Streamline multi-layer network operations
Reduce complexity and deliver services faster with Navigator Network Control Suite
Simplify complexity, maximize agility
Service providers face growing pressure to efficiently deliver reliable, high-bandwidth services, from AI-driven applications to cloud and mobile connectivity. Manually intensive operations can’t keep pace with today’s demands.
Navigator Network Control Suite™ (Navigator NCS) brings a single point of control across IP and optical layers, simplifying workflows and improving decision-making with AI-driven insights. The result: faster service delivery, reduced operational costs, and a better customer experience.
One suite, multiple capabilities
Navigator NCS gives you the tools to plan, provision, monitor and optimize your network throughout its lifecycle.
- Navigator Multi-Layer Controller (Navigator MC): Coordinate lifecycle operations across optical to IP
- Navigator Intelligent Apps (Navigator IA): Harness performance and monetization with Liquid Spectrum™ and multi-layer apps
- PlannerPlus: Design optimized networks with integrated cloud-based planning
- AI assistant: Gain instant, intuitive insights using a natural language interface
- Digital twin: Emulate and test workflows in a virtual lab before deployment
With Navigator NCS, you benefit from clarity, speed, and control—all in one platform.
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Simplified management of multi-vendor converged networksDiscover how Navigator NCS makes multi-layer, multi-vendor operations manageable and scalable.
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Discover how Navigator NCS makes multi-layer, multi-vendor operations manageable and scalable.
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IP and optical convergence success requires more than pluggablesExplore why success in converged networks depends on intelligent tools like Navigator NCS.
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Explore why success in converged networks depends on intelligent tools like Navigator NCS.
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All the benefits of multi-vendor networks without the headachesSee how Navigator NCS delivers operational simplicity while supporting any vendor mix.
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See how Navigator NCS delivers operational simplicity while supporting any vendor mix.
See Navigator NCS in action
Our latest webinar dives into how Navigator NCS helps you operate your networks smarter and faster across their entire lifecycle.
Watch the full session or explore it in three short, bite-sized sections:
- Navigator NCS capabilities
- More intelligence with Navigator NCS
- Coherent routing and more with Navigator NCS
Essential resources for simplifying multi-layer network operations
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Act with insight to adapt your network with Ciena's Navigator Network Control SuiteNavigator NCS helps your network adapt to changing demands—with rapid, automated, multi-layer operations that increase your business agility.
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Navigator NCS helps your network adapt to changing demands—with rapid, automated, multi-layer operations that increase your business agility.
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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator Network Control SuiteLearn how Navigator NCS provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer network operations—reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction.
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Learn how Navigator NCS provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer network operations—reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction.
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Navigator Network Control SuiteSee clearly; operate smarter and faster. Drive operational efficiencies by simplifying and accelerating planning, provisioning, and assurance workflows across your multi-layer network.
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See clearly; operate smarter and faster. Drive operational efficiencies by simplifying and accelerating planning, provisioning, and assurance workflows across your multi-layer network.