Metro and Regional WDM Solutions

Metro optical networks for the AI era

As applications driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) push bandwidth and latency demands to new extremes, service providers face mounting pressure to modernize their metro and regional networks without overextending budgets or disrupting existing services. Legacy systems often lack the agility and scale needed to support AI workloads, edge computing, and high-density traffic aggregation.

Modern metro networks start here

Our metro network solutions offer a flexible path forward with rapid scalability. From open optical systems and coherent pluggables to IPoDWDM with full end-to-end management, regional providers can deploy right-sized, future-ready infrastructures that lower total cost of ownership while meeting the performance demands of AI-powered services.

Our metro network solutions

800G ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggables

P300 ZR/ZR+ modules offer 30% lower power per bit and are compatible with routers, transponders, and OLS.

Terabit networking

With the 1FINITY™ Ultra Optical System, more is less.
More wavelengths per fiber, more bits per wavelength.

Open ROADM

We deliver optical network flexibility with industry specification compliance.

Fully managed IP over DWDM

Embed optics directly into routers for simplified architecture, reduced power, and lower cost with full support from Virtuora^® for multivendor orchestration.

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Choosing the right optical modules for your network

What are the key factors to consider when selecting the best optical pluggable for your network?

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Secrets of successful network-edge AI optimization

Service providers are facing a new wave of bandwidth demand as AI becomes widely adopted by business and residential customers.

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P300 800G Coherent pluggable transceiver

Featuring advanced 3 nm DSP technology and integrated support with Virtuora Network Control, the P300 enables up to 30% power-per-bit savings while supporting open standards and multivendor interoperability.

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Managed IPoDWDM

Scalable, cost-effective edge networking by integrating disaggregated routers, open optics, and ROADM systems with end-to-end management via the Virtuora Network Controller.

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Open ROADM solution brief

This open, standards-based solution eliminates vendor lock-in and enables seamless interoperability across diverse hardware and software environments.

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FLASHWAVE to 1FINITY network evolution solution brief