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The Passive Optical Network (PON) architecture employs shared fiber to achieve cost savings for network operators, which is cost- ...

This paper shows how an operator can get ahead of the trends through the use of digital optics and packet networking.

This paper discusses the rise of EBS as an appealing alternative to traditional business services.

This paper reviews the challenges and the practical solution of using analytics tools to enhance understanding of the network and ...

Ciena is enabling significant opportunities to increase revenues by offering market-leading 100G-based transatlantic and transpac ...

Although few cablecos have actually deployed Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) technology en masse yet, it's viewed by many c ...

Today, submarine cables carry 99 percent of all intercontinental communication over more than 400 submarine telecom cables spanni ...

Ethernet as a data networking technology has been in wide use for many years, keeping pace with the network speeds demanded by ap ...

This white paper provides an overview of SDN-based WAN automation and focuses on the drivers and benefits of WAN automation, the ...

This paper explains how the ability to securely deliver high-quality video makes peering connectivity an attractive alternative f ...

Ciena can help facilitate a network operator’s SDN and NFV migration, delivering integrated end-to-end management, virtualization ...

This paper examines how self-optimizing fabrics forming a nervous system for the world of interconnected smart things could help ...

This paper defines five key wireline network improvements that are needed for a service provider to be ready to deploy 5G service ...

This Cable's Fiber Outlook Survey Report is produced by Light Reading and Heavy Reading in partnership with SCTE-ISBE. Ciena brin ...

5G is more than a new access technology. Unlike previous mobile generations which were defined by the air interface, 5G will chan ...

As legacy TDM networks reach end-of-life status, coupled with support personnel becoming increasingly scarce, service providers a ...

GeoMesh epitomizes the convergence of submarine and terrestrial network and web-scale technologies, yielding previously impossibl ...

In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are considering SDN and NFV to deliver the agility and flexibil ...

Understand why MNOs in the Asia-Pacific region need to take action now on an integrated wireless/wireline planning approach to so ...

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially du ...

This paper explores the growing importance of the Internet to MSOs and offers steps for how to fortify the quality, performance, ...

This paper introduces a deterministic packet transport method of achieving guaranteed latency for critical traffic being transpor ...

As electric utilities evolve to the smart grid, they need a comparable evolution of the underlying communications network.

Skyrocketing mobile device use and data traffic growth projections are driving unprecedented demand for connectivity across the I ...