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SEA-ME-WE 4 Cable System to Upgrade With 40G/100G Technologies, Significantly Increasing Its Overall Capacity

PARIS & LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) co-owners have selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) for their network expansion project. Alcatel-Lucent was selected for an upgrade to 40G (Gigabit per second) transmission of all the submarine segments. Ciena was selected to supply optical switching equipment for all 16 cable landing sites as well as for 100G transport for an upgrade of the terrestrial link connecting Alexandria to Suez in Egypt.