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Blog Spotlight | Unify your network and protect y ...

What if you could offer investment protection to both the operator and customer? Take your network and your customer’s business t ...

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Bridging the Digital Divide with Weatherized PON

Introducing Ciena’s Weatherized PON approach, bringing direct outdoor devices to converged access, enabling deployments in some o ...

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Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey – 87% Plan Aggregati ...

As part of the annual “Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey Report”, Heavy Reading surveyed over 200 respondents to get insights on Distr ...

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Can networking be that easy? What’s possible with ...

Network automation was the topic of the show at MEF17. We detail two proof-of-concept demos at the show where Ciena Blue Planet t ...

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Can Orchestrating an End-to-End Network Slice Be ...

Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has recently started an E2E slicing Working Group to investigate models and mechanisms to demonstrate ...

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Can utilities have their multi-layered cake and e ...

Utilities are facing increasing bandwidth demands on their communications networks. This blog explains how modernizing networks t ...

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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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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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Check your Fiber Deep boxes with Ciena

Getting high-bandwidth closer to customers at the network edge needs an adaptive network infrastructure, and the right network pa ...

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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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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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Ciena 6500: Extreme Packet Makeover Edition

It’s time to rethink everything you know about Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform. You’ve known the 6500 as our flagship platfo ...

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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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Ciena expands last mile and 10G PON solution

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey details the latest additions to our 10G PON solution.

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Ciena goes web-scale with new coherent, metro and ...

This is the first in a series of blog posts detailing Ciena’s new products and solutions tailored for a new web-scale world.

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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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Ciena obtains JITC certification, paves the way f ...

The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for our layer 2 Ethernet access and aggregation solutions gives DoD ...

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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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Ciena targets metro Ethernet market with new 8700 ...

Ciena has taken direct aim at the metro Ethernet market with today’s unveiling of the 8700 Packetwave Platform

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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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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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Ciena's vBNG deep dive: Unleashing broadband serv ...

In this technical deep dive, Ciena’s Chuck Harris explains how the architectural constructs of Ciena’s virtual Broadband Network ...

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Ciena’s innovative portfolio drives leadership po ...

Omdia’s 2020 Optical Network Hardware Vendor Scorecard highlights Ciena’s continued optical innovation, new portfolio introductio ...

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Ciena’s new Waveserver: a dream machine for data ...

Ciena introduces the Waveserver™, a compact and purpose-built platform capable of enabling massive multi-terabit bandwidth for me ...

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