Latest Utilities
Webinars
2019 Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series
This year, Ciena’s Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series offers a serious look at how you can take your network to new heights ...
Webinars
2020 Routing and Switching Webinar Series
Our popular Routing and Switching Series is back! Ready to learn about new approaches and concepts available to help you on your ...
White Papers
2022 Trends to Watch: Optical Networks
Pluggables in switch routing platforms are on a trajectory for a mass volume market. Download the report to learn more.
Infographics and posters
400G: Your Network is Your Empire
Download this infographic to learn more about your 400G potential with WaveLogic Ai and see how Ciena can help you build your net ...

Articles
5 ways to future-proof your network today to supp ...
It’s impossible to predict what networks will be required to handle in the coming years, especially when it comes to the internet ...
Data Sheets
5171 Platform
Ciena’s 5171 Platform empowers advanced access networks with 100GbE packet services beyond the Central Offices and POP sites, ena ...

Videos
5G + Ciena
A 5G network means having a network capable of handling unprecedented demand. Think of Ciena as your guide on the path to 5G.
Data Sheets
6200 Packet-Optical Platform
Ciena’s 6200 Packet-Optical Platform is a highly flexible, scalable, and compact edge device that enables operators to support bo ...
Application Notes
A Practical Approach to Utility Network Moderniza ...
Ciena’s 6200 can provide a low-risk, seamless evolution to next-generation communication architectures while continuing to levera ...
White Papers
A Smarter Communications Network for the Smart Gr ...
As electric utilities evolve to the smart grid, they need a comparable evolution of the underlying communications network.
Infobriefs
Adaptive Network: Automation Islands Webinar Recap
This document recaps the Webinar and explains the journey to automation and how to avoid building an automation island.
Case Studies
All Aboard for Next-Generation Rail Communication
To make sure their lines run around the clock, rail operators are turning to cutting-edge networking equipment to keep trains and ...
White Papers
An Ultra-Low-Latency Solution for Utilities
This paper introduces a deterministic packet transport method of achieving guaranteed latency for critical traffic being transpor ...
Webinars
Beyond 100GbE: The Critical Role of Coherent Opti ...
Today’s network edge is once again being redefined. Join us to see how coherent optics and packet technologies help extend 100G a ...
Webinars
Beyond PON: The Critical Role of Shared Fiber Acc ...
Understand why 10Gb/s Passive Optical Network (PON) is expanding beyond residential to small enterprises, businesses, and mobilit ...
Application Notes
Blueprint for Utility Network Modernization: Cien ...
This paper explains how Ciena’s 6500 PTS solves multiple TDM-to-packet migration challenges.

Videos
Bridging the Gap Together, Delivering Broadband t ...
In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from a utility in Alabama (Cullman Electric) that launched scalable broadband to its rural ...

Articles
Can utilities have their multi-layered cake and e ...
Utilities are facing increasing bandwidth demands on their communications networks. Ciena's Mitch Simcoe explains how modernizing ...

Articles
Can utilities support high bandwidth for IT appli ...
Can utilities have their cake and eat it too? Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe explains how utilities can meet the challenge of growing bandw ...

Articles
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 ...

Articles
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 ...

Videos
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander talks Packets
Steve Alexander, Ciena CTO talks about the rising demand for content, why content collection needs to be closer to the customer a ...

Podcasts
Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 43: Addressing th ...
On this Ciena podcast hear Mark Freeman of Cullman Electric Cooperative discuss the exciting impact of deploying broadband in the ...

Podcasts
Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 44: How AI is Res ...
On this Ciena podcast hear Colt’s Francesca Serravalle join Rick Hamilton of Blue Planet to shed light on new opportunities where ...