Verizon achieves 1.6 Tbps in live fiber network, touts AI readiness

Verizon is prepping its network for the higher speed and capacity demand expected to be generated by artificial intelligence workloads, with a recent metro trial achieving speeds of 1.6 terabits per second (Tbps). The 1.6 Tbps trial in Verizon’s live fiber network took place in the Boston metropolitan area, using a single-carrier wavelength and Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optical solution. It took place over a 118-kilometer metro fiber route consisting of 10 hops, according to the carrier, and the route passed through nine reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs). Verizon said that the trial confirmed performance of 1.6 Tbps in a “flexible, dense ROADM environment.”

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