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Planters Broadband Selects Ribbon to Launch New 400G/800G- Ready Optical Route
Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global leader in real-time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions, today announced that Planters Broadband has selected Ribbon's Apollo 9608 optical networking platform and Muse multilayer automation platform to light a new high‑capacity optical route and initiate a broader modernization of its transport network. Ribbon is dedicated to helping service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure operators worldwide moderni
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