Optical

Acacia Communications has begun sampling a new 100G coherent DWDM pluggable aimed at edge and access applications. The new 100G coherent DWDM module , which is offered in the QSFP-DD form...

 Telstra has launched commercial wavelength services based on 400G technology from Ciena. For the deployment, Ericsson delivered Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai and WaveLogic 5 Extreme solutions along with associated local professional...

Telefónica Deutschland will deploy Ciena's Blue Planet SDN software from Blue Planet to prepare its transport network in Germany to adapt to escalating data traffic and bandwidth demands from users.Blue...

Ciena reported Q3 revenue of $976.7 million, increasing 1.7% year over year. Net income per share was $0.91 GAAP; $1.06 adjusted (non-GAAP), increasing 49% year over year. Gary Smith, President...

TELUS carried an 800G wavelength from Toronto to Quebec City, a distance of 971.2km, using equipment from Ciena. The record-setting link leveraged Ciena 6500 shelves equipped with WaveLogic5 Extreme (WL5e)...

Singapore-based Rain Tree Photonics (RTP) and MaxLinear announced the availability of a silicon photonics-based solution for 400G-DR4 optical modules for hyperscale data centers. Rain Tree Photonics’ proprietary photonics engine leverages...

Australia's NEXTDC Limited, a leading data center colocation provider, will deploy Ciena's Data Center Interconnect (DCI) platform. NEXTDC operates data centers in Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. The facilities...

Lightmatter, a start-up based in Boston, will unveil plans for an artificial intelligence (AI) photonic processor. Lightmatter said its general-purpose AI inference accelerator will use light to compute and transport...

Ciena appointed Pete Hall as its new head of Middle East and Africa (MEA) region and subsea sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Previously, Hall was a key...

Windstream will deploy Ciena’s Waveserver 5 compact modular platform, powered by its WaveLogic 5 Extreme technology, in its National Converged Optical Network (NCON). Additionally, Windstream will be leveraging Ciena’s 6500...

Spark has completed the first stage of its next generation Optical Transport Network (OTN 2) using equipment, software and services from Ciena. The OTN 2 rollout is a two-year project,...

Vodafone New Zealand will deploy 800G between its data centres in Auckland using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics. Vodafone is leveraging its existing Ciena 6500 shelves, doubling the...

PacketLight Networks introduced its PL-4000 muxponder and transponder product line for DCI, 400G metro, and 200G long haul applications. The PacketLight PL-4000 product family is an integrated optical solution offering...