Southern Cross Cable has announced Ciena has its preferred bidder to undertake structural upgrades to the principal Internet cable connecting Australia to the US.

 

The Southern Cross Cable is set to increase its bandwidth provisions from 10Gbps to 40Gbps next year.

 

"Using Ciena's 40G coherent optical technologies will increase lit capacity across our network to 2Tbps by Q2 2012, and represents an increase in current potential capacity to over 7.2Tbs, between Australia/New Zealand and the USA,"  Southern Cross CEO, Fiona Beck, said.

 

"Southern Cross Cables will increase capacity on all of its network segments between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, including one that spans more than 8,000 kilometre, with Ciena's …40G+ coherent optical solutions."