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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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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.

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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Infographics and posters

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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Article

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 ...

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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 ...

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