Turkcell, Huawei trial 800G WDM transmission on live network

Turkish mobile and fibre broadband operator Turkcell has partnered Huawei to test 800Gbps WDM fibre transmission on a live network between two data centres in Istanbul. The trial also confirmed the 400G ultra-long-haul transmission capacity of the live network, which can implement 1,040km of un-regenerated transmission from Istanbul to Ankara. Huawei’s technology supports programmable and flexible adjustment of multiple modulation formats ranging from 200G to 800G.

Turkcell says its network traffic has increased by 35% year-on-year, and with the emergence of 5G, cloud computing, and Big Data, service traffic will triple in the next five years, making fibre technology evolution essential.