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RASCOM and Ciena Light First 100G Link from Russia to Western Europe
HANOVER, Md. & MOSCOW --(Business Wire)--
Ciena®
Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that
the Russian carrier RASCOM
is deploying its 6500
Packet-Optical Platform to support the 100G upgrade and network
expansion of a route connecting Russia to Western Europe. This critical international
network provides RASCOM's wholesale and enterprise customers with a
fully redundant ring architecture supporting cross-border traffic and
the region's first 100GE services.
Key Facts:
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RASCOM is a leading telecommunications operator targeting service
providers and large enterprises with a private 8,600 km
next-generation international network covering key geographical areas
for cross-border traffic. The recently expanded international network
is based on Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and includes WaveLogic
3 coherent processors. It connects Moscow in Russia to Western
Europe through St. Petersburg and the Nordic countries and is fully
redundant, including a ring topology linking the cities of Amsterdam,
Frankfurt and Copenhagen.
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The network is believed to be the first 100G route connecting Russia
to Western Europe and provides carrier and enterprise customers with
low-latency connectivity and the region's first international 100GE
services.
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The Ciena-based infrastructure supports up to 8.8 Tb/s of traffic and
enables RASCOM to run 10, 40, and 100G wavelengths simultaneously and
easily scale (sections of) the network to 100G and beyond to support
new services and increasing customer demand.
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Ciena's Common
Photonic Layer supports ROADM (News - Alert) functionality in RASCOM's entire
network, hich covers a very large and diverse geography, including
taxing terrain and underwater links. That means wavelength add/drops
can be remotely configured at any node point in the network -
providing system simplicity and full agility for the addition and
routing of new services.
Executive Quotes:
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"RASCOM's extensive network covers the international routes demanded
by Russian carriers and connects with key traffic exchange points in
Russia and Western Europe. Our long-haul connectivity offerings are in
high demand, putting pressure on RASCOM's infrastructure as capacity
requirements grow exponentially. That's why we decided to scale the
capacity on the network to 100G, which was successfully completed in
April. RASCOM selected Ciena's technology due to its flexibility and
scalability, and the recent 100G upgrade confirms again that we have
made the right choice. We increased the network's capacity by a factor
of 2.5 without any interruption to existing services, allowing RASCOM
to continue to meet our customers' changing bandwidth requirements."
- Vitaly
Kireyev, general director, RASCOM
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"Ciena's WaveLogic 3 coherent technology enables RASCOM to rapidly
respond to new service demands and differentiate from the competition
with faster service turn-up, higher speeds and lower latency. The vast
distances covered by its international network demonstrate the value
of Ciena's coherent technology, which allows the cost-effective
deployment of ultra-long-haul distances without costly regeneration."
- Sergei
Fishkin, managing director Russia, CIS and Baltics, Ciena
Technology Leadership:
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Ciena is the pioneer and market leader of coherent optical technology
with more than 20,000 coherent 40G/100G line interfaces shipped to
over 100 customers across the globe, for a total deployment of more
than 20 million coherent kilometers.
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Ciena's converged packet optical technology with WaveLogic 3 Coherent
Optical Processors gives service providers significant bandwidth
scalability, reliability and network intelligence - all key building
blocks of an OPn
network architecture.
Supporting Resources:
About RASCOM
ZAO Rascom is the leading provider of international bandwidth services
to carriers and owns telecommunications infrastructure for the route
Moscow - St Petersburg - Helsinki - Stockholm - Frankfurt - Amsterdam.
The company offers wholesale communications services and Internet access
as well as various integrated solutions in Moscow, St Petersburg, Tver,
Novgorod and other cities in central and north-western regions of Russia.
About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide
to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally
change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep
expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software
automation to delivering solutions in alignment with OPn, its
approach for building open next-generation networks. We enable a
high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified,
virtualized environment. We routinely post recent news, financial
results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on
our website. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.
Note to Ciena Investors
Forward-looking statements. This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and
assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are
based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and
Ciena's actual results could differ materially from those stated or
implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business,
which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q,
which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
13, 2013. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding
Ciena's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the
future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may,"
"should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no
obligation to update the information included in this press release,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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