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Openreach selects Ciena optical gear to expand UK wholesale connectivity services

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Ciena was selected by Openreach to provide its Waveserver platform with WaveLogic 6 coherent modules to expand UK wholesale connectivity services.

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4 hours ago (AWP Alliance News) - Openreach selected Ciena's Waveserver platform using WaveLogic 6 coherent modules to expand its Optical Spectrum Extended Access offering for UK wholesale customers. The rollout targets 3.2 Tb of scalable capacity over diverse fiber routes across the UK. Openreach plans to carry 400G and 800G client traffic over dedicated 1.6 Tb/s wavelengths, introducing national 800G services. The deployment supports tailored connectivity for specialist sites such as cable landing stations, core interconnect nodes, and data centers, with delivery supported through Ciena managed services. https://docs.publicnow.com/A75115FE9B34F7FE8CD782416DC908CDA64C4221 Disclaimer: This news brief was created using generative artificial intelligence. Ciena Corporation published the original content used to generate this news brief on October 07, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein.

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United Kingdom

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  • OpenreachClientopenreach.com

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95%
Detected
Oct 7, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
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    "url": "https://www.vermoegenszentrum.ch/en/stock-exchange-and-markets/news/openreach-selects-ciena-optical-gear-expand-uk-wholesale",
    "title": "Openreach selects Ciena optical gear to expand UK wholesale connectivity services - VZ VermögensZentrum",
    "excerpt": "4 hours ago (AWP Alliance News) - Openreach selected Ciena's Waveserver platform using WaveLogic 6 coherent modules to expand its Optical Spectrum Extended Access offering for UK wholesale customers. The rollout targets 3.2 Tb of scalable capacity over diverse fiber routes across the UK. Openreach plans to carry 400G and 800G client traffic over dedicated 1.6 Tb/s wavelengths, introducing national 800G services. The deployment supports tailored connectivity for specialist sites such as cable landing stations, core interconnect nodes, and data centers, with delivery supported through Ciena managed services. https://docs.publicnow.com/A75115FE9B34F7FE8CD782416DC908CDA64C4221 Disclaimer: This news brief was created using generative artificial intelligence. Ciena Corporation published the original content used to generate this news brief on October 07, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein.",
    "summary": "Ciena was selected by Openreach to provide its Waveserver platform with WaveLogic 6 coherent modules to expand UK wholesale connectivity services.",
    "location": "United Kingdom",
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    "confidence": 0.95,
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    "article_sentence": "Openreach selected Ciena's Waveserver platform using WaveLogic 6 coherent modules to expand its Optical Spectrum Extended Access offering for UK wholesale customers.",
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