Trans Pacific Networks Selects Ciena to Upgrade Echo and Tabua Subsea Cable Capacity
Trans Pacific Networks (TPN) has selected Ciena optical technology to increase capacity and efficiency across the Echo and Tabua submarine cable systems, ...
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’s Peter Winzer on Hybrid Co-Packaged Copper/Optics for Scale-Up
At last week's Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Peter Winzer, co-founder of Nubis Communications and now Senior Vice President at ...
Trans Americas Fiber System Selects Ciena for Subsea
Trans Americas Fiber System (TAFS) has unveiled its TAM-1 subsea cable system — a 7,200-km, next-generation network connecting the U.S. ...
Ciena Advances AI Infrastructure with 1.6T Coherent and Nubis Acquisition
At the OCP Global Summit 2025, Helen Xenos, Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, outlined how the company is addressing the connectivity ...
#AINetworking25: Digging into Agentic-AI Operations with Blue Planet – Director’s Cut
Check out our #AI in Networking report and more videos here: https://ngi.fyi/ainetwork25yt Blue Planet's Jean-Phillippe Goyet, Sr. Director Product Management ...
Viettel Tests 1.6 Tips Single Channel with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6
Viettel has boosted the capacity of Vietnam’s national optical backbone using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) technology, while successfully completing ...
Comcast Deploys Ciena’s Coherent Access Platform
Comcast has begun deploying Ciena’s 5131 Coherent Access Platform (CAP) to extend 100 Gb/s connectivity across its footprint, including rural ...
Ciena to Acquire Nubis for $270M, Expands AI Data Center Interconnect Portfolio
Ciena agreed to acquire New Jersey–based Nubis Communications in an all-cash deal valued at $270 million. The move expands Ciena’s ...
Altibox Carrier Hits 1.6 Tbps Milestone on Live Subsea Cable with Ciena WL6e
Altibox Carrier and Ciena have demonstrated the world’s first 1.6 Tbps single-carrier wavelength transmission on a live subsea system. The ...
Ciena Revenue Soars 29%; Refocuses on AI, Halts PON Development
Ciena reported $1.22 billion in revenue for its fiscal third quarter ended August 2, 2025, marking a 29.4% year-over-year increase. ...
South Africa’s DFA Carries 1.6 Tbps Wavelength with Ciena
DFA and Ciena have set a new benchmark for fibre transmission in South Africa, completing a world-first trial that achieved ...
Ciena Survey: AI to Drive Over 50% of Long-Haul Traffic Within Three Years
Ciena’s latest global survey with Heavy Reading, now part of Omdia, found that communications service providers (CSPs) expect artificial intelligence ...
BR.Digital Boosts with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme
BR.Digital has upgraded its long-haul optical infrastructure using Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics, enabling 1.1 Tbps single-wavelength transmission ...
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