02/06/2012 | 10:49am
LINTHICUM, Md. USA and LIMERICK, Ireland - 02/06/2012
Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ:
CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that e|net, the private company that
manages the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) programme on
behalf of the Irish Government, has selected Ciena's 3916 and 3930
Service Delivery Switches to improve its regional network
infrastructure. The advanced demarcation platforms' low-touch
provisioning and embedded service benchmarking capabilities
enable a simple deployment model and speedy set-up of new
customer connections, allowing e|net to easily expand its
Carrier Ethernet network and offer its service provider
customers sophisticated Quality of Service (QoS) and Service
Level Agreement (SLA) capabilities.
"Carriers rely on e|net for quick and reliable access to
connectivity and Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions offer
us the portfolio needed to effectively build and expand our
Carrier Ethernet network. That means e|net can quickly
light new connections for customers, providing them with
the guaranteed service quality they require."
"Ciena and e|net have worked closely together to build a
resilient and flexible Carrier Ethernet network, to which
this agreement is the latest addition. This deployment
demonstrates the value of Ciena's Carrier Ethernet
Solutions, which significantly accelerate and automate
service creation and activation, equipping e|net to rapidly
create tailored services that meet the needs of individual
customers."
Ciena's CES portfolio combines intelligent devices and
software to create low-touch, high-velocity Carrier
Ethernet access and metro networks creating a common,
consistent way to deliver the full range of Ethernet
services that significantly accelerates and automates
service creation and activation.
Ciena's ESM is a ground-breaking carrier-grade, automated
service activation, creation and management platform for
Ciena's CES portfolio. The ESM enables users to
efficiently build and deploy large-scale Carrier Ethernet
networks, reduce time to market for new services,
accelerate service revenue, maximize service availability,
assure service quality, and leverage existing systems.
Customers of Ciena's Carrier Ethernet include more than 150
carriers, wireless service providers and cable operators
worldwide, with an installed base of nearly 250,000
Ethernet-enabled sites.
About e|net
e|net is the Irish owned and managed company which holds
the concession to manage, maintain and operate 2 phases of
the State's Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) programme.
The MAN infrastructure enables 94 towns across the country
with an advanced technology platform capable of delivering
cutting-edge communications and information services.
Phase 1 towns - Athlone, Ballina, Belmullet, Carlow Town,
Carrickmacross, Carrick-on-Shannon, Cavan Town, Clonmel,
Cork City, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Drogheda, Galway City,
Gweedore, Kingscourt, Kilkenny City, Kiltimagh,
Letterkenny, Limerick City, Manorhamilton, Monaghan Town,
Mullingar, Portlaoise, Roscommon Town, Sligo Town,
Tullamore, Waterford City and Wexford Town.
The company provides cost-effective telecommunications
products and services to authorised operators on a
wholesale basis, and is committed to the development of the
regions in Ireland through encouraging the open delivery of
affordable, state of the art broadband services. For more
information see: www.enet.ie.
About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with
customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of
their networks and fundamentally change the way they
compete. With focused innovation, Ciena brings together the
reliability and capacity of optical networking with the
flexibility and economics of Ethernet, unified by a
software suite that delivers the industry's leading network
automation. We routinely post recent news, financial
results and other important announcements and information
about Ciena on our website. For more information, visit
www.ciena.com.
Note to Ciena Investors Forward-looking statements. This press release
contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that
involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based
on information available to the Company as of the date
hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ
materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and
uncertainties associated with its business, which include
the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-K,
which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 22, 2011. Forward-looking statements
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information included in this press release, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
