Sino-Telecom’s High-Reliability Large-Capacity Open Decoupled Metro WDM System Honored Awarded Future Network Leading Technology Achievement Award

On August 23, 2024, at the 8th Future Network Development Conference held at the Nanjing Shangqinhuai International Cultural Exchange Center, Sino-Telecom Technology Co., Inc. was awarded the 2024 Future Network Leading Technology Achievement Award for its independently developed new-type metro WDM system (DCI-BOX) featuring high reliability, large capacity, and open & decoupled architecture. This prestigious accolade fully underscores Sino-Telecom’s robust technological prowess and pioneering innovative status in the global optical communication sector.

About the 8th Future Network Development Conference

The 8th Future Network Development Conference stands as a landmark event in the future network industry, hosted by the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government and co-organized by Purple Mountain Laboratories, China Institute of Communications, and other reputable institutions. Under the theme “Networking the World, Deciding the Future”, the conference gathered top experts, industry elites, and government representatives from the global network and communication field, to conduct in-depth discussions on the innovative development pathways of cutting-edge technologies, including future networks, computing power networks, deterministic networks, 6G, artificial intelligence, and industrial internet.

Award-Winning Technological Breakthrough: Core Advantages & Industry Value

Sino-Telecom’s award-winning new-type metro WDM system (DCI-BOX) is a landmark innovative achievement forged through years of dedicated research and development, tailored to address the urgent industry demands for metropolitan network architecture upgrading, open interconnection of data centers, and efficient computing power transmission under the national “East Data, West Computing” strategy. The system delivers powerful technical support for core scenarios such as metro network transformation, data center interconnection, and edge computing, making pivotal contributions to the advancement and iteration of future network technologies.

The DCI-BOX boasts four core competitive highlights that set it apart in the industry:

• High Reliability: Equipped with advanced redundancy design and intelligent fault self-healing mechanisms, the system guarantees stable and uninterrupted network operation even under extreme operating conditions, eliminating network disruption risks and ensuring service continuity.
• Large-Capacity Transmission: Leveraging state-of-the-art modulation technologies and high-efficiency spectrum utilization solutions, the system realizes ultra-large capacity transmission of 400G or 800G per wavelength, fully catering to the surging data transmission demands of digital economy development.
• Open & Decoupled Architecture: Supports full open decoupling between optical and electrical layers, empowering users to flexibly deploy and configure network architectures, reduce overall operation and maintenance costs, and significantly enhance network scalability and compatibility.
• Intelligent Management: Integrated with comprehensive intelligent control functions, it enables dynamic allocation and intelligent scheduling of network resources, streamlining operation processes and drastically improving overall network operation efficiency.

Market Application & Future Prospects

At present, this innovative WDM system (DCI-BOX) has been widely deployed and applied by major telecom operators including China Telecom and China Unicom, earning extensive market recognition and high praise for its exceptional adaptability, operational stability, and reliable performance.

Looking ahead, with the in-depth implementation of national strategies such as “East Data, West Computing” and the rapid emergence of new digital applications including AI and big data, the system will play an increasingly critical role in core scenarios like data center interconnection, metro network upgrading and edge computing. It will continue to drive technological innovation and industrial progress in the future network field.

This award is not only a high-level affirmation of Sino-Telecom’s outstanding technical strength and independent innovation capabilities, but also a powerful incentive for the company to deepen technological research and breakthroughs in optical communication and network security. Moving forward, Sino-Telecom will uphold the development concept of open and decoupled network architecture, collaborate closely with global partners, and devote itself to building a safer, more efficient and intelligent future network ecosystem.