Enabling India to scale smarter, faster and greener with intelligent networks
Bharti Airtel is at the forefront of India’s digital transformation, with bold investments in 5G, AI-driven services and rural fiber helping to shape a connected, future-ready nation. With a strong infrastructure foundation and focus on innovation, sustainability and customer experience, Airtel is well-positioned to meet the country’s growing demand for high-speed, reliable connectivity. At Ciena, we deeply value our partnership with Airtel and are committed to supporting your vision with scalable, intelligent and adaptive network solutions. Together, we aim to accelerate time-to-market, simplify network operations and deliver secure, high-performance connectivity that reaches every corner of India’s digital economy.
Key challenges we help customers solve
AI and AutomationAI-driven networks create opportunities for network operators. Learn to take advantage of them with Ciena and our solutions for AI infrastructure.
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AI-driven networks create opportunities for network operators. Learn to take advantage of them with Ciena and our solutions for AI infrastructure.
Network ResilienceBy working with you as you build out Telstra’s diverse network routes, to deliver highly reliable solutions which feature integrated encryption and AI-driven autonomous management that help ensure consistent, high-speed connectivity and reliable performance and meet Telstra's stringent requirements.
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By working with you as you build out Telstra’s diverse network routes, to deliver highly reliable solutions which feature integrated encryption and AI-driven autonomous management that help ensure consistent, high-speed connectivity and reliable performance and meet Telstra's stringent requirements.
Network ModernizationAdaptive Network is Ciena's vision for evolving your network to meet today’s challenges while preparing for what’s next. Welcome to the Adaptive Network.
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Adaptive Network is Ciena's vision for evolving your network to meet today’s challenges while preparing for what’s next. Welcome to the Adaptive Network.
Energy & Space EfficiencyWe feel an innate responsibility to pursue technological innovation that can positively impact our environment for future generations and ensures responsible business practices.
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We feel an innate responsibility to pursue technological innovation that can positively impact our environment for future generations and ensures responsible business practices.
Automate Network OperationsMeet Navigator Network Control Suite™ (Navigator NCS), the software suite that helps you meet your operational goals and maximize your network performance.
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Meet Navigator Network Control Suite™ (Navigator NCS), the software suite that helps you meet your operational goals and maximize your network performance.
Achieve unprecedented performance and economic benefitsProviding ubiquitous 400G/800G connectivity with up to 1.6 Tb/s per wavelength, WaveLogic 6 brings the innovation you need to make meaningful impacts in network scale, economics, and power efficiencies.
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Providing ubiquitous 400G/800G connectivity with up to 1.6 Tb/s per wavelength, WaveLogic 6 brings the innovation you need to make meaningful impacts in network scale, economics, and power efficiencies.
Unpredictable surges in bandwidth demandAchieve dynamic scalability and network expansion with our coherent routing solution, featuring the latest in IP and optical innovation and cutting-edge multi-layer operations, automation, and services.
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Achieve dynamic scalability and network expansion with our coherent routing solution, featuring the latest in IP and optical innovation and cutting-edge multi-layer operations, automation, and services.
Network TransformationAccelerate your network transformation with our industry-leading experts, field-proven analytical tools, and tailored approach and methodology.
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Accelerate your network transformation with our industry-leading experts, field-proven analytical tools, and tailored approach and methodology.
Long-Haul Networks
Terrestrial & subsea networks, spanning vast distances overland and undersea, often face the challenge of scalability, reliability, and sustainability. As data demands continue to increase, these networks must adapt to handle the ever-increasing traffic while maintaining high performance. At Ciena, we provide network critical infrastructure that connects nations & continents to enable global communications.
Our advanced technologies ensure scalable, secure, and sustainable connections across vast transoceanic distances. Together, let's unlock the true potential of connectivity and embrace a future where seamless communication knows no bounds.
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Navigator Network Control SuiteLearn more
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The journey to 1.6T: Why 1.6T and what’s in it for youRead
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WaveLogic 6Learn more
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6500 Reconfigurable Line SystemLearn more
Metro and regional networks
We understand the importance of reliable, high-performance networks in metro regional networks. From fiber-based solutions to cutting-edge access platforms, we empower service providers to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable connectivity to homes, businesses, and public institutions. Leverage our advanced technologies to unlock flexible and scalable metro network solutions, including coherent routing for IP and optical network convergence utilizing pluggable technologies.
SOLUTION
Put coherent routing in the driver’s seatAchieve dynamic scalability and network expansion with our coherent routing solution, featuring the latest in IP and optical innovation and cutting-edge multi-layer operations, automation, and services.
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Achieve dynamic scalability and network expansion with our coherent routing solution, featuring the latest in IP and optical innovation and cutting-edge multi-layer operations, automation, and services.
SOLUTION
Metro optical architecturesCreate opportunities for new services with a programmable, easily configurable metro optical architecture solution that turns your network into an innovation platform to help you grow your business.
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Create opportunities for new services with a programmable, easily configurable metro optical architecture solution that turns your network into an innovation platform to help you grow your business.
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PON ecosystemCiena's XGS-PON ecosystem flattens traditional chassis-based PON power consumption and space while converging broadband, 5G and cloud services, where and when your customers need. All on the same Routing and Switching platform.
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Ciena's XGS-PON ecosystem flattens traditional chassis-based PON power consumption and space while converging broadband, 5G and cloud services, where and when your customers need. All on the same Routing and Switching platform.
SOLUTION
BroadbandCiena’s broadband approach offers a smarter Passive Optical Network (PON) and next-gen architecture coupled with marketing support, allowing you to make a more sustainable investment.
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Ciena’s broadband approach offers a smarter Passive Optical Network (PON) and next-gen architecture coupled with marketing support, allowing you to make a more sustainable investment.
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xHaul RoutersFully programmable, scalable, disaggregated, and SDN-ready platforms to address your unique requirements, from access to metro
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Fully programmable, scalable, disaggregated, and SDN-ready platforms to address your unique requirements, from access to metro
SOLUTION
Edge routing and switchingMinimize deployment and infrastructure expenses and ensure the highest levels of assurance and agility in your edge routing and switching.
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Minimize deployment and infrastructure expenses and ensure the highest levels of assurance and agility in your edge routing and switching.
Blogs & Insights
Artificial intelligence
Discover how AI is transforming network optimization and automation, enhancing agilit...
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Optimizing passive optical networks with coherent innovation
This paper examines coherent passive optical networks (CPONs) and their role in advan...
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The state of Segment Routing: A look at the past, present, and future
It’s been two years since our last research study on the role of Segment Routing (SR)...
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WaveRouter: Three examples of metro routing done differently
Ciena’s Nicola Benvenuti details just a few of the business case examples this unique...
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Entering the promised land of IP and optical convergence
Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin talks about the new era of IP and optical convergence...
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As we work to deploy 5G more widely, Ciena plays an integral role in providing an agile network foundation to satisfy our customers’ dynamic requirements.
Products and Solutions
Navigator Network Control Suite
Navigator NCS accelerates multi-vendor, multi-layer network operations from one point of control. Learn what it can do for you.
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Submarine networking
Learn how GeoMesh Extreme unifies submarine, terrestrial, and cloud networks. Unprecedented capacity, latency, and sustainability are within reach.
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Global data center interconnect
Deliver widescale, global connectivity between data centers spanning any distance from long-haul to subsea with highly scalable, programmable infrastructure, intelligent software, and automation.
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You need a partner with a consultative approach and the right expertise to navigate this complex journey. This is where Ciena Services comes into play.
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