Ciena’s solutions increase capacity and provide a scalable and programmable OPn network architecture optimized for delivering high performance consumer, enterprise, data center and wholesale services

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) recently utilized its converged packet optical platform with WaveLogic coherent optical technology to modernize and upgrade its network that spans more than 50 metropolitan locations across the United States. This deployment allows CenturyLink to offer a better range of high-speed services including 1GE, 10GE, 100GE and equivalent wavelengths to businesses in the United States and in select international cities.

CenturyLink deploys 100G across 50+ metros across the U.S. using Ciena gear

Key Facts:

  • CenturyLink is the third      largest telecommunications company in the U.S. and provides data, voice      and managed services to businesses and consumers in local, national and      select international markets and is a global leader in cloud infrastructure      and hosted IT services for enterprises.
  • CenturyLink is utilizing Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform featuring WaveLogic coherent optical technology to support its in-region and national metro networks, and has deployed 6500-based 100G networks in select international cities.
  • The 6500 platform will also offer integrated packet switching which gives CenturyLink agility in the delivery of groomed Ethernet services to its enterprise customers.
  • CenturyLink is a Diamond partner in Ciena’s BizConnect partner program.

Executive Quotes:

  • “CenturyLink understands the      increasing need for scalability, capacity and high-speed network services      for today’s business requirements. Ciena’s converged packet and coherent      optical technology allows us to provide speed and capacity improvements to      our international and domestic regional networks, creating a true,      end-to-end 100G network to deliver today’s bandwidth-intensive services      and applications.”
    -  Pieter Poll, senior vice president of national and international network planning, engineering and construction, CenturyLink
  • “Given CenturyLink’s position      as a leader in business connectivity, cloud infrastructure and data center      services, the deployment of our converged packet optical platform with 100G      WaveLogic coherent optical processing, integrated packet switching and      specialist services provides CenturyLink with a cost-optimized,      programmable network. Additionally, we’re enabling CenturyLink to more      efficiently scale and packetize its network to support the massive flood      of traffic expected from cloud computing, video and other bandwidth hungry      services.”- Philippe Morin, senior vice president, global field organization, Ciena

Technology Leadership:

  • Architected      for network modernization, Ciena’s 6500 converges comprehensive Ethernet,      TDM, and WDM capabilities into one platform to support cost-effective      delivery of emerging and existing services—from the access edge to the      backbone core.
  • Ciena is the pioneer and market leader of      coherent optical technology with more than 20,000 coherent 40G/100G line      interfaces shipped to over 100 customers across the globe, for a total      deployment of more than 20 million coherent kilometers.
  • Ciena’s converged packet optical with WaveLogic coherent optical technology gives service providers significant bandwidth scalability, reliability and network intelligence – all key building blocks of an OPn network architecture.

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About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to delivering solutions in alignment with OPn, its approach for building open next-generation networks. We enable a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified, virtualized environment. We routinely post recent news, financial results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on our website. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.

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