Herisau, Switzerland and Boston, MA, United States ‐ January 19, 2025 — The demand for high-capacity 100G enterprise connectivity has received a significant boost thanks to a new customer-edge deployment of the HUBER+SUHNER CUBO 400G platform by TOWARDEX. Rolled out across the Boston area, the platform will scale services at the metro edge to enable high-bandwidth connectivity to be delivered straight to customer premises and campus locations.
As one of the region’s most advanced network operators and the force behind the Massachusetts Internet Exchange (MASS IX), TOWARDEX has partnered with HUBER+SUHNER to integrate 400G muxponding and media conversion capabilities directly at the customer edge, bringing a compact, high-performance, and cost-efficient architecture designed to support the transition to 800G and 1.6T optical transport.
“The traditional way of delivering 100G to customer campuses has been too cumbersome, expensive or power-hungry, and only able to scale in a limited fashion,” said James Jun, CEO of TOWARDEX. “With the CUBO platform from HUBER+SUHNER, we’re now able to deliver 400G uplinks and break them into cost-efficient 100G services with far greater simplicity, flexibility and long-term efficiency.”
With the escalating demand for 100G services at office complexes, customer premises and multi-tenant environments across Boston and New England, TOWARDEX opted for the CUBO 400G solution to deliver a high-capacity 400G uplink into a customer’s location and break it out into multiple cost-efficient 100G circuits, improving operational flexibility and overall cost-per-bit.
Serving some of Boston’s largest enterprise and carrier networks, the company also needed a carrier-grade, compact solution capable of supporting both media conversion and muxponding at the metro edge.
“From a technical and operational standpoint, the CUBO platform gives us the flexibility we need at the edge,” Jun added. “It integrates cleanly with our existing ROADM architecture, reduces the amount of equipment required at the customer sites, and streamlines how we scale services across the region.”
The proven reliability of the CUBO product line, designed for dense metro, access and harsh-environment deployments, makes it a strong fit for TOWARDEX’s distributed edge architecture.
“From the beginning we needed a partner who could accommodate our needs to deliver carrier-grade optical transmission equipment to our customer demarcation locations,” continued Jun. “HUBER+SUHNER brought the right expertise, willingness to test and adapt, and deep experience in deploying high-performance fiber systems in challenging edge environments. They exceeded our expectations.”
“TOWARDEX is known for building one of the most forward-looking networks in the Boston region,” said Bill Burress, VP Sales North America at HUBER+SUHNER. “We’re proud to support their expansion with the CUBO platform and help deliver the next generation of high-capacity services.”
This deployment strengthens the long-standing collaboration between HUBER+SUHNER and TOWARDEX and demonstrates the clear path for operators to scale their networks for future growth.
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About TOWARDEX
TOWARDEX is a Boston-based internet infrastructure provider offering high-capacity fiber transport, IP connectivity, and data center and network interconnection services across New England. As operator of the Massachusetts Internet Exchange (MASS IX) and the Hub Express System (HEX), the first “Meet-Me Street” underground utility network in the United States, TOWARDEX enables low-latency, deep scalability, and high-performance connectivity for enterprises, carriers, cloud platforms, and content networks.
About HUBER+SUHNER Group
The globally active Swiss company HUBER+SUHNER develops and produces components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity. The company serves the three main markets Industry, Communication and Transportation with applications from the three technologies of radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency. HUBER+SUHNER products excel in excellent performance, quality, reliability and long service lives – even under the most demanding conditions. Through a global production network, combined with subsidiaries and representatives in over 80 countries, the company is close to its customers worldwide.