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Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a networking systems, services and software company. We provide solutions that help our customers create the Adaptive Network™ in response to the constantly changing demands of their end-users. By delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch consultative relationships, we build the world’s most agile networks with automation, openness and scale. For updates on Ciena, follow us on Twitter @Ciena, LinkedIn, the Ciena Insights blog, or visit www.ciena.com.

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Ciena talks to Lightwave at OFC 2022

Helen Xenos, Ciena's Sr. Director of Portfolio Marketing, talks to Lightwave from the show floor of OFC'22 about the key themes at the show this year and the company's latest ...

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Ciena 8180 Coherent Networking Platform

The Ciena 8180 Coherent Networking Platform is a high-density stackable packet aggregation switch that combines the density, openness, and programmability of a data center switch...

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High-Speed Networks

Iceland’s Farice puts IRIS submarine cable in service

The 1,700-km submarine cable complements Farice’s FARICE-1 and DANICE submarine networks while offering redundancy and diversity to these two systems.

DWDM & ROADM

Great Plains Communications chooses Ciena’s Coherent Routing portfolio for fiber network upgrade

Great Plains Communications (GPC) has launched deployments of elements of Ciena’s Coherent Routing portfolio in its 13-state network, according to the communications technology...

High-Speed Networks

GlobalNet deploys 800G wavelength fiber route from Frankfurt to Helsinki

The new route features connectivity to several major markets between the two end points, including Stockholm, Hamburg, and Amsterdam.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Ciena buys Benu Networks, agrees to Tibit Communications purchase in fiber broadband market move

Ciena has signaled its intention to make a push into the growing fiber broadband and edge networking space through a pair of acquisitions.

Data Center Interconnectivity

Omantel offers 400GbE data center interconnect services

The Sultanate’s incumbent service provider is leveraging data center interconnect transport technology from Ciena.

High-Speed Networks

Gold Data 1 submarine cable to provide 250 Tbps across Gulf of Mexico

The Gold Data 1 submarine network will offer 250 Tbps among landing points in Miami in Florida and Cancun and Queretaro in Mexico, with onward connectivity to Mexico City.

High-Speed Networks

WIOCC to activate Equiano submarine cable fiber pair via Ciena

The submarine network capacity will help WIOCC meet needs for connectivity in South Africa, Nigeria, and neighboring countries.

Packet Transport

LOGIX Fiber Networks surpasses 300,000 fiber miles in Texas

The fiber-optic network services provider also now offers 100G wavelength services over portions of that infrastructure.

DWDM & ROADM

C&W Networks adds 400G support to CFX-1 and EWC submarine cables

The 2400-km CFX-1 express submarine cable links the United States, Jamaica and Colombia with less than 25-ms latency. The 1,700-km EWC undersea cable connects the British Virgin...

DWDM & ROADM

Summit Broadband enhances Florida fiber network via Ciena

The enhanced capabilities are designed to improve delivery of the company’s roster of services to its residential, business, hospitality, and wholesale customers.

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Packet Transport

India’s Vodafone Idea ups fiber backbone networks to 300G/400G via Ciena

With an eye toward the requirements of its 5G mobile roll out, Vodafone Idea Ltd. (Vi) will leverage optical transport technology from Ciena to upgrade its fiber backbone networks...

DWDM & ROADM

CityFibre deploys 800-Gbps backbone ring network

The ring network is the first of what CityFibre promises will be a multi-terabit infrastructure roll out to support its Full Fibre broadband network deployments across the UK....

Data Center Interconnectivity

Digital Realty taps Ciena for data center interconnect across Asia Pacific

In particular, the collaboration will focus on developing the physical and virtual foundations to enable the connection of “data communities” in hubs such as Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore...

High-Speed Networks

Peraton adds 800G to its fiber-optic network via Ciena

The new capabilities not only mean more network capacity, but reduced power consumption, footprint, and time to market, Peraton says.

High-Speed Networks

Omantel brings 800G fiber networks to Middle East via Ciena

The service provider will use the upgrade to better enable connectivity to data centers, submarine cable landing stations, and telecom exchanges across the Sultanate.

High-Speed Networks

Telxius takes multivendor approach to 400G Ethernet service delivery

Telxius, a spinout of Telefónica that operates submarine networks that link the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere, says it now offers 400G Ethernet services on its infrastructu...

High-Speed Networks

Djibouti Telecom doubles DARE1 submarine cable network capacity

The optical transport technology upgrade will double the per-wavelength capacity to 400 Gbps.

Packet Transport

WIN Technology ups IP network capabilities with Ciena’s Adaptive IP portfolio

The regional service provider, focused on the U.S. Upper Midwest, will use the technology to increase network capacity, ensure performance, and more quickly roll out new Layer...

DWDM & ROADM

AccessOn Networks expands North Carolina fiber backbone network with Ciena

The initiative will see AccessOn Networks both improve the capabilities of its current network as well as expand its reach.

High-Speed Networks

Segra applies 800G to Optical Express Core network with Ciena

The backbone fiber network offers connections to such Southeast U.S. locations as Atlanta, GA, Ashburn, VA, and Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte, NC.

DWDM & ROADM

Altibox Carrier deploys 800G for data center interconnect via Ciena

Altibox Carrier, which provides fiber-optic network services to cloud providers, global webscale providers, and large enterprises in Norway and Denmark, is rolling out 800-Gbps...

High-Speed Networks

Colt trials 600G over live long-haul network in Japan

Colt partnered with Ciena on the trial, which was conducted between a pair of data centers. Viavi Solutions provided test equipment to verify the results.

DWDM & ROADM

Aqua Comms upgrades capacity on AEC-1, AEC-2 transatlantic submarine cables

Both upgrades were performed in-service, Ciena says. Aqua Comms also has adopted Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller for network management and control as...

DWDM & ROADM

Southern Cross to use Ciena GeoMesh Extreme on NEXT submarine cable system

Scheduled for completion early next year, the NEXT submarine cable will add a third geographically diverse route to Southern Cross’s Pacific undersea network ecosystem.

DWDM & ROADM

LG U+ to deploy 600G fiber backbone across South Korea

The fiber network's ROADMs will feature Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme and WaveLogic Ai coherent optical engines to support 600G wavelengths.

High-Speed Networks

Vogel Telecom deploys 800G fiber network in Sao Paulo with Ciena

The service provider will use the 800-Gbps wavelengths to support the delivery of aggregated 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 400GbE services, says Ciena.

High-Speed Networks

Hawaiki to leverage Ciena WaveLogic 5 Extreme for submarine cable capacity increase

Use of Ciena’s latest generation coherent optical engine will increase transmission rates, lower latency, and improve economic efficiency, according to Ciena.

5G Mobile

Windstream tabs Ciena for fiber-to-the-tower deployments

Ciena says that, through the modernization program, Windstream will be able to provide multi-Gbps protected connections in support of its mobile network operator customers.

High-Speed Networks

Telstra launches 400G wavelength capabilities, tests 800G

The 400G capabilities are being deployed across Telstra’s fiber-optic network, including in support of data center interconnect requirements.

Packet Transport

RCN, Grande and Wave Business Solutions extend relationship with Ciena

The deal will see Ciena deliver coherent optical and packet transport technologies to improve the operation of the combination’s fiber-optic network infrastructure.

High-Speed Networks

800G Realized

800G will enable network providers to scale their entire optical infrastructure, achieving record-breaking capacity per wavelength for all network paths.