Broadband Engineering/Consultant Resource Center

Deliver sustainable, future-proof broadband for a rapidly changing market

Welcome to the resource center. The opportunity is now to evolve from legacy technologies to embracing a new mindset. Openness, modularity, and scalability must be at the core of any new broadband build to enable an efficient and sustainable infrastructure best adapted to users’ future application requirements while protecting existing network investments.​

 ​At Ciena, we partner with broadband consultants and engineering firms to assess, scope, plan, and design future-proof networks. Working together, we help network operators deploy and manage modern rural broadband networks.

A Blueprint for Next Generation Broadband Architecture

The opportunity is now to evolve from legacy technologies to embracing a new mindset. Openness, modularity, and scalability must be at the core of any new broadband build to enable an efficient and sustainable infrastructure best adapted to users’ future application requirements while protecting existing network investments.

Customer spotlight

Public utilities and municipalities are partnering with engineering firms and broadband consultants to plan, design, build, and operate broadband networks. Learn how an open architecture design prepares these new entrants to deliver services today and prepares them for growth and new revenue streams in the future.

Customer spotlight

Public utilities and municipalities are partnering with engineering firms and broadband consultants to plan, design, build, and operate broadband networks. Learn how an open architecture design prepares these new entrants to deliver services today and prepares them for growth and new revenue streams in the future.

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Resources

Individuals and businesses have come to rely on the internet as a fourth utility. Designing a viable broadband network that will deliver on these heightened expectations well into the future calls for a virtualized, disaggregated, modular, open, and scalable approach.

Meet our expert team 

Hear what has changed in broadband and why it matters, directly from our experts in the field.

Trey Hall

Senior Broadband Consultant

“Broadband infrastructure is a generational investment. We’re not going to do this again in five years and we need to get this right.”

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Vini Santos

Senior Advisor, Broadband Solutions

“Take the chance to be disruptive. Repeating what was done in the past is not going to be enough.”

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Mitch Simcoe

Senior Advisor, Energy Markets

“OLTs that took-up a full half a rack line card are now a small plug that can serve 128 homes, saving power and space.”

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Join the Ciena’s Partner Network Ecosystem Program 

The Ciena Partner Influencer Program is purpose-built for consultants and engineering firms providing access to Ciena technical training and supporting tools and much more. Schedule a meeting to talk to one of our experts about Ciena next generation broadband solutions and about our CPNe program.

Additional Resources

PRESS RELEASE

Tibit and Benu acquisitions strengthen Ciena’s broadband capabilities and bench.

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GAME CHANGER AWARD 

The Proof-of-Concept (POC) demonstrates open approach to next-gen broadband.

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RESOURCE CENTER

Ciena’s Middle-Mile Resource Center for planning a future-ready network.

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ARTICLE

Four key elements needed to make the most of the wealth of private, federal, state, and local funding.

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