Vodafone demos FlexEthernet with Ciena
Vodafone demonstrated what they believe is the world’s first programmable infrastructure based on FlexEthernet. The testing used Vodafone UK’s Red ...
In Focus: Ciena
Ciena Profile
Ciena develops optical networking, routing, switching, software, and automation technologies used by telecommunications service providers, cloud operators, governments, research networks, and enterprises worldwide.
| Headquarters | Hanover, Maryland |
| CEO | Gary B. Smith |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Primary Focus | Optical Networking, Routing, Automation Software, Network Infrastructure |
| Key Platforms | WaveLogic, Blue Planet, Navigator NCS, Coherent Routing |
Coverage Areas:
Optical Transport • Coherent Optics • WaveLogic • Routing • IP/Optical Convergence • Automation • Blue Planet • Subsea Networks • AI Infrastructure Connectivity
Optical Transport • Coherent Optics • WaveLogic • Routing • IP/Optical Convergence • Automation • Blue Planet • Subsea Networks • AI Infrastructure Connectivity
Converge Digest tracks Ciena’s optical networking innovations, WaveLogic developments, routing portfolio, Blue Planet automation initiatives, AI infrastructure connectivity solutions, subsea networking technologies, earnings, customer deployments, and ecosystem partnerships.
Ciena to acquire Packet Design for network analytics and path computation
Ciena agreed to acquire privately-held Packet Design, a provider of network performance management software focused on Layer 3 network optimization, ...
Ciena supplies GeoMesh Extreme submarine solution for Black Sea cable
Caucasus Online, a major telecommunications carrier formed in 2006 by the merger of four Georgian ISPs (Caucasus Network, Georgia Online, ...
GlobeNet implements Ciena’s GeoMesh with 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
GlobeNet, a wholesale provider of telecom infrastructure in the Americas, is implementing Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution, including the 6500 Packet-Optical ...
Angola Cables brings spectrum sharing capabilities to MONET cable
Angola Cables, a dedicated wholesale carrier, has implemented Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Spectrum Sharing capability on the MONET subsea cable, which ...
Brazil’s Eletronet expands with Ciena packet/optical
Eletronet, which operates a national OPGW-based fiber optic network with more than 16 thousand km, 155 POPs in 18 States ...
ACG: Network automation investments on the rise
Network automation investments are expected to grow by approximately 30 percent between now and 2021, according to an independent research ...
Ciena adds ONAP elements to its Blue Planet Platform
Ciena announced enhanced policy capabilities into its Blue Planet intelligent automation platform that incorporates the architectural framework from the Linux ...
Ciena debuts packet aggregation switch and reconfigurable line system
At this week's OFC in San Diego, Ciena introduced a new 8180 Coherent Networking Platform and a 6500 Reconfigurable Line ...
Ciena posts quarterly revenue of $646.1 million, up 4% yoy
Ciena reported revenue of $646.1 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2018, up 4% as compared to $621.5 ...
Sweden’s Eastern Light deploys Ciena’s GeoMesh
Sweden’s Eastern Light, which is building a series of new, international, submarine fiber-optic cable routes in northern Europe, will deploy ...
Ciena brings enhancements for 5G
Ciena announced a series of enhancements to its product set to help operators scale their current 4G networks, while simultaneously ...
UK’s National Research and Education Network to activate 400G with Ciena
Jisc, which operates Janet – the UK’s world-class National Research and Education Network (NREN), is deploying Ciena’s 6500 packet-optical platform ...
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