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12 Questions Answered on 5G Networks
Ciena’s Brian Lavallée, talks 5G rollouts and how ultimate success will depend MNOs making sure that they have fiber in place for ...

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Why Smart Cities Need Adaptable Pipes
For cities to evolve and realize the full benefits of becoming “smart” they will require real-time access to multiple sources of ...

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CienaLife: Career insights for new grads
Members of Ciena’s Marketing and Sales Development Program share their tips and experiences.

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CienaLife: Recap of our company-wide volunteer day
Here's a recap of Ciena volunteer efforts on the company-wide volunteer day.

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Baking accessibility into our DNA—greater access ...
Ciena puts those with disabilities at the forefront of user experience and website accessibility to enhance Ciena’s commitment to ...

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Primer: What is mobile fronthaul?
Our expert Brian Lavallée explains both mobile backhaul and fronthaul and how they address the growing challenge of helping trans ...

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Tomorrow's cities: evolving from "smart" to Adapt ...
Cities are going smart – trying to deal with the proliferation of people, sensors, automobiles and a range of devices that demand ...

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CienaLife: Asia-Pacific teams making local impact
Take a look at some of the creative ways our team members in Asia-Pacific volunteered in their communities.

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5G wireless needs fiber, and lots of it
Ciena's Brian Lavallée explains that 5G mobile networks will significantly affect both the wireless side (obviously!) and the wir ...

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Choosing your 4G to 5G network evolution partner
The complexity and scale of 4G to 5G network evolution means you need the right partner, not just a supplier, to support you ever ...

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How much bandwidth does Broadcast HD video use?
One of the most often cited reasons for the global explosion in bandwidth demand is the significant rise in video traffic, and sp ...

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Standards-based IP Connectivity, Delivered Differ ...
In this podcast Ciena and Heavy Reading discuss trends and drivers for change, as well as the latest innovations emerging in netw ...

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The 5G Smart City: Cities are Lining up for a Sli ...
Smart Cities are coming, and 5G network slicing technology will enable them, with its ability to enable the critical services tha ...

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What's New and Different about IP Networking
Omdia and Ciena examine a new way to deliver standards-based IP networks from access to metro, including discussions around 5G xH ...

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Blog Spotlight | Unify your network and protect y ...
What if you could offer investment protection to both the operator and customer? Take your network and your customer’s business t ...

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5 outcomes our Ciena Optimization Service brings ...
Need more comprehensive visibility into your network infrastructure? Tim Wilson details how Ciena Optimization Service can help b ...

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The Success of 5G Wireless Services Will Depend o ...
5G is much more than a new wireless access technology. It will fundamentally change how Mobile Network Operators build, operate, ...

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Ciena And Aviat Team Up On Unified Fiber-Microwav ...
Building advanced utility communications networks requires a solution with superior performance that spans both fiber and microwa ...

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How planners, operations teams and executives can ...
Network providers need to harness telemetry data from their infrastructure so they can operate more agile, adaptive systems. With ...

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Blog Series | Transform your network operations w ...
Did you know Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to boost business agility and su ...

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Simplifying IP Networks: Business Impact on Netwo ...
ACG Research analysts present key requirements of next-generation IP networks and explain how Ciena’s Adaptive IP™ solution addre ...

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Ciena And Schweitzer Engineering Labs Team Up On ...
Mitch Simcoe explains how Ciena has partnered with a best in class solution from Schweitzer Engineering Labs to address this spec ...