Submarine Cable Networks

Who is Ciena?

Market leadership

Technology leadership

Global leader in high-capacity (40G

and 100G) networking

Installed worlds first 40G coherent

transponders in submarine in 2008

Global leader in network/service

automation and mesh switching

Installed worlds first 100G coherent

transponders in 2009

Emerging leader in Carrier Ethernet

#1 share in combined LH/Metro WDM in

North America1 and #2 share worldwide1

17% of global long-haul WDM segment1

12.5% of global metro WDM segment1

More than 1,000 customers worldwide

DellOro optical market share estimates 2010

Cienas Network Solution Space

Converged
Optical Ethernet
Infrastructure

LTE wireless backhaul,

Cloud / data center,
High-frequency trading,
Security/encryption,
Smart Grid

Network
Capacity

Emerging
Applications

Global
Networks

World leading coherent

technology featuring 40G/100G
optical solutions

World leading control

plane technology,
Resilient optical mesh,
Latency management

The New Global Information Infrastructure

Ciena is already building it

The new paradigm:

Global Networking

Ciena leads in
transport and service
delivery

Coherent transport
Automated optical mesh

WaveLogic
FastMesh

Major submarine
operators use Ciena

Cost of Complexity

International Connectivity Issues

Multi-link connections
Submarine link connecting to PoPs
via two terrestrial links

SDH regeneration
SLTE-terrestrial interfaces obscure
end-to-end service performance

AU3/AU4 Conversion
External boxes must be used for
DS3 and GbE mapping from
SONET to SDH and vice versa

Ciena Submarine Solutions

Global solution platforms
One platform for SLTE and terrestrial

Automated service management

End-to-end provisioning & management
Multi-layer connection monitoring

Built-in AU3/AU4 mapping capability

Significant reduction in footprint and
power consumption

Cienas 6500 platform unifies terrestrial and submarine domains,

building one global infrastructure
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Cost of Capacity

Bandwidth scaling issues

Demand growth and challenge

Ciena Submarine Solutions

Capacity upgrades

40% - 60% annual growth

40G and 100G wavelengths

Lower $/bit rev; high fixed cost

Maximum capacity per fiber pair

Simple turn-up with auto configuration

Bending the cost curve

40G in 40 days, including supply + install

No reengineering

capacity

Automated configuration

time
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Cost of Changing Service Requirements

Service Providers Migration Issues
New service requirements

Ciena Submarine Solutions

Advanced service delivery

Packet and optical growing rapidly

Multi-service coexistence/aggregation

PDH and SDH phasing out

OTN (fully-transparent) services

Migration towards lower-cost services

Automated, remote service management

Time, labor and resource inefficiencies

Continuous bandwidth optimization

Lit Bandwidth
Ethernet
Wavelengths

SEA-ME-WE-4 selected Cienas 5430

Reconfigurable Switching System, enabling
aggregation and intelligent switching at all sites

Legacy
2010-16

*: Trans-Atlantic service forecast (Telegeography, 2010)

Cost of Cable Faults

Cable Fault Issues

Ciena Global Mesh Solutions

Earthquakes and mudslides

Advanced mesh protection

Multi-cable, multi-tear faults

From weeks to milliseconds

Ship faults

Resilience against multiple faults

Fishing- and anchor-inflicted breaks

Cost and SLA impact

Huge service disruptions and slow
repairs
Costly maintenance contracts

Combines 1:n transponder protection

Efficiencies
Low power/Gbps consumption
Automated service management

Successfully proven in 2011 Japan tsunami

At Verizon Business, any impact to customer traffic was averted by its optical
meshed infrastructure in Asia and across the Pacific, according to Linda Laughlin,
director of media relations for Verizon Business Global Services Group.

SEA-ME-WE-4 Success Story

Who Is SEA-ME-WE-4?

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Algrie Tlcom

Algeria

Bharti

India

BSCCL

Bangladesh

CAT Telecom Public Company Limited

Thailand

ETISALAT

United Arab Emirates

France Tlcom

France

Verizon Business

United Kingdom

Pakistan Telecommunication Company

Pakistan

SingTel

Singapore

Saudi Telecom Company

Saudi Arabia

Telecom Egypt

Egypt

Telecom Italia Sparkle

Italy

Telekom Malaysia Berhad

Malaysia

Tunisie Telecom

Tunisia

Tata Communications

India

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Coherent is a Disruptive Technology

Ciena can help operators leverage it now

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Coherent
Enables

System
Benefits

Operator
Benefits

Simpler dispersion maps

Higher cable capacity

Scalability and higher

revenue opportunity

Lower loss fiber plant

Simpler engineering

Lower power amplifiers

Simpler maintenance

Lower cost of service

delivered

Building Global Networks with Ciena

Whether the operator is

Adding a wavelength or uplifting a fiber pair

Speed

Serving legacy or new services

Innovation

Adding network resilience

Experience

Planning a new submarine cable

Cost Management

Service scale

Survivability

Lit Bandwidth
Ethernet
capacity

Wavelengths

Legacy
time

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2010-16

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