PalmettoNet Deploys Ciena ROADM
Ciena Corporation has announced that PalmettoNet, a provider of point-to-point, metro access and collocation services across digital fiber optic networks in the Carolinas and Georgia, has deployed the CN 4200 RS FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) functionality, along with other products in Ciena’s CN 4200 family. PalmettoNet is using Ciena’s CN 4200 platform to increase its network capacity and create a more agile optical service infrastructure featuring remotely-programmable wavelengths and service ports, multiservice flexibility and intelligent service provisioning.
A carrier’s carrier with more than 3,100 fiber route miles, PalmettoNet offers a full range of SONET and Ethernet circuit facilities.
The CN 4200 RS with ROADM functionality is deployed in multiple nodes to handle the dynamic wavelength routing and bandwidth provisioning across PalmettoNet’s network.