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2019 IHS Markit Optical Vendor Service Provider L ...

The IHS annual optical leadership survey is an attempt to quantify the opinions of service providers.

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Press Release

QTS Deploys Ciena’s Waveserver Ai Platform for Mu ...

Waveserver Ai supports QTS’ new software-defined interconnection platform.

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Article

Honoring Ciena’s Kim Roberts, recipient of the 20 ...

At OFC 2019 Ciena’s Kim Roberts was presented with the John Tyndall Award. In an article from Gazettabyte, Roy Rubenstein takes a ...

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Press Release

Ciena Brings Latest Optical, Packet and Software ...

Ciena will showcase optical networking, packet and software innovations at OFC 2019, taking place March 3-7 at the San Diego Conv ...

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Airtel and Ciena to Build One of the World’s Larg ...

Bharti Airtel is deploying Ciena’s coherent optical and intelligent software platforms to build one of the World’s Largest Photon ...

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Podcasts

Episode 18: Ciena Announces WaveLogic 5

Scott McFeely and Dino DiPerna take listeners behind-the-scenes on Ciena’s latest technology breakthrough – WaveLogic 5

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Article

Ciena unveils WaveLogic 5: 800G and so much more

In today’s content economy, end-customers are demanding more from their network providers – more content, more video, more device ...

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Press Release

Ciena Introduces WaveLogic 5 to Fuel the Content ...

Ciena is extending its leadership in coherent optics with its latest WaveLogic technology that supports greater scale, programmab ...

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Infobrief

Building more scalable and programmable networks ...

Learn how WL5e helps you build scalable and programmable infrastructure. Innovate, modernize, and deliver high-quality network pe ...

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Infobrief

WaveLogic™ 5 Nano 100G/200G Standard CFP2-DCO and ...

WaveLogic 5 Nano CFP2-DCO is supported across Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical and Packet Networking portfolios in various system ...

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai Multi-rate/400G Single-channel 5x7 M ...

Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai 5x7 Multi-rate/400G Single-channel Module is a 5”x7” high-performance coherent transceiver.

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Article

Pluggables: Their role in coherent technology evo ...

For specific applications like single-span point-to-point links there is a growing need to take advantage of the benefits of cohe ...

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White Paper

High-performance Coherent in CMOS: Foundational T ...

The path forward for future generations of coherent chip designs with respect to CMOS process technology must be carefully consid ...

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Article

Understanding why CDC with flexible grid is so po ...

As Colorless-Directionless-Contentionless (CDC) with flexible grid (CDC-F) is becoming a reality for some network operators do yo ...

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Infobrief

Side Stepping NPI Infobrief | Ciena

Carriers can achieve unique benefits by choosing Ciena to deliver white label services. Ciena helped a major European Tier 1 carr ...

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Case Study

Tier 1 Carrier Case | Ciena

Working with Ciena, a leading Tier 1 carrier has deployed a new architecture to deliver optical services up to 100G and rolled ou ...

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Article

The implications behind service and content provi ...

As coherent technology plays an increasingly critical role in the network, Ciena’s Helen Xenos delves into the details behind wha ...

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Case Study

Tier 1 Carrier Brings New 40G and 100G Services t ...

Carrier chooses a white label service from Ciena to bypass its slow, costly New Product Introduction process and speed up time to ...

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Article

Modernizing your Storage Area Network? Don’t negl ...

Flash storage’s sub-millisecond latency uncovers insights by leveraging analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. ...

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Article

Modernising networks with transformative technolo ...

How organisations can migrate from costly, complex legacy infrastructure to modern, adaptive networks that maximise operating eff ...

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Article

4 critical requirements for the next-gen photonic ...

Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains the four critical photonic layer requirements to ensuring a successful network transformation.

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Press Release

Vianet Communications Selects Ciena’s Packet and ...

Vianet Communications has chosen Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and 5160 Service Aggregation Switch.

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai FOTR Modules

The WaveLogic Ai FOTR modules are highly dense optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable ...

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Article

Moving fast and maximising revenues in the high-s ...

How operators can transform their networks and organisations to bring new 10G, 100G, and 100G+ optical services to market faster ...

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