Tim has achieved speeds of 550 Gigabits per second for long distance data transmission. The company itself communicates it in a note, underlining how the goal represents a record at the European level.
The result was achieved thanks to a collaboration with Nokia. “Over 350 kilometers were traveled along the section of the network between Rome and Florence using the new Nokia technology (Photonic Service Engine 3), capable of developing particular photonic effects elaborated with a sophisticated calculation system (Probabilistic Constellation Shaping) which maximizes the ability to transport data over large distances”, explains the company.
In the 350 km stretch of TIM's backbone network, the speed and bandwidth capacity of the current networks has therefore been tripled, taking another step forward in the race of the various TLC companies towards 5G.
A result that arrived after passing various steps on the carrier infrastructure such as the 400 Gigabit/s reached on the 900 kilometers of the backbone section between Rome and Milan and the 300 Gigabit/s on the 1.750 kilometers of backbone.
Elisabetta Romano, Tim's Chief Technology & Innovation Officer declares: "We are proud of this European record which confirms TIM's technological leadership, the high quality of our network, our commitment to developing innovative solutions to guarantee our customers the best experience. Today's result, which triples the transmission speed compared to the current one, confirms that the TIM network is the most advanced infrastructure capable of offering new services and digital platforms also with a view to the development of 5G".
