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Sharing Bandwidth with the Neighbors

Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains how Cable Operators can reduce sharing sizes to increase overall customer quality of experience.

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Grab your Guitars and Gigabits: It’s Time for Pac ...

Back by popular demand it’s Ciena’s Packet Networking Summer Camp, Music Camp edition. 4 Live Webinars and 3 Ciena experts make f ...

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Teach your OTN some new packet tricks

Learn how you can now teach your OTN network some cool packet tricks.

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Carrier Ethernet 101: Speeds, Standards and Servi ...

Introduction to Carrier Ethernet covering speeds, standards, and services as well as areas to watch in the Ethernet realm.

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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Fiber Deep Planning for ...

Ciena's Wayne Hickey details what Cable MSOs must consider when driving fiber deeper into their network.

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Is your existing wireline network ready for 5G se ...

A recent study by Analysys Mason reveals that many Mobile Networks Operators in APAC may be unprepared for the coming of 5G traff ...

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Dynamic MPLS-TP in the Metro Network… Why?

Ciena's Wayne Hickey gives a primer on the plethora of network routing protocols, and why the efficiency and flexibility of MPLS- ...

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Are You Ready for the DOCSIS Impact on Fiber?

DOCSIS 3.1 is 10 times faster than 3.0 but this added speed brings challenges. Find out the how it will impact fiber deployments ...

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Carrier Ethernet Expertise: Are you certifiable?

The MEF Certification Committee recently introduced the next generation of its professional certification program by launching th ...

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Re-Sodding Cable MSO Brownfields

With an increase in demand for high-speed data, IP video, cloud computing, and business services, cable MSO brownfields need to u ...

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7 key takeaways from #MWC17

Our Ciena team spent the week talking to customers, speaking at sessions, and on the exhibit floor showing off our latest tech to ...

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D-NFV for enterprises: 5 key benefits

Learn why D-NFV's speed and simplicity might make it the next evolution of how enterprises deploy new network services.

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Ciena's 9 predictions for networks and tech in 20 ...

Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give their predictions for the upcoming year.

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Year in Review: Ciena’s Top 6 Announcements of 20 ...

As 2016 comes to a close, we take a look back at the biggest news from a big year here at Ciena.

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Our Gift to You: Ciena's Ultimate eBook Holiday B ...

Just in time for the holidays, we've made our three most popular technology eBooks available for download, and added two new refe ...

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Best Practice Advice for Deploying SDN and NFV

Here is some advice for network operators looking to migrate to SDN and NFV.

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Ciena and Vodafone partner to deliver Carrier Eth ...

Alex Connors, Head of Fixed Connectivity Services at Vodafone UK, details the company's progress with it's Carrier Ethernet servi ...

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MEF16: We have a winner!

Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet division details the multi-vendor Proof of Concept demo the team conducted with CenturyLink and ...

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What is Distributed NFV and why do you need it?

Ciena's Brian Lavallée introduces the concept of Distributed NFV, or D-NFV, and why service providers are increasingly looking at ...

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7 Facts You Should Know About Carrier Ethernet

Ethernet has become a ubiquitous networking technology -- if you connect anything that uses data, you’re probably using Ethernet. ...

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Liberty Global partners with Ciena to help custom ...

Liberty Global is fulfilling its vision to help customers connect their world with a single provider, and a single, harmonised Ca ...

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Why Migrate from TDM Mobile Backhaul to Packet Mo ...

The case for migrating legacy TDM-based mobile backhaul to packet mobile to meet data and bandwidth demands. See the challenges a ...

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Why are TDM services still around?

TDM services are any service sold by operators to enterprises large and small, that uses a time-based method to multiplex service ...

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Relive Summer with Carrier Ethernet Summer Camp

The kids are back in school. The mornings have the crisp feel of Fall. It's true, summer is over. But that doesn't mean you can't ...

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