Nokia Deploys High-performance Cross-border DWDM Network for IGC

• Nokia’s Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) solution was used by IGC to overlay and enhance the existing infrastructure to more effectively manage the growing capacity demand.
• The new, improved network allows IGC’s customers, including hyperscalers, to benefit from a high capacity, low latency and highly available network.
• Based on Nokia’s latest photonic service engine (PSE) chipset, Nokia’s DWDM solution will allow IGC to improve its energy efficiency while increasing network capacity and availability.

BANGKOK  - Nokia announced that International Gateway Company Limited (IGC) has selected Nokia’s next-generation optical transport solution to modernize its existing DWDM network, which connects the East region to Cambodia and the South region to Malaysia. Powered by Nokia’s latest generation Photonic Service Engine (PSE) chipset, the upgraded network will be capable of transmitting 400G per wavelength, enabling IGC to more effectively manage booming traffic demands while ensuring superior data center connectivity for its customers, a press release stated by Nokia.

Upon deployment in Bangkok and in the East and South regions, Nokia’s Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution will enable IGC to cost-effectively meet requirements for a high-capacity, robust network as consumer data demand surges.

Pichit Satapattayanont, Chief Executive Officer at IGC, said: “Nokia’s cost-effective and resilient DWDM solution, based on coherent technology, will help us delight our hyperscale customers by providing superior connectivity from the Cambodian border to the Malaysian border. We are pleased with the timely and seamless completion of the project and look forward to strengthening our partnership and collaboration with Nokia in the future.”

Ajay Sharma, Head of Network Infrastructure Sales, SEA North at Nokia, said: “We are thrilled that our industry-leading products and solutions will help IGC fulfil the transmission capacity demands of its customers today and in the future. Our innovative DWDM optical network solution is designed to help service providers cost-effectively enhance network capacity and build resilience while reducing their energy consumption.”