Huawei, involved in the ‘’first’’ wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) lines crossing the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest.

2014 FIFA World Cup trend obliges lot of infrastructures, appear and are implemented progressively in Brazil.  

In this dynamic, Vivo, the telecommunications company in Brazil, and Huawei, a global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions provider, jointly announced their successful deployment of the ‘’first’’ wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) lines crossing
the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest.

Connectikpeople has observed that:

·        The WDM lines connect two Brazilian state capitals: Amazonas' capital Manaus and Pará's capital Belém.

·        It is capable of supporting transmission of voice as well as broadband data services.

·        This project will boost the city's network capacity and greatly benefit the 3.7 million people living in Amazonas.

·        The WDM lines are 2100 kilometers connecting over 20 cities in the Amazon rainforest including five super-long spans (200 km to 261 km). Vivo and Huawei tackled many challenges during the network deployment.

Connectikpeople may recall that, as of July 2013, Huawei's 100G network has been serving about 100 customers worldwide.