Ciena Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) and Arelion have achieved a milestone with the world’s first 1.6 terabits-per-second (Tb/s) wavelength data transmission in a live network field trial. Utilizing Ciena’s advanced WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e), this achievement took place over Arelion’s 470km route connecting its Ashburn, Virginia (Equinix) and Telxius’ Virginia Beach cable landing station. This success has significantly boosted capacity between these key Points-of-Presence (PoPs) in Arelion’s North American network. Arelion addresses connectivity issues for multinational enterprises dependent on dig…