Tag: ciena

April 18, 2019

Equinix has expanded its interconnection fabric once again. They are now offering ECX Fabric connectivity between all 37 of the service’s markets across five continents. Customers in any of those locations can privately interconnect networks, clouds, and services on a […]

February 22, 2019

Ericsson has been added to the Linux Foundation Deep Learning Group’s roster as a “premier member.” Joining the LF Deep Learning Foundation as a premier member gives Ericsson a seat on the board of directors as well as positions in […]

February 21, 2019

Ciena has unveiled the latest version of its WaveLogic chips, the WaveLogic 5. The new chip will bring 800G capabilities to the company’s coherent optical portfolio, providing programmable capacity in 50G increments over a single wavelength. Gear leveraging the chip […]

September 25, 2018

Worth noting from the start of this week: three bits of metro fiber news and one subsea upgrade: Consolidated Communications is building out some new fiber in southeastern Texas. The target is the community of Willis, which lies about an […]

December 12, 2017

As service providers accelerate their 100G and 400G deployments, it’s clear that two vendors—Ciena and Cisco—are gaining the benefit as key suppliers in these sectors. Cignal Al confirmed the role these two vendors are taking in the market in its […]

June 5, 2017

Ciena’s CEO said that while it is well established with large telcos like Verizon and AT&T, the next opportunity for growth will be with cable MSOs deepening their fiber footprints in residential and business markets. Gary Smith told investors during […]

June 17, 2016

Ciena’s WaveLogic 3 Extreme chipset was a key component of a successful trial to transmit 300 Gbps capacity using coherent optical modulation. The trial was conducted at this week’s TNC16 Networking Conference by Canadian advanced networking nonprofit Canarie and the […]