Press Release
16 March 2017
Telia Carrier, Coriant and Facebook collaborate on successful trial of
Voyager on Stockholm to Hamburg route
Stockholm, Sweden – 16 March 2017 – Telia Carrier announced today that the Telecom Infra
Project (TIP) and Facebook completed a successful trial of 100G and 200G using Voyager gear on
its 1,089km Stockholm to Hamburg route, leveraging technology developed by Coriant, a global
supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking and DCI solutions. Significantly,
this demonstrates that 16QAM signalling works effectively over long distances. To help make the
world more open and to connect the unconnected, Facebook has contributed Voyager, the
industry´s first “white box” transponder and routing solution that will be made available to those
in the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). TIP’s mission of reimagining the traditional approach to
building and deploying telecom network infrastructure aligns with Telia Carrier’s “Carrier
Declarations,” as the company continues to challenge everything, grow its own network
organically and be at the forefront of innovation.
“Working with TIP, we’re working on open, disaggregated and scalable ways to deploy network capacity
efficiently within diverse and changing environments,” said Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, co-chair, TIP Open
Optical Packet Transport Project Group, and Director of Engineering, Facebook. “Telia Carrier helped us
move closer to our goal by testing Voyager Transponder on their network. We are excited by the results
of this trial and look forward to working with the TIP community to further develop Voyager.”
“Telia Carrier is committed to innovation, and being a flexible option for content and service providers
looking to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. We are proud to partner with Facebook and
Coriant, and thank them for a successful trial, as we look to disrupt the normal way of thinking and
provide connectivity for all,” said Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist, Telia Carrier. “Telia Carrier is a
long-time partner of Facebook, having built and managed the multi-terabit optical network connecting
their data center in Sweden to multiple exchange points throughout Europe. Like TIP and Facebook, we
stand for openness and transparency for everyone looking to connect to the wider world around them.”
Larger and more agile networks are needed to stay ahead of the oncoming tide of virtual reality (VR),
streaming video, gaming and other bandwidth intensive applications. To assist other telecom
infrastructure companies in providing access to the worldwide web, Telia Company, the parent company
of Telia Carrier and TIP partner, supported Telia Carrier in conducting the test of the Voyager solution
and shared the results with other member companies. The test, carried out in early March, shows that
decoupled Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transponder systems are a low cost, low
power option, with sufficient flexibility and accessibility for service providers to leverage within their
existing networks. Telia Carrier, with TIP, Facebook and Coriant are all working together to reach the
goal of disaggregating the hardware and software components of the network stack to unleash the full
power of connectivity, for everyone.
“Coriant remains committed to open networks, and the Telecom Infra Project is playing a critical role in
driving industry progress on this front,” said J.C. Fahmy, Vice President of Product Management and
Business Development, Data Center Solutions, Coriant. “The emergence of packet switching/routing
white boxes like Voyager opens up the potential for more open, more programmable, and more costdisruptive network architectures, and we are excited to be teaming with TIP to extend our LightIP
networking software to Voyager.”
Telia Carrier’s global fiber backbone has grown organically, without acquisitions, and is the first to be
100G-enabled in both Europe and North America. It is also the first network to successfully transmit 1
Tb/s on its US network. According to Dyn Research’s global backbone rankings, AS1299, Telia Carrier’s
global IP backbone, is currently ranked top-two. Telia Carrier’s rapid growth and ascension through the
rankings was highlighted in Dyn’s ‘Baker’s Dozen, report. The company enables worldwide connectivity
by connecting more than 220 Points of Presence (PoPs) across Europe, North America, Asia, and the
Middle East including over 70 PoPs in North America alone.
Media Enquiries: Rickard Bäcklin, VP Brand & Marketing, Telia Carrier, +46-72-2368327,
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About Telia Carrier
Telia Carrier owns and operates one of the world’s most extensive fiber backbones. Our mission is to provide exceptional
network infrastructure and services – empowering individuals, businesses and societies to execute their most critical activities.
By working close to our customers, we make big ideas happen at the speed of fiber. Discover more at teliacarrier.com
About Coriant
Coriant delivers innovative and dynamic networking solutions for a fast-changing and cloud-centric business world. The Coriant
portfolio of SDN-enabled, edge-to-core packet optical networking and DCI solutions enables network operators to cost-efficiently
scale network capacity, reduce operational complexity, and create the resilient foundation for a new generation of mobile, video,
and cloud services. Coriant serves leading network operators around the world, including mobile and fixed line service
providers, cloud and data center operators, Web 2.0 content providers, cable MSOs, government agencies, and large
enterprises. With a distinguished heritage of technology innovation and service excellence, Coriant is helping its global
customers maximize the value of their network infrastructure as demand for bandwidth explodes and the communications needs
of businesses and consumers continue to evolve. Learn more at www.coriant.com and follow us on Twitter for the
latest @Coriant news and information.