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Advantages of Managed Spectrum Service vs Dark Fi ...

As network capacity increases, the monthly OPEX for the managed 100G wave service to the enterprise increases rapidly—compelling ...

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Deploying coherent plugs – is there more to the s ...

Looking for a reasonable approach to getting started deploying coherent pluggables? Ciena’s Tim Pearson provides the final two st ...

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Scale your DCI with Waveserver's high-performance ...

Learn how the Waveserver platform provides scalability and choice in optics with support for 400G coherent pluggable optics and h ...

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Modernize Your Photonic Line System with Ciena's ...

Learn how RLS is improving density for C&L-band deployments, and how it helps network providers evolve from wavelength and dark f ...

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Data Sheets

O NID DS | Ciena

Ciena’s O-NID extends OTN closer to the network edge, with operational simplicity and the flexibility to address multiple applica ...

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Keep it simple – debating coherent plugs versus t ...

Coherent Routing is a hot topic in the industry due to the promise of greater scalability, flexibility, and sustainability in the ...

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Infusing sustainability into networks at every to ...

Networks across the globe are enabling so much good for our society. As operators continue to invest to meet these growing demand ...

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Metro routing done differently: Unveiling Ciena’s ...

You asked for a different way to build a converged metro network, and we listened. Meet WaveRouter, a reimagined routing platform ...

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Fourth Generation 100GbE is the real deal. How we ...

Ciena’s Ivana Lemos explains how with Ciena’s new 8140 Coherent Metro Router you can meet new 100GbE requirements and satisfy you ...

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Introducing WaveLogic 6: Another industry first f ...

1.6 Terabit wavelengths. 800G everywhere. 800G pluggables delivering 1000 km reaches. Seems impossible? Don’t ever tell that to a ...

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MCP is an Intelligent Network Controller. What do ...

What is an Intelligent Network Controller? Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains the real value that lies behind this new term.

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Infobrief

WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Universal CFP2-DCO

Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G–400G Universal CFP2-DCO transceiver incorporates advanced coherent optical technology to deliver th ...

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WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Standard CFP2-DCO

Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) 100G–400G Standard CFP2-DCO transceiver module provides standards-compliant 100–400 Gb/s coherent ...

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WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Universal QSFP-DD

The WaveLogic™ 5 Nano (WL5n) Universal QSFP-DD is a coherent pluggable transceiver that supports up to +4dBm Tx launch power.

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Article

Battle of the bands. Get more fiber capacity usin ...

Which technology will prevail in the battle of the bands? Conventional C + L-band? New L-band options combined with an Extended 6 ...

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White Paper

Increasing Fiber Capacity with L-band: A comparis ...

Networks with high bandwidth applications and sustained bandwidth growth are quickly facing capacity exhaust on routes between ke ...

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Coherent Routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical ...

There’s way more to IP/Optical convergence than just a plug in a router. Scott McFeely Ciena’s SVP of Global Products & Services ...

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White Paper

Coherent Optics: 100G, 400G, & Beyond

This white paper provides the industry’s most in-depth look at the current state and future trajectory of coherent optical transm ...

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With big edge densification comes big metro respo ...

Ciena’s 8100 family is expanding in a big way by adding the 8190 for higher capacity aggregation. Ivana Lemos explains how you ca ...

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Infobrief

Financial Services Industry Optical Network Use C ...

Many banks are looking to strengthen their holistic security capabilities rather than relying purely on perimeter security.

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Open, Automated, & Programmable Transport Net ...

This white paper provides the industry’s most in-depth look at the current state and future trajectory of open, automated, and pr ...

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6500 D2 Video | Ciena

Ciena’s 6500-D2 with high capacity Add-Drop-Mux-on-a-Blade extends the flexibility, scalability, and resiliency of the 6500 Packe ...

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Financial Services Industry Optical Network Use C ...

Ciena’s packet-optical network platforms feature specially developed ultra-low-latency configurations and Raman amplifier solutio ...

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Financial Services Industry Optical Network Use C ...

Ciena’s packet-optical platforms provide solutions that meet exacting standards of data center interconnectivity for the financia ...

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