HANOVER, MD – To continue to achieve full throughput of applications and a high quality of experience for customers, Unitymedia is upgrading its network with flexible grid capabilities and deploying Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic Ai coherent solution.
Unitymedia, the second largest cable company in Germany, is adding flexible grid capabilities and leveraging Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai solution to overcome data centre complexities and reduce operational expenses.
With the higher channel capacities offered with WaveLogic Ai, up to 400Gb/s on a single wavelength, Unitymedia can offer new high capacity bandwidth services, deliver up to four times the bandwidth within the same infrastructure and site environment while reducing the cost per bit, and benefit from reduced footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements.
Unitymedia will also use a number of services from Ciena’s Specialist Services Portfolio, such as installation, operation and testing.
‘We need to evolve as fast as our customers’ appetite for high bandwidth applications evolve, and it was clear Ciena would enable us to do that. With WaveLogic Ai, our data centre networks will operate more efficiently, while delivering superior connectivity, entertainment and personalized experiences to our customers,‘ stated Felix Baldamus, network engineer at Unitymedia and Dieter Vorbeck, senior vice president of technology, Unitymedia’
Added Keri Gilder, vice president and general manager, EMEA, Ciena: ‘This deployment is yet another example of our how our global scale and leading technology helps facilitate deep relationships across a wide range of customer segments. This additional deployment by Unitymedia illustrates the long-term value we bring through our consultative approach to redefining networks with more flexible and scalable architectures.’