Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and premier provider of high-capacity transport services for carriers as well as large and medium-sized businesses, has deployed Ciena’s CN…

…networks interconnect to terrestrial networks, usually via a backhaul network into the carrier’s inland Point of Presence (PoP). This distinct demarcation point was created primarily due to business, political, geographic, and technological factors. However, a steady convergence of optical networking…

…network employs SONET ring backbone architecture, and localized nodes built to ensure RCN?s state-of-the-art fiber optics travel to within 900 feet of RCN customers, with fewer electronics and lower maintenance costs than existing local networks. RCN?s East and West Coast local fiber optic networks…

…." Representing the first network deployment for Ciena in Latin America, Protel will use Ciena?s intelligent optical transport systems and network management software to optimize its existing fiber-optic network, to create new virtual networks, and to better manage network availability and efficiency…

…networks. Together, Ciena?s CoreDirector and CoreDirector CI offer a cost-effective optical solution for end-to-end backbone networking with highly distributed intelligence. Ciena will be displaying both models at SuperComm 2000, June 6-8 in Atlanta (booth #5653). "One of Ciena?s advantages in the optical…

…network buildout. "We?re turning to Ciena for a set of optical networking solutions that helps add strategic value to our broadband network and services," said Augie Cruciotti, senior vice president of Qwest Link. "As we build our local broadband access networks and the industry?s first all-optical,…

…coherent optics has been targeted solely on scaling capacity, Ciena’s unique approach to coherent optical processing has broader advantages for improving network economics and offering more flexible architectures. Ciena’s WaveLogic processors provide cost-effective ways to mitigate optical impairments…

…and optical switching gear, Ciena is offering end-to-end service provisioning, monitoring and management across elements, networks and services." The ON-Center management suite is designed to help service providers use the built-in networking intelligence of Ciena?s LightWorks™ OS and network architecture…

…systems across European city networks. Metro One will be demonstrated at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) in Baltimore, March 7-9, at Ciena?s booth (#2813). Metro One, an entry version of Ciena?s MultiWave Metro™ optical transport solution, allows network operators to cost effectively…

…provides compatible transport facilities to simplify metro network design, driving down the cost-per-bit in local networks, and laying the foundation for simpler, smarter optical networks for substantial operational and economic advantages."