ECI Unveils Apollo OPT 9900 Series

PETACH TIKVA, Israel -- ECI announced today that the company will introduce the Apollo OPT 9900 series, the newest addition to its industry-leading Apollo optical product line, at the WDM and Optical Networking Event in Nice, France, June 22-25, at booth #11. The Apollo OPT 9900 series, which consists of high capacity, multi-layer switching platforms, is the densest, most energy efficient, hybrid OTN/packet switch on the market today.

Designed for core networks and submarine cable landing stations, the Apollo OPT 9900 series is available in two versions: the OPT 9932 with a 16T hybrid OTN/packet switching fabric and the OPT 9914 with a 5.6T fabric for lower capacity requirements. To hold up to the tests of time, the 9900 supports 100/200/400G coherent interfaces and is ready for 1T line rates, which extends the systems’ lifecycle well into the next decade. Multiservice client ports up to 100G are supported and high service reliability is provided via ASON/WSON GMPLS restoration.

Boasting the lowest power consumption per bit in the industry, the 9900 series is also extremely energy efficient. Additional benefits include the integral OSNR-based calibration for alien wavelength support, the LightSoft® network management suite and the LightAppsTM software defined networking (SDN) network and service automation suite. In the following release, capabilities will be extended even further with the addition of packet switching to address the need for converged solutions in core networks. All IO cards are software upgradable to support packet thus protecting investment.

ECI Telecom Ltd.