• Ciena’s latest optical technology on FASTER cable system increases Asia-Pacific's connectivity
• Upgrade maximizes operational efficiency with minimal impact to facilities
TIME dotCom Berhad (Time) has deployed Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) latest optical technology across the FASTER cable system. The transpacific cable system with approximate length of 9,000km seamlessly connects facilities in Japan to the United States, positioning Time as a gateway between international businesses and customers in Asia-Pacific.
“The FASTER cable system is a vital contributor to transpacific connectivity. With global bandwidth usage more than tripling between 2020 and 2024 to approximately 6.4 Pb/s last year, we are working with Ciena to efficiently scale our network to address surging bandwidth demands,” said Ang Thing Jiun, Time’s NetCo Chief Executive Officer. “Ciena’s best-in-class coherent optical capabilities, enables Time to scale data transmission to 1 Tb/s across a single-carrier wavelength on the FASTER cable system, with minimal operational impact to facilities being used.”
“Time and Ciena have teamed up to improve connectivity across the transpacific corridor, upgrading its existing submarine network to support the new capacity needs of an AI era,” said Phil Rolle, Regional Managing Director, Subsea, Asia Pacific and Japan, Ciena. “Supported by Ciena’s extensive experience in subsea cable deployments, Time has successfully laid the foundation for the next wave of AI and cloud computing technologies, all while maintaining current operational practices.”
A key benefit of this deployment for Time is that Ciena's latest optical technology will increase the route’s traffic capacity within the same space and power envelope. It is the industry’s first and only single-carrier 1.6 Tb/s coherent optical solution, powered by innovative silicon, enabling ubiquitous networking and delivering a step change in both performance and efficiency.
About TIME dotCom Berhad
Time is an infrastructure investment holding company with interests in the connectivity, cloud, colocation and renewable energy space, serving customers across ASEAN and beyond. Powering Time’s businesses are its fibre optic network assets that span Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia – countries in which it has an established operational presence. Time’s network extends beyond the region to deliver international connectivity via its stakes in numerous submarine cable systems across the globe. Time is headquartered in Malaysia. Visit http://www.time.com.my for more information.
About Ciena
Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. We build the world’s most advanced networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand. By harnessing the power of our networking systems, interconnects, automation software, and services, Ciena revolutionizes data transmission and network management. With unparalleled expertise and innovation, we empower our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. For updates on Ciena, follow us on LinkedIn, or visit the Ciena Insights webpage and Ciena website.
Note to Ciena Investors
You are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. From time to time we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, forecasts, information and assumptions. These statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those stated or implied, because of risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in our most recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies and can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
