High-capacity switching and transport
Accelerate the next wave of digital connectivity
Deliver more capacity per optical fiber
The challenge
How do you keep up with bandwidth demands when network traffic is growing faster than the ability to acquire new fiber? How can you avoid leasing new fiber? How do you guarantee reliability and network survivability and avoid fiber or equipment failures?
Our approach
We feature programmable hardware with extensive embedded monitoring points for enhanced management, analytics apps for real-time network visibility, and intuitive user interfaces with software automation to simplify operations.
The benefits
You can optimize capacity and performance with innovations that give you intelligent, programmable core networks that can scale at the right cost points to drive your business forward, delivering more fiber capacity at the lowest cost per bit.
Our high-capacity switching and transport technology and services
OPTICAL NETWORKING
WaveLogic Coherent Optics
Our coherent optics are deployed across our optical and routing and switching products to power 100G to 1.6 Tb/s solutions driving scalability, intelligence, and programmability.
OPTICAL NETWORKING
6500 Reconfigurable Line System
A compact, simple-to-deploy, photonic layer solution that improves scalability, reduces footprint, and offers more capacity per fiber, faster.
OPTICAL NETWORKING
6500 Family of Packet-Optical Platforms
Ciena’s 6500 integrates WaveLogic™ Coherent Optics, OTN switching, and intelligent photonics into a fully programmable, scalable, modular platform.
OPTICAL NETWORKING
Waveserver®
Our stackable interconnect platforms deliver more capacity and lower power for bandwidth-intensive applications, providing massive scale for cloud applications and data services.
MULTI-LAYER CONTROL
Manage, Control and Plan (MCP)
Our MCP Applications provide analytics, software control, and automation—integrated in a single interface—to optimize multi-layer network resiliency and performance.
MULTI-LAYER CONTROL
Liquid Spectrum
Liquid Spectrum™ apps combine real-time analytics and advanced automation across a programmable photonic layer to help maximize value of network assets.
Ciena Services
We leverage decades of expertise and innovation to help you build, operate, and improve your network and achieve your business objectives.
Ciena ups the ante in the delivery of high-performance coherent solutions, using advanced technology and high bandwidth electro-optics with WaveLogic 6, which is expected to be the first 1.6Tbps wavelength transmitted over a single carrier.
Insights
Blog
Whirlwind tour: How 800G is already benefiting network providers around the world
Did you know that Ciena has shipped more than 25,000 800G modems to 140 unique operat...
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How 3 technology advancements provide new options for scaling your optical network
To meet growing bandwidth demands, network providers do not always have the option to...
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The benefits of an integrated C&L-band photonic line system
Network providers are looking for new alternatives to unlock additional network capac...
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In the Lab: Ciena's 6500 T-Series: Terabit switching
Ciena’s Tony Bernola gives an overview of the new switching hardware on Ciena’s 6500 ...
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