Municipality of Cape Town and ADVA Optical Networking Pioneer New City-Wide Network
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New Infrastructure Encourages Collaboration and Hopes to Inspire Other
Communities
Cape Town, South Africa. April 24, 2012. ADVA Optical Networking announced today
that the Municipality of Cape Town has deployed the FSP 3000 in a pioneering
not-for-profit municipally-owned network that aims to bring new levels of data
connectivity to Cape Town. Spanning over 100km of fiber, the network's initial
core ring configuration connects key municipal offices throughout the city
offering MPLS and 10Gbit/s Ethernet services. As well as enabling the City to
deliver bandwidth to libraries, schools, hospitals, research institutions and
other organizations, the network will ultimately provide service providers,
enterprises and communities with a shared infrastructure to offer affordable
commercial services.
"We believe the network we've built here is a first for Africa," commented Leon
van Wyk, telecommunications manager at City of Cape Town. "By building our own
dark fiber network, we're able to drive the rollout of broadband services
throughout the municipality and the region. Our mandate is primarily to provide
high bandwidth network services to government entities, including schools,
clinics, hospitals and libraries, but we also want to encourage the private
sector to deliver every business, family and organization the bandwidth they
need to participate in the modern knowledge economy. Data is the currency of
tomorrow and with ADVA Optical Networking's help, support and direction, we've
built a strong foundation for the future."
This network marks the first step for the Municipality of Cape Town as it seeks
to drive universal broadband coverage throughout Cape Town. The network's core
currently consists of eight nodes and will use the scalability of the FSP 3000
to accommodate the expected demand for high capacity, secure networks. The next
phase of the project will expand the core ring to all parts of the Cape Town
metro, with up to 100 new nodes. The Municipality hopes that its work here will
be modelled by other cities and that it will ignite rapid broadband adoption
throughout the region.
"This is an incredible project to be involved in," commented Günter Landers,
sales director, Africa, ADVA Optical Networking. "The Municipality of Cape Town
is developing a network that will dramatically impact upon the community. It
will provide high-speed connectivity for a whole range of government services,
as well as enabling people to access applications such as remote learning,
telemedicine and video conferencing. But this is just the beginning. By using
the FSP 3000, the City will be able to scale its network to match the data
demand, ensuring it has bandwidth where and when it needs."
The FSP 3000 is a scalable Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) system
specifically designed for large enterprises and service providers that require a
flexible, cost-effective system that will multiplex, transport and protect high-
speed data, storage, voice and video applications over fiber optic networks.
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About ADVA Optical Networking
ADVA Optical Networking is a global provider of intelligent telecommunications
infrastructure solutions. With software-automated Optical+Ethernet transmission
technology, the Company builds the foundation for high-speed, next-generation
networks. The Company's FSP product family adds scalability and intelligence to
customers' networks while removing complexity and cost. With a flexible and
fast-moving organization, ADVA Optical Networking forges close partnerships with
its customers to meet the growing demand for data, storage, voice and video
services. Thanks to reliable performance for more than 15 years, the Company has
become a trusted partner for more than 250 carriers and 10,000 enterprises
across the globe. For more information, please visit us at www.advaoptical.com.
About City of Cape Town
The population of Cape Town in 2010 is estimated at 3.7 million people - with an
estimated 1,060,964 household units - and is estimated to grow to 4.25 million
in 2030. Cape Town is a metro with the 2nd largest economy and contribution to
the South African economic output. In 2010, the city contributed 11.12% of
national Gross Value Added (GVA), its contribution to the national economy
having grown incrementally from 10.5% in 2001, and 10.9% in 2009. Cape Town's
economy has a number of key positives on which to build. It is known to have
solid economic infrastructure and a good service base with which to attract
international and national industry. The Cape Town economy is progressively
shifting towards the services industries, with the largest areas of growth being
finance, business services, trade, catering, accommodation, tourism, transport
and communication. The increased availability of bandwidth will benefit Cape
Town's growing knowledge-based economy and can help attract foreign investment
and the prospect of major economic and social benefits. For more information,
please visit us at www.capetown.gov.za/en
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ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany
www.advaoptical.com
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