Nokia announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Indian fibre networking services provider Microscan Infocommtech to deploy its optical network solution in Microscan’s DWDM backbone network in Mumbai and Pune to address surging bandwidth demand.

The new metro and regional optical network will be powered by Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine (PSE) technology, as well as its 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) with a CDC-F 2.0 architecture, which Nokia said is capable of flexibly delivering 400G+ wave services.

Microscan said the optical deployments will give it a more agile, scalable and cost-efficient backbone network to handle growing capacity demand from enterprises, OTT providers, financial institutions and hyperscalers and enhance its customer experience.

The solution’s flexibility will also help Microscan prepare the network for planned expansion in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in Western India, said Microscan’s founder and MD Sandeep Donde.

“Starting with Maharashtra region, we plan to build a nationwide NLD network to gain a crucial edge in addressing the ever-increasing bandwidth demands of our customers,” Donde said in a statement. “The new DWDM backbone will help us improve uptime against fibre cuts, making our network more resilient and reliable. In addition, it will allow us to deliver higher SLAs and develop new use cases.”

“Delivered over a cloud-optimized platform, Nokia’s solution will provide Microscan with the opportunity to efficiently unlock new use cases for its hyperscalers and large enterprise customers,” added Vito Di Maria, VP of optical networks at Nokia Asia Pacific.