What Ciena shipped in March 2026

Vodafone Idea Deploys Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme to Deliver High-Capacity Connectivity

Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optical technology to modernize its transport network in India, addressing rising AI-driven bandwidth demands and su…

Omdia survey results: AI comes to transport network operations

A 2025 Omdia global survey of 80 communications service providers (CSPs), conducted in partnership with Ciena and Cisco, reveals accelerating adoption of AI and automation in transport network operati…

Network innovation insights from the experts

Ciena highlights its role in advancing network infrastructure to support AI-driven workflows and enterprise demands. The company emphasizes the shift from passive networks to programmable, high-capaci…

Automation and AI for Transport Networks: 2025 Omdia Survey Analysis

A 2025 Omdia survey, sponsored by Ciena and Cisco, reveals that network operators are accelerating the adoption of automation and AI in transport networks, including IP and optical layers, with plans …

Waveserver E-Series: Cost-Efficient Multi-Service Transport for the Edge

Ciena has introduced the Waveserver E-Series, a line of edge demarcation devices designed to provide cost-efficient, multi-service transport solutions. These platforms enable operators to address dive…

Demo of industry's first 1.6 Tb/s coherent solution

Ciena has announced the general availability of its WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e), the industry’s first 1.6 Tb/s coherent solution, enabling the highest capacity connectivity in optical networks. The WL6…

Secure and resilient government networks

Ciena highlights its role in securing government networks with advanced, future-ready connectivity solutions. The company emphasizes its decades of experience and innovation in providing secure, resil…

RLS Hyper-Rail: Scaling Optical Networks for the AI Era

Ciena introduces RLS Hyper-Rail, a new optical networking architecture designed to scale infrastructure for the AI era by shifting from wavelength-based expansion to fully filled fiber pairs, termed '…

Fierce Network: Scaling AI with Next-Gen Optical Networks

Ciena highlights the critical role of next-generation optical networks in addressing the surging demand for AI-driven workloads, as explained by Mark Bieberich in an interview with Fierce Network. The…

Quantum-safe communications: from today's deployments to what's next

Ciena highlights the urgency of quantum-safe communications to protect sensitive data from quantum computing threats. The company emphasizes that organizations must strengthen data confidentiality now…

Automated Deployment Optimizer

Ciena has introduced the Automated Deployment Optimizer (ADO), a feature included with its Navigator Network Control Suite™, designed to automate six critical stages of deployment and commissioning fo…

Optimization Service

Ciena’s Optimization Service leverages data-driven insights to enhance network performance and mitigate risk by providing tools, processes, and expert guidance. The service addresses the challenges po…

Advisory and Enablement Service

Ciena highlights its Advisory and Enablement Service to address challenges posed by the surge in AI-driven network traffic. The service leverages AI-powered planning, automation, and scaling capabilit…

A day in the life of a Ciena engineer

The content highlights a promotional video series titled 'A day in the life of a Ciena engineer,' released on Engineers Day 2025, showcasing the work of Ciena engineers in building resilient and futur…

Ciena Customer Insights featuring Telesat

The video features Telesat’s Director of Network Engineering discussing how integrated satellite-terrestrial networks address the digital divide by combining satellite and terrestrial connectivity. Th…

Turning network complexity into measurable business outcomes

Ciena’s latest blog emphasizes the growing importance of networks as business platforms for communication service providers and digital infrastructure operators, arguing that organizations must move b…

AI Inference: The Next Stress Test for Global Data Center Infrastructure

Agentic AI: Rewriting the rules of compute and networking

AI infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental shift driven by the rise of agentic AI, which demands more orchestration, memory handling, and tool execution from CPUs rather than relying solely on GPUs…

Lightstorm Upgrades JGA Submarine Cable with Ciena to Support 400Gbps Services Enabling Next-Generation Cloud and AI Connectivity Between Japan and Australia

Lightstorm has upgraded its Japan–Guam–Australia (JGA) submarine cable system to support 400Gbps client services, quadrupling its capacity from 100Gbps. This upgrade leverages Ciena’s WaveLogic cohere…

What Will It Take to Build the World’s Largest Data Center?

Ciena and Meta achieve world record 800 Gb/s across 16,608 km on transpacific submarine cable

Ciena and Meta achieved a world record by transmitting 800 Gb/s across a 16,608 km transpacific submarine cable from Singapore to California using Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics. T…

AI is everywhere. But its value only flows where networks can carry it.

AI’s economic value is shifting from model training to real-time inference, where networks must handle dynamic, multimodal, and latency-sensitive traffic. This transition creates a critical dependency…

Ciena Brings IP Networking and Blue Planet Solutions to Upperside World Congress 2026

Ciena will showcase its latest AI-ready IP networking and Blue Planet solutions at Upperside World Congress 2026, held March 24–26 in Paris. The event will feature demos and keynote sessions, includin…

Quantum Computing Inc. and Ciena Demonstrate Next-Generation Quantum-Secured Communications with High-Speed Encryption using PQC and QKD at OFC 2026

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) and Ciena jointly demonstrated next-generation quantum-secured communications at OFC 2026, integrating quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum authentication, classical au…

Ciena Brings AI Networking Expertise to OFC 2026

Ciena announced its participation in OFC 2026, a major optical networking conference, to showcase AI-driven networking innovations aimed at enhancing network performance, scalability, and readiness fo…

Scaling networks for the AI era: A conversation with Dino DiPerna

Ciena is advancing optical innovations to meet rising AI-driven capacity demands. Dino DiPerna, SVP of Global R&D, discusses how AI is reshaping network architectures, requiring dedicated networks for…

