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Subsea & Metro Fibre Backbone

National CarrierMENA2025DWDM · OTN · Subsea

Greenfield subsea landing plus metro DWDM backbone interconnecting two coastal data centre campuses.

ROI
3.2 Tbps lit
Scale
1,800 km route
Stack
DWDM · OTN · Subsea

Key outcomes

  • 3.2 Tbps lit capacity at handover
  • Sub-15 ms RTT across metro ring
  • Diverse landing for carrier-grade SLAs

Technology stack

DWDMOTN switchingSubsea repeatersOSP fibre
Programme structure

Phased delivery, single accountability

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Weeks 1–4

    Stakeholder workshops, current-state audit and success metrics.

  2. 02

    Design

    Weeks 5–12

    Reference architecture, LLD, BOQ and integration contracts.

  3. 03

    Build

    Months 3–9

    Hardware installation, software configuration and progressive FAT/SAT.

  4. 04

    Cutover

    Final weeks

    End-to-end testing, operator training and hyper-care.

  5. 05

    Operate

    Ongoing

    24/7 NOC/SOC, AMC and continuous improvement.

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