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With the demand for high-capacity coherent DWDM solutions increasing rapidly, communication solutions providers all over the world are seeking to get that competitive edge that will help to differentiate their service offerings and applications. To remain in the playing field, AllStream Inc., a long standing Ciena customer, has chosen to augment its scalable, high-bandwidth national network with Ciena's coherent optical technology.

The augmented network ensures that AllStream is well positioned to improve the performance of its 100G-capable national broadband network and make it more resilient.

By leveraging Ciena's 6500 Packet Optical Platform equipped with WaveLogic, AllStream will enable business customers of all throughout Canada to benefit from its enhanced managed wavelength services that will facilitate all bandwidth-intensive applications and services.

In a press release, Mike Strople, Chief Technology Officer at MTS (News - Alert) AllStream, commented on the deployment and said, “By using Ciena’s industry-leading coherent optical technology, we’re able to cost-effectively provide the performance and resiliency our customers demand to ensure their critical applications have the scale and capacity needed for their day-to-day business activities.”

Chad Whalen, vice president and general manager, North America field organization at Ciena, was impressed with AllStream's capacity to deliver innovative business services that were reliable, cost-effective and scalable.

He noted that Ciena's unique approach to coherent networking and its flexible architectures would enable AllStream to unlock the potential of its network and optimize its performance.

In related news, Tata Communications (News - Alert), a global communications service provider that owns and operates the world’s largest subsea cable network, announced the launch of 40 Gigabits per second enabled services on its TGN-Atlantic subsea cable system from New York to London. The upgrade will deliver bandwidth and flexibility to carriers and enterprises around the world with four times the capacity of traditional 10G wavelengths.