{"id":6489,"date":"2026-03-09T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:38:39","slug":"newsletter-july-september-2017-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=6489","title":{"rendered":"AmLight Activates Terabit Bandwidth Capacity on the Monet Submarine Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AmLight Activates Terabit Bandwidth Capacity on the Monet Submarine Cable<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Press release March 9, 2026<\/p>\n

Miami, Florida, March 9, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The AmLight International Research and Education (R&E) network has\u00a0activated 1 terabits per second (Tbps)<\/strong>\u00a0of bandwidth capacity between Boca Raton, Florida and Fortaleza, Brazil, and 1.2 Tbps between Fortaleza and S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n

AmLight, a project at Florida International University (FIU), is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF Award #2537489) and supported through collaboration with partners in the United States, Latin America, and Africa.<\/p>\n

The terabit-scale activation was achieved on the Monet submarine cable system, operated by Angola Cables, a key collaborating partner of the AmLight project. To enable this milestone, Angola Cables reconfigured AmLight\u2019s spectrum channels on Monet, allowing AmLight engineers to deploy the Ciena WaveLogic 6E coherent transponder platform, capable of delivering up to 1.6 Tbps per wavelength. AmLight, together with the national R&E network of Brazil, RNP, as well as Angola Cables and Ciena, successfully completed the activation during the week of February 2, 2026, with no disruption to ongoing production research and education activities.<\/p>\n

Enabling Data-Intensive Global Science<\/strong>
\nThe terabit capacity significantly expands AmLight\u2019s ability to support data-intensive, geographically distributed science.<\/p>\n

Major science programs that will benefit include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n