DZS Saber-4400 optical transport technology chosen by Bonfire Fiber

DZS announced a partnership with open access innovation pioneer Bonfire Fiber that leverages the disruptive DZS Saber-4400 coherent optical metro and edge transport platform. Aligned with Bonfire’s mission to eradicate digital inequality through a superior combination of business planning, engineering, construction and fiber operations, the new partnership with DZS enables Bonfire to leverage the environmentally hardened and extraordinarily scalable Saber-4400 to bring world-class broadband to underserved communities while delivering the lowest initial capital expense, CAPEX, for each project while enabling the lowest ongoing operational expense, OPEX. "Cost effective and scalable middle mile transport is essential to bringing long-term, sustainable success to communities that have historically been underserved and unserved by broadband," said Brian Hollister, CEO, Bonfire. "DZS understands this requirement, and the Saber-4400 platform supports our goal of having vendor-neutral scalability with an efficient, long-reach middle mile transport solution that can deliver up to 400Gbps per wavelength in a 1 Rack Unit hardened form factor."