Level 3 Communications Inc.

Level 3 Communications, Inc. acquired Progress Telecom, which selected Ciena's CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform for 10G DWDM metro and regional transport and CN 3600™ Intelligent Optical Multiservice Switch for international gateway and SONET/SDH applications.

In the initial deployments, Ciena's CN 4200 is creating a 10G DWDM backbone for aggregating and transporting Ethernet, IP and other services between metro networks, such as New York to Washington, D.C., while the CN 3600 is providing a single platform that supports next-generation translation, transport and switching of both SONET and SDH for its international gateway locations and metro SONET/SDH services.

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"Ciena is able to deliver compact platforms with the tunable optical innovations and converged services flexibility we need to evolve and expand our network. The solutions enable us to deliver a mix of services from a variety of locations to quickly support our customers’ changing service needs without changing the network."
Elizabeth Walker, Senior Vice President of Network Engineering and Operations, Progress Telecom
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