News and BusinessThe third submarine cable system between Iceland and the Republic of Ireland has gone live using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme, according to Farice, the main provider of international capacity from Iceland to mainland Europe. IRIS connects southwest Iceland to Galway, Ireland, with onward connectivity to the UK, Denmark, […]
News and BusinessGreat Plains Communications (GPC), a Midwestern U.S. telecommunications provider which operates a 16,500+ mile fibre network covering 13 states, is deploying Ciena’s Coherent Routing solution and WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) technology. Ciena says the deployment will increase GPC’s network capacity, reliability, and resiliency to adapt to the continually increasing bandwidth needs of business, carrier, and […]
Technologies and ProductsCiena has introduced WaveRouter, (pictured) which it claims is an industry-first platform architecture, optimally designed for the converged metro network. As part of Ciena’s Coherent Routing strategy, WaveRouter supports the exponential growth of metro traffic driven by bandwidth-hungry services such as 5G, high-speed broadband, enterprise business services, and the cloud. Seamlessly unifying IP, optical, and […]
News and BusinessGlobal infrastructure company Colt, has more than doubled its IQ network capacity with Ciena’s 6500 Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics. The upgrade also includes Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller. Ciena says that with the its 6500 RLS (pictured), Colt can […]
Technologies and ProductsCiena has announced the latest generation of its WaveLogic technology. Optimised for high-capacity transport required with next-generation routing data paths and associated wholesale services, Ciena says WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) integrates new coherent DSP innovations to provide the highest capacity over fibre. It supports 1.6Tbps single-carrier wavelengths for metro ROADM networks, 800Gb/s across the longest […]
News and BusinessCiena is involved in two major projects in Oceania using its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. The first is a trial to provide Telstra Wholesale with 400GE client services on two diverse links between Sydney and Melbourne. The second is to increase the capacity of the Honotua international submarine cable to 300Gbps. Ciena has been working with […]
Technologies and ProductsCiena has launched the 8190 Coherent Aggregation Router (pictured), offering 14.4 Tbps, 400G using high-capacity next-gen metro architecture. Ciena says it is the company’s the most scalable router to date, enabling customers to build 36 ports of 400G in 2RU. It adds six times more bandwidth with no extra footprint to the 8100 family. The […]
News and BusinessResponding to the demand for faster, more reliable internet and data connectivity services, Alaska Communications has teamed up with Ciena to enhance the operators’ Dedicated Ethernet Services product with Ethernet services of 1Gbps to 10Gbps and beyond. Alaska Communications is using Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical platform powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme programmable 800G technology to […]
News and BusinessMalaysian infrastructure provider MSA Resources (MSAR), has selected Ciena to help build its Digital Super Highway network across the Malaysian peninsular. MSAR will leverage Ciena’s 6500, WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics, and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller to reach data transmission speeds of 800Gbps line rate and total network capacity of 33.6Tbps […]
News and BusinessGTS Telecom, an information technology and communications service provider in Romania and member of Deutsche Telekom AG, has selected Ciena to upgrade its network from 10G to 100G across the country. Designed with future needs in mind, the network gives GTS Telecom the ability to migrate the countrywide network to 200G, 400G, and even 800G […]
News and Businessteam.blue Denmark, part of the hosting and cloud solutions team.blue Group, has selected Ciena’s Waveserver AI platform to serve as the foundation for its WAN-ring, providing point-to-point metro data centre interconnect (DCI) network service between sites. Ciena’s Waveserver Ai platform delivers up to 2.4 Tbps in a single rack unit to tackle large scalability challenges. […]
News and BusinessAfrican operator EASSy is increasing the performance of its 10,000-kilometre submarine cable system in sub-Saharan Africa. The cable, which traverses Africa’s east and south coasts, is using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology. EASSy says the upgrade will help it to satisfy surging digital demands regionally, as well as cost-effectively […]
Applications and ResearchNew research involving JPMorgan Chase, Toshiba and Ciena, has demonstrated the viability of a QKD network for metropolitan areas. Resistant to quantum computing attacks and capable of supporting 800 Gbps data under real-world environmental conditions, it is believed to be the first demonstration of QKD securing a mission-critical blockchain application in the industry. The research […]
News and BusinessNO-UK, the submarine cable system between Norway and the UK, has achieved a record-breaking 800Gbps line rate using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology. This will allow NO-UK to deliver its customers greater capacity, faster speeds and a greener offering through lower energy consumption. NO-UK’s open submarine cable system, featuring […]
News and BusinessAlbany, New York-based carrier FirstLight, has deployed its first 400 Gbps connection on its fibre optic network using Ciena’s WaveLogic-powered 6500 platform. The deployment was also supported by optical network integrator LightRiver, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX® Optical Domain Orchestration and Control software. With high network capacity and ultra-low latency at the centre of FirstLight’s […]
News and BusinessVodafone Idea Limited is revamping the backbone scalability and service resiliency by deploying 5th generation coherent optical solutions from Ciena. As consumers, enterprises, and content players look to embrace smarter digital experiences across India, Vi’s new 300G/400G backbone network increases scale and performance in an energy and cost-efficient manner. Vi has deployed Ciena’s 6500 packet-optical […]
News and BusinessTelecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology to maximise capacity along the Mediterranean segment of the operator’s Middle East North Africa (MENA) submarine cable system and Egypt’s mesh network. The MENA submarine cable is an […]
News and BusinessCityFibre, the UK’s largest independent wholesale full fibre platform, has announced the successful deployment of its first 800 Gbps backbone wavelength in partnership with network technology solutions vendor, Ciena. CityFibre says this is a key milestone on its path to building a full fibre digital infrastructure that will reach up to 8 million premises in […]
News and BusinessCiena has agreed to couple its xHaul solutions with Samsung’s 5G solutions to support the increasing volume of 5G data traffic at the edge and within an increasingly distributed 5G architecture. The companies say that combining Samsung’s 5G RAN and Core with Ciena’s xHaul Routing and Switching portfolio and next-generation Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) […]
News and BusinessLightpath, a US-based all-fibre, infrastructure-based connectivity provider has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme solution, delivering services at up to 800Gbps. With this deployment, Lightpath says it is able to provide superior digital experiences for its customers throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area and expand its footprint into the greater Boston market. “In order […]