Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, and Retelit
Spa, a leading Italian provider of data services and infrastructure,
have announced the deployment of Ciena’s converged packet optical
solutions to modernize Retelit’s network and improve efficiency, latency
and scalability. By deploying this high-performance, low-latency network
in its backbone and throughout metropolitan locations, Retelit can offer
a range of new services and support key applications like high-frequency
trading, e-healthcare and replication of real-time data.
With high-performance capacity scalable to 100G per wavelength serving
heavily utilized backbone routes and eight metropolitan networks in
major Italian cities, Retelit can provide its wholesale, enterprise and
public sector customers with the increased network capacity and
flexibility needed to meet subscribers’ needs. The initial phase of the
project, upgrading the backbone from Milan to Rome, is expected to be
implemented by the end of October; the remaining network upgrades will
be completed in future phases.
Powered by Ciena’s industry-leading 6500 Packet-Optical Platform,
equipped with third generation WaveLogic Coherent Optical Processors and
the unique feature of integrated packet switching and traffic management
alongside Optical Transport Network (OTN) transport solutions, Retelit
will be able to tailor service level agreements to meet each customer’s
specific requirements. With the improved efficiencies of the new
network, Retelit will be able to expand to reach more customers, and
offer data transport speeds up to 10 times faster than what is available
on the network today.
Additionally, Ciena’s One Control Unified Management System will provide
comprehensive unified management, visualization and end-to-end control
of the network. This will allow Retelit to rapidly deploy new service
offerings, and coordinate across network protocol layers to ensure
efficient use of critical network assets and bandwidth optimization.
“Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions will enable us to reduce the
complexities in our network, while exponentially increasing the capacity
to meet the growing market demand caused by the dramatically rising use
of high-capacity broadband services and technologies. We selected Ciena
because of its proven track record and expertise in equipping service
providers to modernize their networks and accommodate user’s demands for
high-bandwidth services and applications like high-frequency trading and
e-healthcare applications,” states Enrico Mondo, General Manager at
Retelit.
“Demand for bandwidth is continuing to increase at a rapid pace, and
service providers need a flexible, scalable infrastructure in place to
help their customers meet this demand. We are very pleased to be working
with Retelit to deploy our OPn architecture and
industry-leading packet-optical solutions to modernize its network to
not only meet current and future capacity demands, but also provide
customers with a low-latency network for mission-critical,
time-sensitive data transmission,” said Virginie Hollebecque, Regional
Managing Director, South Europe, Mediterranean Countries and Africa at
Ciena.
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 deliver 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,
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About Retelit
With over 7,600 kilometres of fibre optics, 8 Metropolitan Networks
and 18 Data Centers, Retelit is one of the leading Italian providers of
data services and infrastructure for the telecommunications market. From
2011, Retelit has extended its services into complementary markets, such
as ICT, thanks to the more than 16,000 square metres it has equipped to
house cloud computing solutions. The Group holds the frequency usage
rights for the 3.5 GHz frequency in central-northern Italy, in the WiMAX
services' sector. Since 2000 Retelit has been listed on the electronic
share market (MTA) of the Milan Stock Exchange.
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
12, 2013. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding
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