…uplinks to the metro core, with fully redundant commons and a distributed switch fabric for five-9s reliability and service continuity. The 5305 is based on Ciena’s field-proven True Carrier Ethernet® technology, deployed by dozens of network operators in tens of thousands of points of presence…

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that its CN 5305™ Service Aggregation Switch received the highest possible ranking – 5 out of 5 diamonds – in Broadband Gear Report’s (BGR) 2009 Diamond Technology Reviews. Based on BGR’s product…

…5305™ Service Aggregation Switch make it the only Carrier Ethernet switch to seamlessly interwork between disparate encapsulation formats such as Q-in-Q, PBB-TE and MPLS/H-VPLS for complete service flexibility and optimization of network resources. These new platforms and features deliver on Ciena&…

…Aggregation Switch CN 5305 Service Aggregation Switch ActivEdge 5305 Service Aggregation Switch 5410 Service Aggregation Switch ActivEdge 5410 Service Aggregation Switch   For further information about the new product branding, please contact: Press Katie Gilroy (877) 857–7377 pr@ciena.com Industry…

…support the transition from SONET/SDH architectures to next-generation Ethernet/OTN-based networks.    •    Ciena’s CN 5305™ Service Aggregation Switch received the highest possible ranking – 5 out of 5 diamonds – in Broadband Gear Report’s…

…current Carrier Ethernet network, which already uses Ciena’s Carrier Ethernet Solutions, including Ciena’s 5305, 5150, and 5140 Service Aggregation Switches and 3940, 3920, and LE-311v Service Delivery Switches. * The network also includes Ciena’s Ethernet Service Manager (ESM), an advanced…

…Alexander, chief technology officer at Ciena. This year’s recognition by BGR marks the fourth consecutive year that Ciena platforms have been recognized. Last year, Ciena received the highest possible ranking – 5 out of 5 diamonds – for its CN 5305™ Service Aggregation Switch, also…

…Ciena’s solution for its enhanced implementation of Provider Backbone Bridging – Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE) technology, which provides the reliability, scalability and efficiency the service provider required to support its transport network. The Ciena CESD platforms, including the CN 5305…

…customers worldwide, Ciena’s CESD portfolio is a family of service delivery and aggregation platforms that address a wide range of application, service, market and access technology requirements. The CESD products deployed in the SPW&L Telecom network include the CN 5305™ Service Aggregation…

…global field operations at Ciena. The deployment includes Ciena’s LE-311v™ Service Delivery Switches, CN 5305™ Service Aggregation Switches and Ethernet Services Manager, with initial installations in the XOHM networks in Baltimore/Washington and Chicago. Ciena’s FlexSelect Architecture…