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Paving the road to innovation on the ORION network

David Smith Chief Technology Officer, ORION

April 9, 2020

This is an exciting time to be at ORION. Looking back at where we were just two short years ago, I am proud of what we have achieved. Thanks to investments in 2018 and 2019, we’ve completed some major network ... Continue Reading

David Smith presenting at the Network Planning Workshop

ORION works with community to inform network priorities

David Smith Chief Technology Officer, ORION

April 3, 2020

Network Planning Workshop Here at ORION, we are forming our three-year network plan together with our community. It all started last May at our Advisory Group Meetup when we brainstormed priorities. Last October, we held a Design Thinking Workshop in which we ... Continue Reading

ORION is taking proactive steps to ensure network stability for COVID-19

March 13, 2020

ORION and our partners in Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) are working to ensure that NREN infrastructure continues to support the needs of Canadian research and education communities as the COVID-19 situation rapidly evolves. We are taking ... Continue Reading

ORION improves network resiliency and enhances Northern connectivity in Ontario

August 9, 2019

TORONTO, August 8, 2019 – ORION, Ontario’s provincial research and education network, is proud to announce two major upgrades to our network. We have increased the core network speed to 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) and extended 200 Gbps capability ... Continue Reading

ORION’s ultra-fast network infrastructure an international “inspiration”

September 10, 2012

In July 2012 the Dominican Republic’s national power transmission provider, Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica Dominicana (ETED), sent a team of managers to Ontario to spend time with ORION. They came to observe the Alcatel-Lucent 1830 Photonic Service Switch in a ... Continue Reading