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Coherent Plug Programmer
This portable tool enables multiple transmission modes. Learn how you can deploy space- and power-efficient pluggables while reta ...

Ciena Customer Insights featuring Cogent
Joe Schmitz, Director of Optical Transport, shares how Cogent helps hyperscalers and cloud providers handle AI bandwidth demands.

Ciena Customer Insights featuring Liberty Global
Chris Aspell, Director of Innovation and Roadmap, discusses how Liberty Global’s network is prepared for an AI-driven future.
White Paper
Understanding connectivity opportunities and chal ...
We surveyed 1,300+ global data center operators about the growth of AI in networking and its anticipated impact. Learn how they p ...

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Ciena Customer Insights Featuring MOX Networks
Allen Meeks, President and CEO of MOX Networks, shares the inspiring journey of MOX with Kevin Sheehan, Ciena’s CTO of the Americ ...

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Industry's 1st 3.2Tb/s IM-DD transmission
This video showcases how McGill University, Ciena, HyperLight and Keysight achieved the industry's first 3.2Tb/s, 448Gb/s Per-Lan ...
Infobrief
Implementation Service: Network build for optical ...
Learn how our Implementation Service de-risks and accelerates your network build for optical networks. Ciena Services simplifies ...

Article
Taking a holistic approach to network sustainabil ...
Ciena’s Francisco Sant’Anna details why taking a holistic approach to network sustainability helps network operators achieve thei ...

Article
What’s next for pluggable coherent optics
As Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Nano nears commercial availability, it is an ideal time to provide our outlook on the growing market for p ...

Article
Innovation in action: Building tomorrow’s photoni ...
Prepare for what’s next, today with Ciena’s 6500 RLS and its innovative capabilities from edge to core.
Infographics and posters
AI workloads are reshaping data center landscape
Global survey of data center experts explores networking needs for AI era
Infobrief
WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G–400G Standard, Extended Tem ...
WaveLogic™ 5 Nano (WL5n) 100G–400G Standard, Extended Temp, and Enhanced QSFP-DD Transceivers incorporate Ciena’s advanced cohere ...
Infobrief
WaveLogic 6 Nano 1.6T Coherent-Lite Pluggable Tra ...
The WaveLogic™ 6 Nano 1.6T Coherent-Lite Pluggable Transceiver delivers the higher loss budget, performance, and reliability requ ...
White Paper
State of the Market: AI is Driving New Thinking i ...
The rapid adoption of AI/ML presents the optical communications sector with both challenges and opportunities.
Infobrief
WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6T Transponder Module
The WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) 1.6T Transponder Module (1600G Module) is a multi-rate, single-carrier coherent transponder capab ...

Article
Modernize with confidence: Ciena's 6500 Platform ...
Paulina Gomez explains how operators can easily introduce Ciena's 6500 over all existing network types and gain dramatic improvem ...
White Paper
Making IPoDWDM a Reality
The commercialization of 400G coherent pluggable optics in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors has sparked a resurgence of interest in ...
Data Sheets
1.6T WaveLogic 6 Extreme MOTR Module
Go farther, faster, and more efficiently with the WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) MOTR.

Article
Simplified management of multi-vendor, converged ...
Service providers want to simplify their network operations in order to drive efficiencies, but their strategies for managing coh ...

Article
Coherent comes to the data center: Meet Ciena’s 1 ...
Ciena's Helen Xenos explains the drivers and use cases of Ciena's 1.6T Coherent-Lite pluggable transceiver, the latest optical in ...
Infographics and posters
6500 family of Packet-Optical Platforms infograph ...
The 6500 family enables sustainable network modernization with flexibility, scalability, and multi-layer programmability

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Building an Adaptive and Resilient Network for Sp ...
Renee Mateparae, Network and Operations Director at Spark New Zealand, discusses New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and dig ...
Data Sheets
3803 ONU Data Sheet
Ciena’s 3803 Multi-Port and ATA XGS-PON Optical Network Unit (ONU) is purpose-built for residential, multiple-dwelling units (MDU ...

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From natural disasters to cyber threats: The chal ...
Ivan Polizzi, Ciena’s Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific details the challenges Australasian s ...