Ciena announced that Infonet Services, a provider of global communications services for multinationals, has selected Ciena solutions for use on Infonet's wholly-owned The World Network, accessible from more than 3,000 cities in 180 countries around the world. Specifically, Infonet has selected Ciena's CoreDirector intelligent core switch and MetroDirector K2 multiservice platform for deployment across multiple U.S. and European network sites.Infonet's deployment plans call for more than 30 CoreDirector systems across the network, in addition to MetroDirector K2 switches in more than 40 cities. Deployment is already underway. Infonet selected Ciena based on its experience with cost-effective, dynamic mesh networks, as well as the ability of Ciena's LightWorks solutions to enhance the efficiency of the existing global backbone and local metropolitan networks, In addition, Ciena's professional services offering met Infonet's criteria to manage the engineering and implementation of the solution.