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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 ...

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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.
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AI workloads are reshaping data center landscape
Global survey of data center experts explores networking needs for AI era
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WaveLogic™ 5 Nano 100G–400G Standard and Enhanced ...
Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) 100G–400G Standard and Enhanced QSFP-DD transceivers incorporate Ciena’s advanced coherent optica ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...

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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 ...
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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...
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6500 family of Packet-Optical Platforms
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 ...
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Not all 400G pluggables are created equal
Not all 400G pluggables are created equal. Achieve industry-leading pluggable performance with trusted WaveLogic™ technology.

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WaveLogic 6 Extreme: Evolving to 1.6Tb/s Networki ...
Joe Shapiro, Vice President PLM, explains the business benefits of evolving to 1.6T technology with Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme f ...

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Year in Review: Ciena’s 10 biggest announcements ...
As we wrap up 2023, we are looking back at some of Ciena’s most significant news and announcements from the year.

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Ciena hits another milestone: 100,000 WaveLogic 5 ...
Ciena has reached an incredible milestone, surpassing 100,000 modems shipped of its industry-leading WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) p ...

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Pioneering the path for Quantum-Secured Long-Dist ...
What are the latest developments in quantum-secured communications and what could the future hold? Ciena’s Paulina Gomez sits dow ...

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The journey to 1.6T: Understanding the technologi ...
Helen Xenos explains how the technology choices behind Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6 terabit coherent optics translate to optim ...
Case Study
Diamond State Networks Middle Mile Project for Ar ...
Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, adaptive, and responsive middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote commu ...