlarge network capacity and reduce cost per bit. High-performance 400G and super C+L band can be provided nationwide transmission without regeneration, and reducing transmission cost per bit by 30%. Single wavelength 800G is also introduced in Santiago metro network to provide a capacity of nearly 100 Tbit/s per fiber, meeting the requirements for massive data traffic in the future. Thirdly, all-optical switching can built flatten and mesh architecture covering national backbone and Santiago metro network, and reduce the equipment room space by 90% and power consumption by 40% for core nodes. In addition, all-optical one-hop connections between users and DCs and between DCs will be implemented, building a 1ms intra-city and 5-18ms inter-city low latency circle, enabling low latency and ubiquitous connections for thousands of industries.
At last, Mr. Victor said, “Entel is proud to have one of the world’s most advanced F5G-A optical network, using industry-leading 400G/800G technologies to provide premium connection to Chilean customers, accelerating industry digitalization and enabling digital Chile strategy.”