A Closer look at Huawei Submarine Networks New Repeater and SLTE technology lead the way for JV
By Bruce Neilson-Watts
There is a new entrant in the submarine telecommunications market as Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) and Global Marine Systems have announced the formation of a new joint venture, Huawei Submarine Networks, LTD (“Huawei Submarine”.) A signing ceremony commemorating the event was held recently in London and was the culmination of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties in March 2007. Beginning in 2008, the new company plans to deliver submarine network equipment and
related services for network providers seeking highly-advanced communications capabilities on a global scale. “Huawei is a trusted industry partner to many of the world’s leading telecommunication carriers and providers,” commented Mr. Ping Guo, CSO of Huawei. “There is enormous scope to improve the competitiveness of this market and with Huawei’s impressive global R&D and manufacturing capabilities and Global Marine’s broad submarine engineering expertise, we intend to improve value for customers by
offering unique solutions for all our customers future network plans.” Leading the charge for Huawei Submarine are a highly advanced SLTE offering and a new small form-factor subsea repeater which leverage each of the companies technological strengths and fit nicely into the JV’s vision of a turnkey end-to-end solution. New SLTE Offering The new OptiX BWS 1600S from Huawei Submarine Networks will provide huge transmission capacity, ultra long haul transmission distance and a highly reliable submarine cable station solution. It is designed to target submarine cable applications where network reliability, system capacity and a 29