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Ciena hits another milestone: 100,000 WaveLogic 5 ...
Ciena has reached an incredible milestone, surpassing 100,000 modems shipped of its industry-leading WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) p ...

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Pioneering the path for Quantum-Secured Long-Dist ...
What are the latest developments in quantum-secured communications and what could the future hold? Ciena’s Paulina Gomez sits dow ...

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The journey to 1.6T: Understanding the technologi ...
Helen Xenos explains how the technology choices behind Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6 terabit coherent optics translate to optim ...
Case Studies
Diamond State Network Middle Mile Project for Ark ...
Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, adaptive, and responsive middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote commu ...

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The journey to 1.6T: Why 1.6T and what’s in it fo ...
Incredible as it may sound, network providers will soon be able to evolve their optical networks to 1.6Tb/s transmission. What do ...
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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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Ciena’s WaveLogic: Accelerating connectivity and ...
Amid a surge of new investments and construction in data centers, Southeast Asian nations are joining together to make significan ...

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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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Maximizing your 6500 network investment with new ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez provides a quick overview of the latest technology advancements on Ciena’s 6500 D/S-Series platforms.

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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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Waveserver 5: 800Gbps Quantum Secured Communicati ...
Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform powered by proven 800 Gb/s encryption, leverages open APIs to communicate with an external QKD syst ...
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O-NID
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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Ciena's O-NID: Cost-Efficiently Extend OTN to the ...
Ciena’s O-NID extends OTN closer to your network edge with operational simplicity and the flexibility to address multiple applica ...

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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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How to elevate your defenses against growing cybe ...
Advances in quantum computing are introducing new paradigms in data security. Ciena’s Patrick Scully explains what they are and w ...

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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.
Infobriefs
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 Standard and Enhanced ...
Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) 100G-400G Standard and Enhanced QSFP-DD additionally supports extended-reach metro-regional packe ...