India’s Bharti Airtel has contracted Ciena to deploy a large-scale photonic control plane backbone network that will connect more than 4,000 towns across the nation. Under the agreement, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the companies will…
Australia’s Telstra, Ericsson and Ciena say they have achieved the world’s fastest speeds during a demonstration using Telstra’s transmission network in Melbourne. The companies achieved 400Gbps speeds over 61.5-GHz spectrum using Telstra’s transmission…
Nokia and Ciena have both detailed their roles in providing equipment for disruptive Indian newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm’s greenfield pan-India 4G rollout. Reliance Jio finally launched LTE services for the public in September last year, and has signed on…
Ciena has unveiled WaveLogic Ai, a programmable coherent modem that aims to serve as a foundational enabling technology for a self-driving network. WaveLogic Ai sets new performance benchmarks designed to improve transport network economics and flexibility…