Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, provides the industry’s first OSS platform that converges design, delivery, and assurance applications to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) automate network and service operations and speed the introduction of new services across any network domain or vendor. From the newest intern to the most experienced senior leader, every member of the Blue Planet team has a role to play in achieving success. In this CienaLife story, three colleagues at different stages of their careers share the opportunities and fulfillment they found at two, five, and ten years into their careers with Blue Planet.
Telia Norway and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) recently celebrated a key technology milestone and industry first in the Nordics. Powered by Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) technology, the trial achieved 1.6 Tb/s through a single optical channel between Oslo and Trondheim over one of the highest capacity routes in the country. This accomplishment set impressive achievements for both distance – 656km – as well as for number of reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) – seven.
Leading operator revolutionizes its network with ultra-high speed 1.6 Tb/s per wavelength connectivity
Southern Cross Cable Limited (“Southern Cross”) has connected the world’s first transpacific 1 Tb/s single-carrier wavelength across its 13,500km live production network with Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics. The connectivity milestone saw WL6e perform effortlessly at 1 Tb/s over the world’s longest single optical submarine cable segment and demonstrates the adaptive nature of Southern Cross’ network.
Read how volunteering with the Ciena Solutions Challenge made a lasting impact on both a Ciena employee and an Atlanta-based high school student.
How Ciena is supporting Challenge Based Learning at schools around the world
When it comes to career advancement, Ciena understands that not every journey is going to be a straight line. Every person has a unique career path, and those paths can change over time with exposure to new ideas, new ways of working, and new fields of interest. At Ciena, there are several supports in place for those who wish to pivot their career into a new area or explore growth opportunities beyond the realm of their previous education and experience.
Two early in career team members share their stories of how inclusion helped them choose Ciena as their workplace.
At Ciena, we recognize our responsibility to make a positive impact on those around us. Discover how we lived our commitment to uplifting each other and those in need in 2024.
Ciena donates equipment to Inatel, Brazil’s National Institute of Telecommunications, to give students the opportunity for hands-on learning as they pursue their engineering degrees.
