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U.S. broadband funding: Off to the races

The distribution of billions of dollars in U.S. federal funds towards broadband infrastructure has begun. Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe hi ...

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Build-Your-Own Broadband: The Key to High-Speed A ...

Discover how a build-your-own model could revolutionize broadband expansion in underserved areas.

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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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Residential Broadband Network Design Checklist

Residential networks are rapidly expanding to meet surging customer demand.

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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...

Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...

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Local Government Encryption

With government remaining a high-priority target for hacking, many IT and security teams are looking to strengthen their holistic ...

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Fixed wireless access + fiber = smart, connected ...

The investment needed to improve and repair public physical transportation infrastructure for things like roads, bridges, and hig ...

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Northwest Colorado Council of Governments: Projec ...

Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, responsive, middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote communities across ...

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The Middle Mile: A Critical Link for Broadband Ex ...

Middle-mile fiber optic networks are crucial to delivering broadband connectivity and digital inclusion to rural communities.

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White Papers

Secure Supply Chain for Governments: 2020 securit ...

Ciena takes a comprehensive approach toward maintaining the security and continuity of its supply chain.

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Omdia: 100G Everywhere for Carriers and Enterpris ...

The 400G capability will be extended into the aggregation segment of the network to handle the growth of 100G access links.

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Securing "Work from Anywhere" Access to State and ...

In 2022, state and local government agencies remain attractive targets for cyberattacks. Governments are finding that their ‘work ...

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Case Studies

The Town of Dryden Delivers Rural Broadband to Dr ...

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast acces ...

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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Converts to ...

Ciena played a key role in enabling Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) realize its vision by upgrading the network infrastructure ...

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Smarter Roads and a Safer Transportation Future

Road networks are getting smarter, with sensors and networks helping transportation agencies manage congestion and improve safety ...

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How State and Local Government Can Strengthen Edg ...

As cyberattacks increasingly target remote staff through vulnerabilities in VPNs, state & local governments need an alternative r ...

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Bringing High-Speed Broadband to Communities: How ...

Learn how building a new network can simplify management and scale broadband access across communities.

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Modernizing and monetizing DOT networks without f ...

The funding from the FY 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program, and the Infrastructure Investment and J ...

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New Network Builds: Strategies for closing the di ...

With a spate of federal funding available, states and localities are considering new fiber network builds to address urgent chall ...

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Government Agencies and the Edge: The Power of Vi ...

IT infrastructure at the edge is essential to day-to-day government operations. Application servers et al keep remote agency loca ...

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The Road to Resiliency: Paving the Way for Intell ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity, availability, and perform ...

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Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...

As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...

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Three key optimization strategies to resolve stat ...

What are the biggest challenges and priorities for state and local government networks? Daniele Loffreda shares insights from rec ...

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Optimizing Network Operations to Meet Modern Dema ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that moder ...

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