Nokia announced today that it is building a 3,000km nationwide optical transport network for the FCCN Unit in Portugal, connecting higher education institutions and research centers in 26 cities. The network uses wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) to increase speeds by a factor of 10 over the network OADM previous FCCN.
FCCN, Scientific Computing Unit of FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, aims to contribute to the development of Science, Technology and Knowledge in Portugal. Provides high-speed internet connectivity and IT services to the Portuguese higher education and research system. 600,000 students, researchers, and collaborators can rely on their national education network every day. The agreement includes optical transport and switching solutions. Photonic Service Interconnect Nokia 1830, management system for DWDM network and design, implementation and maintenance services.
Nokia has submitted the winning bid in an international competition to build a new RCTS (Science, Technology and Society Network) optical network as part of the €17 million RCTS100 project, €13 million of which comes from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The new DWDM network replaces the OADM network (Optical add-drop multiplexer) previous FCCN and implements reconfigurable optical multiplexers Colorless-Flexgrid (CF) (ROADMs) to enable simple and remote reconfiguration of optical routes. It also increases network capacity by a factor of 10 by using 100G/200G wavelengths.
Ana Pinto, Director of FCCN, stated: "Hundreds of thousands of students rely on our network every day. The more than 10x increase in capacity provides the bandwidth needed to meet the increased data transmission needs. The success of the RCTS100 Project is crucial for the entire R&E (Research and Education) community, and we value the contribution of trusted technology partners like Nokia to meet the extremely demanding requirements of our community."
Luis Bueno, Director of Corporate Sales at Nokia, Spain and Portugal: "Education is one of the few industries significantly transformed by connectivity. We are proud to announce Nokia's first agreement with a National Research and Education Network in Portugal and the implementation of this essential service, where we have worked closely with our Local Partner Axians Portugal to achieve this success."
