Ribbon's IP Optical Portfolio Supports The UTelco Network

NamPower, the Namibian power company, has deployed Ribbon's IP Optical portfolio. The project provides the national operator with a comprehensive backbone for reliable access to national and international high-capacity bandwidth.

"In terms of communications infrastructure, NamPower and Namibia as a country play an important role in the entire Southern African region with a backbone that provides direct national coverage for submarine optical cables and neighbouring landlocked countries," said the company's director. "NamPower's responsibilities and expectations are therefore of a critical and compelling nature. Having worked with Ribbon for almost a decade, we have confidence in their ability to deliver technical solutions and, more importantly, to provide the relevant services and assistance required by ......Ribbon and the NamPower team to be able to deploy the network, including its ancillary aspects, within the strict constraints associated with a pandemic, notwithstanding. "

NamPower needed a solution that offered extensively programmable IP optics to deliver bandwidth using its utility network. The network, fully implemented in 2021, combines Ribbon's 400G ZR plus and 200G coherent Apollo optical transport solutions with Neptune IP over DWDM. the Muse interactive network planning tool enables NamPower to perform offline network planning and simulation to optimise the use of resources.

The network we have nurtured over the last decade has now evolved into a multi-terabyte network with rich DWDM, IP, OTN and intuitive management capabilities," said Ribbon's Vice President of Sales for Africa. This important step towards modernising the network has helped to bring NamPower into the era of IP optical networks and establish it as a key player in bandwidth delivery services."