"AI is contingent on analysing billions of data points in real time on an ongoing basis," said Adam Koeppe, senior vice-president of technology strategy and planning at Verizon. "Because of the massive, multi-year transformation on Verizon's network including deploying cloud-native architecture from the core to the edge, deploying massive amounts of high-performing spectrum, exponentially increasing the capacity of our fibre infrastructure and deploying advanced technologies and intelligence throughout the network ... provides the ability to power the processes and movements of AI-generated activity."
The trial took place over a 118km Boston metro route that consisted of 10 hops and passed through nine reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers based on WL6e coherent optical technology from Ciena. It allowed Verizon to transport data at 1.6 Tbps across a single wavelength on its live metro fibre network.
Continued advancement of our fibre network will further position us to be the provider of choice for AI workloads now and in the future.
The technology used in the trial was intended to allow data traveling across Verizon's fibre network to travel farther and faster, leading to a better customer experience. In addition, the upgrade to this equipment will result in higher reliability and significant energy savings.
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