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Openreach Strengthens Ethernet Access Direct Services with CienaHANOVER, Md. & LONDON --(Business Wire)-- Following strong demand for its range of Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) products, Openreach, BT's (News - Alert) local access network business, has selected Ciena's® (NYSE: CIEN) packet networking solutions to support the evolution of its Ethernet services. Openreach's communication provider (CP) customers are looking to capitalise on the UK's high-capacity Ethernet business services market, which is expected to grow by 23 per cent over the next three to four years according to Ovum (News - Alert)1, by offering faster and more reliable Ethernet service delivery. CPs also need to support enterprise clients' increasing application-centric network consumption behaviors, enabling services such as bandwidth on-demand, cloud computing and high-bandwidth applications, including video, CRM platforms and real-time data backup. Key Facts:
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Notes 1 Ovum: Enterprise Ethernet Service Forecast Report: 2011-18 About Openreach Openreach, a division of BT Group (News - Alert) plc. (LSE: BT.A), is responsible for the first mile of the UK access network - the copper wires and fiber connecting homes and businesses to their local telephone exchanges. Openreach leads the deployment of BT Group's £3bn roll-out of fiber, delivering fiber broadband services to communities across the UK as well as installing and maintaining the communications infrastructure that links homes, businesses, public and voluntary sector organizations to their Communications Providers' networks. About Ciena Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) 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 deliver solutions in alignment with its OPn architecture for 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. For updates on Ciena news, follow us on Twitter @Ciena or on LinkedIn (News - Alert) http://www.linkedin.com/company/ciena. Investors are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website at www.ciena.com/investors, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. From time to time we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use. 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 June 11, 2014. 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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