Ciena Solidifies AI Networking Leadership, Unveils New Innovations for High-Speed Connectivity

Ciena has unveiled new innovations in high-speed connectivity to address AI-driven bandwidth demands, including hyper-rail photonics, 1600ZR/ZR+ pluggables, full-spectrum coherent transponders, and ne…

Newsroom

Ciena has unveiled the industry's highest-density, lowest-power pluggable optical engine designed to meet the demands of data center AI. This new product is significant as it addresses the growing nee…

A skeptic’s guide to managed NOC

Ciena addresses skepticism around outsourcing network operations center (NOC) management, highlighting the benefits and addressing common concerns. The article emphasizes the pressure network operator…

TIME dotCom Offers 1 Tb/s Data Transmission across the Pacific with Ciena

TIME dotCom Berhad (Time) has deployed Ciena’s latest optical technology on the FASTER transpacific cable system, enabling 1 Tb/s data transmission across a single-carrier wavelength. This upgrade enh…

Ciena’s Gary Smith: AI is forcing a global rebuild of network infrastructure

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented global rebuild of network infrastructure, with Ciena positioned as a key beneficiary due to its dominance in optical networking. The shift is driven by the mass…

The Ciena Network Insights Podcast

The Ciena Network Insights Podcast features a variety of episodes discussing the latest trends and innovations in the networking and telecommunications industry. Recent episodes include discussions on…

The Ciena Insights Podcast

In the latest episode of the Ciena Insights Podcast, FLAG's Chief Network Officer Brad Kneller and VP of Product & Marketing Nadya Melic discuss the role of submarine cables in the AI and cloud era wi…

News Details

Ciena Corporation reported strong fiscal first quarter 2026 financial results, with revenue growing 33.1% year-over-year to $1.427 billion, driven by unprecedented demand for AI-driven networking solu…

Life as an ASIC engineer at Ciena: silicon, software, and optical systems

Ciena's ASIC engineering team focuses on designing custom silicon for coherent modems and high-speed interconnects, integrating optics, firmware, and embedded software. The team emphasizes system-leve…

Latest Articles

Ciena has introduced the Waveserver E-Series, a new addition to the Waveserver family. This compact and energy-efficient platform is designed to extend the capabilities of optical networks, particular…

Ciena has introduced the Waveserver E-Series, a new addition to their Waveserver family. This compact, energy-efficient platform is designed to extend the capabilities of optical networks, particularl

All products

Ciena offers a comprehensive range of products for building advanced networks, including optical networking solutions, routing and switching platforms, and intelligent automation software. Their optic…

Latest Case Studies

Ciena has been involved in various case studies showcasing its solutions across different industries. These include a UK telecommunications company's site exit, a middle-mile network project for remot…

Latest Videos

Ciena has released a series of videos highlighting its latest advancements and services. The content focuses on quantum-safe communications, AI-driven network solutions, and new product offerings such…

The Ciena Network Insights Podcast features a variety of episodes discussing topics related to network technology, AI, and digital transformation. Recent episodes include discussions on Blue Planet's

Empowering youth through digital inclusion in Montréal’s West Island

Ciena has partnered with West Island Community Shares (WICS) to expand digital inclusion for underserved youth in Montréal's West Island. Through this initiative, Ciena is providing tools, training, a…

Blue Planet Inventory

Unified, accurate, end-to-end view of network resources and services

Blue Planet Cloud Native Platform

A modern, cloud-native operations support system (OSS) platform that consolidates modular inventory, orchestration, and assurance applications to help CSPs automate their operations from end to end

Navigator Network Control Suite

Providing a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer, multi-vendor network operations and accelerate operational workflows, which reduces costs and improves customer satisfaction…

WaveRouter family

Designed to unify IP and optical in the metro—with ultimate flexibility, future-proof extensibility, and improved network sustainability

6500 Packet Transport System

Enabling the delivery of legacy TDM services while future-proofing investments toward network modernization

Service-Aware Operating System

Service-Aware Operating System (SAOS) is the foundation of Ciena’s extensive routing and switching offerings. A secure, robust, and scalable carrier-grade network operating system (NOS), SAOS powers E…

Waveserver family

Compact platforms that address requirements from edge to core with purpose-built edge demarcation devices and high-capacity modular transport platforms

WaveLogic family

Optics that power 100G to 1.6 Tb/s solutions with scalability, intelligence, and programmability

Coherent ELS, a coherent edge line system

A high-capacity, edge-optimized coherent open line system

6500 family of Packet-Optical Platforms

Platforms that enable sustainable network evolution from the edge to the core with scalability, flexibility, and multi-layer programmability

Not all AIOps solutions are created equal

The article discusses the limitations of generic AIOps solutions in real-world IP/Optical environments and emphasizes the importance of specialized multi-layer domain knowledge and control for meaning…

Microsoft and Ciena have jointly unveiled a zero-trust blueprint for 'always live' optical networks, introducing a survivability-by-design approach to enhance network resilience. The blueprint outline…

The expansion of AI-ready data center networks is increasingly dependent on coherent optics as traditional technologies like IMDD/PAM4 struggle to meet the demands of next-generation AI workloads. The

By 2026, the telecom industry will make significant strides toward autonomous networks, though fully self-governing systems remain years away. The most immediate change will be the adoption of closed-

2026 is poised to be a transformative year for network infrastructure as artificial intelligence (AI) shifts from experimental use to fully autonomous, large-scale deployment, fundamentally altering h