(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 21. EXA Infrastructure
(EXA) has deployed Infinera's ICE6 800G coherent optical solution
on the EXA Trans Adriatic Express (TAE), a submarine cable system
linking EXA's current European footprint to Türkiye via Albania and
Greece, trend reports via Infinera.
TAE is a joint venture between EXA Infrastructure and the Trans
Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP), designed to provide the most direct and
reliable fibre optic infrastructure between Italy, Greece and
Turkey.
The system will be operational from end of May 2023.
EXA selected Infinera's ICE6-based solution to help meet the
rapidly growing bandwidth demand on its state-of-the-art TAE cable
link. Infinera's ICE6 optical engines provide subsea network
operators like EXA with industry-leading capacity per cable by
leveraging unique features including highly granular baud rate
configuration, industry-leading long-codeword probabilistic
constellation shaping (LC-PCS), and Nyquist subcarriers that
seamlessly integrate with existing third-party line systems.
TAP transports natural gas from the giant Shah Deniz field in
the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea to Europe. The 878 km
long pipeline connects with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at
the Turkish-Greek border in Kipoi, crosses Greece and Albania and
the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Southern Italy.
TAP facilitates gas supplies to South Eastern European countries
through existing and prospective interconnectors. TAP is connected
to Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB) which started its
commercial operations in October 2022, providing Caspian gas to
Bulgaria, enhancing security of energy supplies in one more
European country. TAP's exits in Greece and Albania, together with
the landfall in Italy provide multiple opportunities for further
transport of gas from Azerbaijan to the wider European markets.
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