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Ciena takes home 2019 Leading Lights’ Company of ...

It was a momentous night for the Ciena team at Light Reading’s annual Leading Lights Awards gala this week. Ciena was recognized ...

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Battle of the bands. Get more fiber capacity usin ...

Which technology will prevail in the battle of the bands? Conventional C + L-band? New L-band options combined with an Extended 6 ...

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Ericsson and Ciena support Telstra to lay foundat ...

Telstra has announced it has selected Ericsson, using Ciena’s technology, for a three-year optical transmission network rollout a ...

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Ciena’s technology innovation once again lands th ...

Based on analyst criteria, Ciena once again secured the highest overall score in the 2019 IHS Markit annual Optical Network Hardw ...

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One year of Programmable 400G: Insights into how ...

It has been one year since we started shipping our WaveLogic Ai coherent optical technology! Ciena’s Helen Xenos takes a moment t ...

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Telecom Egypt puts customers first with Ciena’s o ...

To offer granular, agile and reliable data services between Europe and Asia, Telecom Egypt (TE) has partnered with Ciena to build ...

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3 videos about next-generation 400G networking yo ...

Don’t miss these 3 videos that explain what the next-generation optical networking is, how it works, and how it was developed.

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A closer look at CenturyLink’s Programmable Servi ...

Recep Ozdag details the work the Blue Planet team is doing with CenturyLink as part of their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB) ...

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A (Miserable) Day in the Life of a Submarine Fiel ...

Meet Erik. Erik is a submarine network field technician. Erik has a tough job. Let's look at all the challenges he faces in tryin ...

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Keep ahead of demand with PlannerPlus—another win ...

Hoping for a way to build out network capacity incrementally to get the most return from capex as soon as possible? Marie Fiala e ...

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Latest trends in optical networks- straight from ...

The optical industry came together in Nice for NGON & DCI World last week. Helen Xenos gives you an update on the important topic ...

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Fixed to Flex migration: a proficient way to mode ...

Migrating from a fixed-grid to flex-grid optical infrastructure delivers greater capacity while also reducing cost per bit. But m ...

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5 awesome new technologies you’ll see on the Cien ...

Next week is the OFC’17 Conference in Los Angeles, and Ciena is bringing our Ciena Innovation Lab filled with all the newest tech ...

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How Service Electric Cablevision is scaling up it ...

To provide their communities and customers with the level of connectivity needed for today’s pace of business and life, Service E ...

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Behind the scenes with Ciena’s new Blue Planet ar ...

Hear the technology experts that have been working directly on our new Blue Planet architecture over the last year.

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Be the Hero of Your Network with Ciena’s Optical ...

What if you could apply the collective knowledge of some of the world’s best and brightest optical minds to your network? You can ...

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Honoring Ciena’s Kim Roberts, recipient of the 20 ...

At OFC 2019 Ciena’s Kim Roberts was presented with the John Tyndall Award. In an article from Gazettabyte, Roy Rubenstein takes a ...

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5 Ways DCI Growth is Driving New Innovations in T ...

New technologies and capabilities, driven by data center interconnect (DCI) applications and capacity growth, are now available. ...

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Automate or Die: What Telecom Must Learn from the ...

This is the first in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.

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How well do you know Ciena’s 6500 Family of Packe ...

Sure you have heard of Ciena’s 6500 family of packet-optical platforms, but do you really know each member of the family and how ...

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Expanding business models of managed wave service ...

It goes without saying that no other method of network transport has ever surpassed the speed and performance that is delivered o ...

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No Time for Rest: Windstream’s Kelly Crosby detai ...

A fascinating Q/A with Windstream Senior Product Manager Kelly Crosby on their expanded Wave service, changing approaches to virt ...

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Ciena unveils new 6500 T-Series platform with 24 ...

Ciena today unveiled Ciena 6500 T-Series, a new higher density version of our cornerstone 6500 Packet Optical Platform, providing ...

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SCTE Expo 2019 – the importance and opportunities ...

At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this year there were a few aspects of moving to 10G that stood out: the importance of low latency, the ...

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