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Ciena report highlights rising wave service demand & cable growth

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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Ciena's report reveals rising demand for wave services and a record 161,100 km of submarine cables ready in 2025, driven by AI, cloud, and data centre growth.
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BW Digital sets 1.2 Tb/s record on Hawaiki cable with Ciena

Tue, 3rd Jun 2025
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BW Digital has set a new data record, transmitting 1.2 Tb/s per wavelength over 4,300km of the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable using Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme.
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AI to dominate data centre demand, new survey reveals

Thu, 20th Mar 2025
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A Ciena survey reveals AI workloads will dominate data centre demand, with 43% of new facilities focusing primarily on AI over the next five years.
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Southern Cross Cable achieves 1 Tb/s transpacific milestone

Thu, 16th Jan 2025
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Southern Cross Cable has achieved a global first with a 1 Tb/s single-carrier wavelength connection across its 13,500-kilometre network, enhancing transpacific connectivity.
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Southern Cross Cables & Ciena partner on NEXT submarine cable

Thu, 11th Feb 2021
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The 13,494 kilometre-long NEXT submarine cable that traverses the Pacific Ocean, which will be completed in early 2022.
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Telecom equipment market returns to growth in 2Q20

Wed, 9th Sep 2020
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According to research by Dell'Oro shows that the global market is finding its feet again with vendor ranking remaining stable.
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Telia Carrier selects Ciena to boost European capacity

Mon, 25th Nov 2019
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Telia Carrier partners with Ciena to roll out advanced optical network technology across Europe, boosting capacity in key markets and enhancing connectivity.
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Huawei at 29% share of global telecom infrastructure market

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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Among other telecommunications infrastructure market findings, Dell'Oro reports that Huawei increased its share by 8 percentage points since 2013.
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Telstra partnerships boost subsea cable infrastructure

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Telstra's customers across Asia Pacific will soon be able to take advantage of major major boosts to Telstra's network services and subsea cables.
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Hawaiki cable connecting the US and the Pacific gets turbo boost

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The Hawaiki subsea cable, linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and the US, will boost speed to 67 terabits per second with Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme.