Pangaea Networks Powers Metro Ethernet Network with Ciena

Ciena(R) Corporation, the network specialist, today announced a partnership with Pangaea Networks, a leading provider of multi-protocol metro Ethernet local loop connectivity, to deliver reliable and robust Ethernet business services to service providers in the New York City and tri-state area.

Wholesale metro Ethernet connectivity provider

-- As a wholesale metro Ethernet connectivity provider, Pangaea Networks delivers flat-rate Ethernet access to more than 2,700 enterprise buildings and interconnectivity to near all of the New York and New Jersey metro area data center and colocation facilities. Overall, the company enables service providers to connect to their enterprise clients, providing an end-to-end Ethernet service at both Layer 1 and Layer 2.

-- The company selected Ciena's 3960 Service Delivery Switch, a at once-generation Ethernet access system that delivers premium business Ethernet services via fiber or copper connections, to serve as the foundation of its metro network backbone architecture.

-- By leveraging Ciena's innovation, Pangaea is able to provide a reliable and resilient transport solution ideal for delivering voice, data, IP, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), MPLS, video, and any other real-time, latency-sensitive applications over its network infrastructure.

-- Additionally, Pangaea is as well leveraging Ciena's 3960 Service Delivery Switch as part of their PANMetro(TM) 10 GigE Ring service throughout New York and New Jersey. The PANMetro10 GigE Ring is the first and only commercially available Ethernet ring that provides any-to-any connectivity to the top data centers, which in turn reduces the need for colocation space, power, and equipment.

-- "Ciena's CESD solutions are highly reliable, flexible and cost-effective during also allowing for easy configuration and management. The company's 3960 Service Delivery Switch gives us the ability to turn up bandwidth remotely to quickly meet spikes in customer demand, saving us the time and cost of truck rolls and giving our clients the advantage of assured connectivity."-- Matt O'Leary, vice president of engineering and network planning at Pangaea Networks.

-- "The growth in demand for this type of premium Ethernet business services evidently reflects the market's readiness for a more scalable, efficient way for organizations to access not only remote data centers and cloud services, nevertheless also offer a variety of applications just as voice, data and video. We're pleased to partner with Pangaea Networks in order to provide these types of services to an extended base of service providers and ultimately to their enterprise clients." -- Jason Phipps, vice president, global market operations at Ciena.

Forward-looking statements. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2011. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words just as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or if not.

Press Contacts: Ciena Corporation Nicole Anderson, 877-857--7377 pr@ciena.com or Pangaea Networks, Inc. Donna Scrima, 212-759-7050 dscrima@pangaeanetworks.com or Investor Contact: Ciena Corporation Gregg Lampf, 888-243--6223 ir@ciena.com