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A practical vision for rolling out 5G networks
When a leading global service provider was looking to roll out its 5G network infrastructure, a next-gen cell-site router was a k ...
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Ciena Passive Optical Network (PON) Ecosystem
Ciena's XGS-PON ecosystem flattens traditional chassis-based PON power consumption and space while converging broadband, 5G, and ...
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Is your metro network architecture ready to scale ...
Ciena’s 8114 Coherent Aggregation Router, the newest member of the 8100 family, brings providers more capacity for dedicated and ...
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Is your metro network architecture ready to scale ...
Ciena’s 8114 Coherent Aggregation Router, the newest member of the 8100 family, brings providers more capacity for dedicated and ...
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The future of PON at the edge
Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence nee ...
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8114
8114 addresses the increasing need for high-capacity routing and switching applications at the metro edge.
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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...
Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...
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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...
Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...
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Customize your Broadband and 5G Edge
With Ciena’s new 5131 Weatherproof Router we will bring more capacity even closer to the network edge, enabling deployment into t ...
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Ciena + Samsung: Collaboration paves the road to ...
Ciena’s 5G expert, Brian Lavallée, provides additional details on the company’s joint efforts with Samsung announced last October ...
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The need for universal aggregation
ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...
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3922
Ciena’s 3922 Platform is purpose-built for smaller capacity 1/10 Gb/s service delivery in a variety of business environments. The ...
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5131 Product data sheet
Ciena’s 5131 is a hardened, weatherproof aggregation router.
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Year in review: Ciena’s 5 biggest announcements o ...
From an uptick in 400G services to new acquisitions and partnerships, Ciena’s Bo Gowan highlights the biggest Ciena news and anno ...
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Diving deep on 10G-Pluggables for high speed PON
In 2020, Ciena introduced our pluggable 10G PON offering to help network operators address key opportunities in next generation C ...
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Chalk Talk - Universal Aggregation
In this Chalk Talk video, Wayne Hickey details just how by unifying siloed and stand-alone architectures to optimize network foot ...
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Connecting to space, the final frontier
What are Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks and how will they help to provide connectivity to new areas? Ciena’s Brian Lava ...
Podcasts
Episode 47: A year in review…and what’s to come i ...
2021 brought a lot of technological advancements. Steve Alexander, Jürgen Hatheier, and Craig Williams discuss what surprised the ...
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Survey says - service providers are ready for the ...
What are service providers looking for when it comes to IP/Optical convergence? Heavy Reading asked 220 service provider executiv ...
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Ciena joins Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated ...
Ciena has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) initiative. In addition, Ciena’s SAOS 10. ...
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How to Right-Size Your Middle-Mile Network for Ru ...
Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe explains all the factors that you need to consider when designing your middle-mile network for rural broadba ...
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CLI nostalgic memories. NETCONF/YANG exciting new ...
How many routers have you manually configured over the years? Ciena’s Ivana Lemos takes a trip down memory lane and explains how ...
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When it comes to IP/Optical convergence – can you ...
Are you finding yourself getting stuck in all the noise and details surrounding IP/Optical convergence? Not sure where you should ...
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5132 Platform
Ciena’s 5132 is purpose-built for 100 Gb/s service and demarcation—with support of WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n)—in a variety of busine ...