Dell’Oro: Optical Transport Market 5-Yr Forecast
Coherent port shipments on DWDM systems are forecast to reach 1.3 million by 2024, according to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group. A major share of these port shipments will...
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2020 SPIE Startup Challenge draws 42 companies
Forty-two photonics business startups from 14 countries will participate in the 2020 SPIE Startup Challenge semi-finals held during SPIE Photonics West on 4 February. Forty-two photonics business startups from 14...
Ultra-fast Optical Mesh for Terrestrial, Airborne and Space Applications
BridgeComm is working with Boeing HorizonX on optical wireless communications (OWC) for one-to-many connectivity at 10-100+ Gbps. The two companies are collaboratively on OWC that provides bi-directional, ultra-high-speed mesh connectivity...
Silver Peak and Ciena expand NFV partnership
Silver Peak announced expanded collaboration with Ciena to integrate Silver Peak network functions virtualization (NFV) and Ciena universal customer premise equipment (uCPE) to create new service delivery models for communications...
Ciena hits Q4 revenue of $968 million, up 7.6% yoy
Ciena reported revenue of $968.0 million for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, ending October 31, 2019, up 7.6% year over year. For fiscal year 2019, Ciena reported revenue...
Dell’Oro: Stable demand for optical transport equipment in Q3
There was stable demand for optical transport equipment in 3Q 2019 as WDM revenue grew 4 percent year-over-year in the quarter, according to Dell’Oro Group. “Demand for network capacity has...
Telia Carrier picks Ciena OLS for European network
Telia Carrier has chosen Ciena to be the supplier of a new Open Optical Line System (O-OLS) in Europe. The selected system will be deployed from the beginning of 2020...
Colt upgrades its core optical backbone with Ciena
Colt Technology Services has upgraded its Colt IQ Network by deploying a combination of Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai technology with a conversion to flexible grid photonics. The upgrade will quadruple the...
Internet2 to deploy open line system (OLS) from Ciena
by Benedict Chua, Assistant Editor Internet2 will deploy a flexible grid open line system (OLS) from Ciena to transform its network to a more scalable, programmable and adaptive architecture. The...
Ciena’s Blue Planet intros inventory automation solution
Ciena's Blue Planet division introduced a new intelligent automation solution that gives service providers a unified view of network and service inventory across Layer 0 to 3. Engineered specifically to...
Ciena to acquire Centina for Service Assurance
Ciena agreed to acquire privately-held Centina, a provider of service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. Centina, which is based in Plano, Texas, supplies...
Ciena posts revenue of $961 million, up 17%, as non-telco sales increase
Ciena reported revenue of $960.6 million for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2019, up 17.3% year over year. Ciena's GAAP net income for the fiscal third quarter 2019...
Ciena selected for Colorado Project THOR fiber network
The Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) has selected Ciena and partners to build a regional fiber network known as Project THOR. The network is funded in part by grants...
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