MedNautilus, the Mediterranean operator of Telecom Italia Sparkle Group and the first and only protected network in the Mediterranean in a ring configuration, operates a submarine network between Israel and Cyprus, as part of a larger network connecting the Eastern Mediterranean with Greece, Turkey, Italy and France to serve the growing connectivity needs of the region.

The Infinera network has enabled MedNautilus to quadruple its network capacity. It has also provided benefits in terms of simplicity and speed of deployment operations, with the network upgrade completed in less than half the time it would have taken for a traditional underwater network. Infinera equipment consumes significantly less space than traditional underwater optical network systems. More efficient use of space is an increasingly important factor given the growing demand for bandwidth, which requires more and more equipment at each landing station.

“As a submarine cable operator, I would like to see the industry move towards improvements that are simple to implement, scalable, and ‘plug and play’ as soon as possible, and Infinera’s solution based on integrated photonic circuits is a step in that direction,” commented Luigi Sangiorgio, Director of Network Engineering at MedNautilus.

“Infinera has seen increasing acceptance of the submarine network market segment and we are very pleased to support MedNautilus and help them address their bandwidth growth needs in the Mediterranean,” said Infinera President and CEO Tom Fallon.

Both DTN and SLTE (Submarine Line Termination Equipment) provide a suite of application-optimized features to enhance submarine cable networks, including support for highly reliable transoceanic optical transmissions, low-cost, low-latency full-band dispersion compensation optimized for significant size reduction, integrated low-cost submarine backhaul and network interconnection, and submarine cable connectivity solutions optimized to operate over existing cable systems. Infinera's submarine solutions have been deployed for customers worldwide along a total of more than 85,000 kilometers of line, including transatlantic routes, routes between North, Central, and South America, in the Middle East, and in the Indian Ocean.

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