Ciena®
Corporation (NYSE: CIEN), the network specialist, and Pacnet,
a leading provider of integrated technology solutions in the
Asia-Pacific region, today announced the completion of an upgrade to the
company’s trans-Pacific link connecting the U.S. West Coast to Japan.
Faced with an exploding market for bandwidth-intensive applications and
data center services, Pacnet expanded its network to offer a suite of
high-capacity OTN and Ethernet services to meet customer demand while
reducing cost-per-bit. In addition, the enhanced programmable 100G
network solution allows for bandwidth agility to deliver scalable
capacity that is configurable by both enterprise and carrier customers
for a high-performance and cloud-ready network.
Key Facts:
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As a leading provider of integrated technology solutions in the
Asia-Pacific region, Pacnet delivers high-performance technology
solutions over 46,000 kilometers of submarine cable systems. It
manages two of the five fiber pairs on this trans-Pacific cable, which
it co-owns with five other global telecom partners.
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Ciena’s 6500
Packet-Optical Platform, powered by WaveLogic
3 coherent optical processors, combines advanced digital signal
processing with soft-decision forward error correction to achieve
reliable performance across long distances. The flexibility of Ciena’s
WaveLogic 3 technology gives Pacnet the ability to extend its network
reach without straining performance.
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In addition, Ciena’s WaveLogic 3-based submarine solution is equipped
with integrated test capabilities that provide Pacnet with critical
information about its network health, capacity and resilience,
allowing it to leverage network resources efficiently and proactively
without complex and expensive external testing gear.
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With Ciena’s OneControl
Unified Management System, Pacnet has a complete view of its
network performance and can provide streamlined service activation,
fault management and remote troubleshooting. OneControl’s ability to
isolate the precise location of a fiber fault is significant,
especially with the complexity of repairing a network disruption on
cables in the extreme conditions of the Pacific Ocean.
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By applying Ciena’s OPn
architecture for programmable network infrastructures that
deliver much lower cost-at-scale, Pacnet can also provide fast and
efficient service provisioning and turn-up.
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Ciena is also providing a range of professional services for this
deployment via its Specialist
Services portfolio, including consulting, test and turn-up
assistance.
Executive Comments:
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“We manage submerged cables in some of the world’s most extreme
climates and our customers demand high-end services that can perform
consistently. This trans-Pacific cable is critical to our business and
we know that we are pushing the limits of current networking
technology in terms of reach and performance. Ciena’s packet optical
and software platforms enable us to bring new capacity online quickly
to support our newly launched Pacnet
Enabled Network, the first Pan-Asia Network-as-a-Service
architecture.”
- Andy Lumsden, chief technology officer, Pacnet
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“Ciena’s submarine networking solutions simplify network architectures
and operations, giving our customers a competitive edge. With advanced
software features, such as integrated test set and real-time system
optimization, we are transforming service provider networks to be more
intelligent, enabling them to deliver the best possible connectivity
to meet their end customer demands. When moving critical customer data
across the Pacific Ocean, reliability is key. Our submarine solutions
have been proven in some of the harshest geographies around the world.”
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Ed McCormack, vice president and general manager of submarine
systems at Ciena
Ciena at PTC:
Technology Background:
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Ciena's WaveLogic coherent optical processors maximize reach,
capacity, flexibility, and reliability of submarine networks with an
operational focus on ease-of-deployment and cost efficiency. WaveLogic
leverages industry-leading optical networking technology advancements
that together offer network operators several key benefits, over and
above simply moving to 100G line rates.
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Ciena is the pioneer and market leader of coherent optical technology
with 30,000 coherent 40G/100G line interfaces shipped to over 150
customers across the globe, with more than 31 million coherent
kilometers deployed.
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Ciena’s converged packet optical platforms with WaveLogic coherent
optical technology give service providers significant bandwidth
scalability, reliability and network intelligence – all key building
blocks of an OPn
network architecture.
Supporting Resources:
About Pacnet
Pacnet is Asia-Pacific’s leading provider of integrated technology
solutions for carrier and enterprises in the region. Ownership of the
region’s most extensive high-capacity submarine cable systems with over
46,000 km of fiber and connectivity to interconnected data centers
across 14 cities in the Asia-Pacific region gives Pacnet unparalleled
reach to major business centers in key markets including China, India,
Japan and the United States. Combined with a comprehensive set of
managed network and value-added data center services, its assets and
experience in the region have helped Pacnet service large businesses
worldwide including Fortune 500 companies. Pacnet is headquartered in
Hong Kong and Singapore, with offices in all key markets in the
Asia-Pacific region and North America. For more information, please
visit: www.pacnet.com.
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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