Ciena Goes Brazilian

LINTHICUM, Md., and SAO PAULO, Brazil -- CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN - news) and MetroRED Telecomunicacoes, asubsidiary of MetroRED Telecom Group Ltd. and a leader in Latin Americantelecommunications services, today announced a strategic agreement forMetroRED to deploy CIENA's MultiWave CoreStream(TM) intelligent opticaltransportsystems for its high-capacity network connecting Sao Paulo and Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.The deployment of CIENA's CoreStream systems, designed for high-capacitylong-haul applications, will enable MetroRED to deliver the networkcapacity thatscales to economically meet current and future bandwidth requirements.

"Based on our customers' growing requirements and the market'sdiversity, MetroRED is developing its services to transparently delivermore voice and data thanany other Latin American carrier," said Jose Gaudencio Jardim,President of MetroRED Brazil. "With CIENA's market-leading CoreStreamsystems supportingsome of the most critical applications in the MetroRED network, we areunderscoring our commitment to offer leading-edge communication servicesat higher speedsover a flexible and cost-effective network to meet the customer demandsof today and tomorrow."

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