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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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Ciena's disruptive broadband access architecture

A disruptive broadband access market demands an entirely different solution – a disruptive network architecture. Ciena's Joe Mars ...
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What is an Intelligent Network Controller? Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains the real value that lies behind this new term.
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Want to take your IP network to new heights? Look ...

It is no longer a question of if people want a new way to build their IP networks, but how. Ciena’s Joe Marsella explains how the ...
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With big edge densification comes big metro respo ...

Ciena’s 8100 family is expanding in a big way by adding the 8190 for higher capacity aggregation. Ivana Lemos explains how you ca ...
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Bridging the digital divide with Weatherized PON

Introducing Ciena’s Weatherized PON approach, bringing direct outdoor devices to converged access and enabling deployments in som ...
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Coherent Routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical ...

There’s way more to IP/Optical convergence than just a plug in a router. Scott McFeely Ciena’s SVP of Global Products & Services ...
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Segment Routing on the rise, survey says

There is no question that Segment Routing MPLS (SR-MPLS) has surged in recent years. But what percentage of operators are deployi ...
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100G everywhere in the access

With Ciena’s new 5132 Router we will bring 100Gb/s service, demarcation, and coherent access to the business and wholesale enviro ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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