Topic: Ciena

Arelion has announced major investments in its Scandinavian network to connect hyperscale data centers and serve the region's booming AI markets. Leveraging 1.6 Tb/s Waves and scalable 400G coherent pluggable optics on Ciena's open 6500 Reconfigurable Line System, Arelion is scaling its existing Tier-1 network between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen to support wholesale and enterprise customers' AI and cloud applications.

Conterra Networks, a Charlotte-based broadband provider operating across multiple U.S. states, has selected FONEX and the Open PON solution powered by Ciena's pluggable microOLTs to upgrade its network to XGS-PON in a way that is both flexible and cost-effective.