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● Serving the global market and creating digital with Shanghai Telecom. Through TP over OTN and 2M-100G
connectivity value through high-quality optical fine slicing, the network has achieved ultra-low latency and
networks flexible access. At the same time, the verification application
Looking at the global market, FiberHome has extensively of single wave 800G and delay visualization functions has led
deployed optical network construction, creating digital the development direction of metropolitan optical networks,
connectivity value through high-quality optical networks. fully exploring the prospects of intelligent optical networks
FiberHome and China Telecom have jointly built the largest for a digitally connected world.
WSON all-optical network in South China, connecting nine
provinces serving over 200 million people through high- Digital connectivity is an important infrastructure for high-
quality optical networks. We have independently built a world quality digital development worldwide, and optical networks
leading space division multiplexing optical fiber system in the are the solid foundation for ICT infrastructure. FiberHome
Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, practices its corporate mission of "maximizing the value of
using single wave 800G to create a super all-optical network digital connectivity and benefiting human society", and its
with a capacity of over 100T. Together with Algeria Telecom, goal of digital connectivity integration is to build an all-optical
we have built an optical transmission network capable of base based on smart optical networks. FiberHome is hoping
stable operation in an ultra-high temperature environment of to work with partners in the industry to guide the future with
65 ℃ in the desert, as well as the world's leading ultra-large optics and intelligence, jointly promoting the prosperity and
OTN super metropolitan area network built in cooperation development of the optical network industry.

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