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From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AT&T’s AI strategy suggests the real breakthrough is not bigger language models, but smarter orchestration. As inference becomes a network workload, …

While AI-related traffic is affecting multiple network segments, Brodie Gage, chief product and technology officer at Ciena, said the most immediate pressure is emerging in metro networks, particularly DCI environments …

Blue Planet’s new configuration management platform is puzzle-piece in the autonomous-networks jigsaw – which is also a part of the big telco story about reliability and trust. As telcos grow …

According to Helen Xenos, senior director of portfolio marketing at Ciena, selecting the appropriate optical technology depends on the customer’s primary constraint In sum – what to know: AI reshapes …

Hyperscalers are focused on monetizing their AI compute investments, which continues to direct a larger share of spending towards network infrastructure, observes Ciena chief Gary Smith. In sum – what …

Vodafone Idea’s 5G expansion strengthens its market position, but it still has work to do to close the gap with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. In sum – what to …

Coherent optics, photonic line systems, and software agents are helping cloud providers and telco companies to manage the explosive AI workload demands on fiber networks – across cutting-edge interconnect systems, …

The trial used Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics over an unregenerated link In sum – what to know: Record distance – 800 Gb/s transmitted over 16,608 km without …

As AI workloads splinter across the fragmented cloud-infrastructure landspace, enterprises are scrambling to keep performance, governance, and costs in check. Equinix reckons the answer is in neutral interconnection hubs that …

The deployment will support growing demand for cloud services, AI-driven workloads, and high-speed connectivity across the Indo-Pacific In sum – what to know: Pacific upgrades – TPN is deploying Ciena’s …

At PTC’26 in Hawaii, a panel of hyperscale and wholesale operators comprising Google, Meta, EXA, and SCCN dissected the mounting pressures on Atlantic subsea infrastructure. With spiralling AI traffic, impending …

The AI build-out is rewriting the fibre comms order-book – between data centres and within data centres, right down to the rack itself. As power constraints, scale-out architectures, and interconnect …

The deal will expand Ciena’s data center portfolio and add more than 50 engineers to its R&D team In sum – what to know: Ciena acquires Nubis for $270 million …

A unanimous FCC agrees to update subsea cable regulations The Federal Communications Commission is updating its rules on subsea communications cables, aiming to streamline regulations and add more protections to …

NaaS enables CSPs to broaden their digital ecosystems and capture network API-driven revenue Enterprises want to consume network services the way they utilize cloud resources, with self-service options and rapid …

Ciena is supporting global tests and trials of 1.6 Tbps network speeds, to meet the demands of AI OTTAWA, Canada—The current fastest intermediary of high-speed networking glimmered green, gold and …

In sum – what to know: Clean data drives AI intent – by breaking telcos’ silos, creating global visibility, and enabling contextual models; and by providing a unified foundation for …

Telstra, KT, Verizon and Telia Norway are among the CSPs who have conducted 1.6 TB tests Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical transceiver, which supports network speeds up to 1.6 …

The need to build out high-performance networks faster to provide true global connectivity has given rise to Managed Optical Fiber Networks or MOFNs The demand for bandwidth across the planet …

Just four years ago, Verizon was trialing 800 Gbps; now it is hitting 1.6 Tbps Verizon is prepping its network for the higher speed and capacity demand expected to be …

Blue Planet sees AI as a spectrum of technologies collectively driving network automation forward In a wide-ranging discussion with RCR Wireless News, Gabriele di Piazza, vice president of products, alliances …

Artificial intelligence is being applied more broadly and deeply in telecom networks; though AI and machine learning have been part of network testing and assurance tools for years, new advancements …

Anyone in networking understands that bandwidth growth is a constant. We’ve had to adapt to meet the increasing demand from consumers for data; from the now-minor transmission of email to …

A new study released by Ciena shows that 60% of respondents believe AI will improve network operational efficiency by at least 40% In a recent global study commissioned by Ciena, …

Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Mavenir and Blue …