Liquid Telecom introduces latest data technology

Published: 23 August 2013

Liquid Telecom has introduced a latest data transmission technology called the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) in Zimbabwe.

It is the latest technology for transporting enormous amounts of data traffic over metro or long distances in telecommunication networks and can scale to support many more 10GBit/s and 100Gbit/s services. DWDM technology is responsible for carrying multiple 10Gbit/s wavelengths and can scale to support many more 10GBit/s and 100Gbit/s services.

Liquid managing director Mr Wellington Makamure said the latest technology would provide both Zimbabwe and Zambia market high capacity access to undersea cables that link Southern Africa to the rest of the world.

"The high-speed technology goes across the borders into South Africa through Johannesburg to link two Data Centres (Teraco and Neotel). "These two data centres are in turn linked to five undersea cables namely SEACOM, WACS, EASSY, SAT 3 and TEAMS," he said.

Mr Makamure said this development comes at a time when bandwidth requirements are increasing for both business and homes.

"Liquid Telecom has prepared itself to handle huge increases in bandwidth demand for the business and enterprise market as well for the home market," he said.

The managing director added that this data transmission technology brings more resilient transmission architecture, thus the network will be available and is guaranteed 100 percent of the time.

"A fault in one part of the network will not cause down time since the self healing rings work more efficiently in DWDM compared to its predecessor called Synchronous Digital Hierarchy," Mr Makamure said.
- herald