Turkcell, globally a leading comprehensive telecom and digital services provider, has announced the successful completion of the world’s first 2.4Tbps field trial on a live transmission network in collaboration with Huawei.

This significant achievement marks a crucial milestone in optical transmission technology, addressing the ever-growing demand for data and connectivity in the future.

Turkcell, the largest telecom carrier in Türkiye, provides high-quality fixed and mobile communication services to over 43 million subscribers. With the emergence of 5G, 4K/8K video, AI, and digital services, network traffic will continue to increase significantly year on year. As a key infrastructure component, the transmission network carries the full range of companies’ services, and therefore requires reconstruction with innovative technology to meet tomorrow’s traffic and service challenges.

Turkcell successfully transmitted 2.4Tbps over a 160km distance on a live transmission network established between two data centers located in Tekirdağ and Edirne to carry high volumes of transit service traffic. The 2.4Tbps dual carrier coherent board, verified in this live trial, is empowered by a built-in high-baud rate bandwidth modulator, state-of-art non-linear compensation algorithm, and intelligent neuron function module to sense the complex link environment in an actual network in real time, and quickly optimize the network transmission performance. 

Prof. Dr. Vehbi Çağrı Güngör, Turkcell Chief Network Technologies Officer said, “Turkcell consistently remains at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies and industry trends. The introduction of the latest ultra-speed DWDM technology in collaboration with Huawei confirms our dedication to delivering next-generation innovations and providing a superior customer experience.”

Victor Zhou, President of Huawei’s Transport Network Domain, said, « We are pleased to cooperate with Turkcell to verify the reaching of this significant milestone in the ultra-high-speed optical industry. Huawei will continue to provide global operators with superior solutions that feature high quality, reliability, and sustainable evolution. »