Nov 26, 2012

CENIC and PNWGP Upgrade Pacific Wave Network to 100G Powered by Ciena

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that the Pacific Wave international network peering facility — which connects research and education (R&E) networks in 40 countries in the Pacific Rim and beyond — was recently upgraded with Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with WaveLogic™ coherent optical processors. This deployment will provide 100Gb/s networking capabilities to Pacific Wave’s extensive R&E network infrastructure across the western coast of the United States, from Los Angeles to Seattle.

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