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Innovating together towards tomorrow

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Telstra, Ciena, and Blue Planet® have a history of being ahead of the curve, innovating together to provide future-focused, secure, and resilient network services.

We’re proud of our relationship and look forward to building on our shared history, building sustainable growth, and paving the way for the innovations that will deliver a connected future for all.

Your future. Designed together.

Network modernisation to deliver simplicity, scale, and sustainability

You don’t need us to tell you about the challenges of maintaining a legacy network and supporting legacy services. There is an explosion in network demand happening, driven by users who want to access content when and where they choose. Legacy networks are not designed to adjust to these growing and unpredictable demands.

There are proven solutions that can alleviate some of the challenges. Done right, a modernised network can lead the way to product optimisation and customer experience improvements, as well as ensuring a secure and sustainable network that helps you deliver the reliable services that customers expect.

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Scale and evolve with a flexible platform architecture

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It’s time to rethink metro and edge networks

New users, applications, and endless content are creating an explosion in demand for connectivity at the network edge. In order to leverage new revenue opportunities, deliver compelling customer experiences, and meet competitive pressures, your network will need to evolve.

It’s all possible. By working from a unified view of your converged layer 0 to layer 3 architecture, you can easily and intelligently manage route optimisation, programmable routing, switching, and coherent network elements. You’ll also reduce the infrastructure footprint, space, and power required by the network as you unlock the power of convergence and deliver better customer experiences.

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Coherent routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical convergence

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Multi-layer SDN with enriched analytics helps operators improve customer experience

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Telesat Selects Ciena for Low Earth Orbit Terrestrial Network Technology

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Sustainably optimise the return on your
submarine network assets

With the flexibility of open cable systems and best-of-breed SLTE technologies, we're here to work with you to scale and protect your critical submarine network infrastructure and deliver streamlined processes, accelerate service innovation, reduce time-to-revenue, and keep pace with customer demands.

Working with Ciena and Blue Planet®, you can stand out from the crowd to create smarter and faster international networks; deliver secure, intelligent, and flexible network services; and sustain profitable growth on your submarine network assets.

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Maximize submarine network spectral efficiency with GeoMesh Extreme

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Importance of submarine cable channel planningnnection model for the growing amount of data in motion

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How to elevate your defenses against growing cyber security threats in the quantum era

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Asia-Pacific Market Outlook, Deployment Challenges, and Business Opportunities

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Ciena, Blue Planet, and Telstra working together

A history of being ahead of the curve. A future of growth and success.

Telstra, Ciena, and Blue Planet have a history of innovating together to provide fast and secure network services, predicting and adapting to what comes next. Here are just a few of our key achievements:

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Telstra Wholesale 400Gbps services now available on intercapital routes

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Telstra, Ericsson and Ciena quadruple service capacity for Telstra’s optical network.

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Federation: Building the single source of truth for your network.

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Telstra launches continuous connection on its subsea infrastructure.

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Meet the Team

Aman Bhalla

Aman Bhalla

Job Role at Ciena: CTO, Telstra Group, Hometown: Delhi, India, Hobbies: Running, Kids Soccer Coaching, Email: abhalla@ciena.com

Andac Sozeri

Andac Sozeri

Job Role at Ciena: Consultant, System Engineering, Hometown: Eskisehir, Turkey, Hobbies: Soccer, Basketball, Cycling, Email: asozeri@ciena.com

Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts

Job Role at Ciena: Account Director, Telstra Domestic, Hometown: Cranbourne, Victoria, Hobbies: Woodworking, Metalworking,  Email: aroberts@ciena.com

Dejan Tanaskovski

Dejan Tanaskovski

Job Role at Ciena: Customer Success Advocate, Hometown: Skopje, Macedonia, Hobbies: Gardening, Exploring Victoria, Holidays with family, Email: dejantan@ciena.com

Diego Marre

Diego Marre

Job Role at Ciena: Head of Business Development, Telstra Group, Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hobbies: Golf, Ski, Motorcycle and Mountain Bike Riding, Email: dmarre@ciena.com

Inder Walla

Inder Walla

Job Role at Ciena: Account Director, Telstra International, Hometown: Punjab, India, Hobbies: Running, Travel, Team Tennis, Email: iwalia@ciena.com

Joe Cunsolo

Joe Cunsolo

Job Role at Ciena: Telstra Account Director, Blue Planet, Hometown: Melbourne, Australia, Hobbies: Running, Football, Gardening, Sports, Cooking, Home-schooling, Email: jcunsolo@blueplanet.com

Karen Hunkin

Karen Hunkin

Job Role at Ciena: Marketing Leader, ANZ, Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand, Hobbies: Travel, Going to the Gym, Reading, Wine, Watching Sport, Listening to Music, Email: khunkin@ciena.com

Matthew Hayes

Matthew Hayes

Role at Ciena:General Manager, Telstra, Hometown: Brighton, UK. Hobbies: Mountain biking, Running, Snowboarding, sport watching, Vineyards, Email: mahayes@ciena.com

Ricardo Adan

Ricardo Adan

Job Role at Ciena: Blue Planet Solutions Architect, Hometown: Madrid, Spain, Hobbies: Cinema, Photography, Reading, Wine, Cheese and Running, Email: radan@blueplanet.com

Sue Cox

Sue Cox

Job Role at Ciena: Consultant, Services Sales, Hometown: Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Hobbies: Sport, Gardening, Holidays with family, Email: scox@ciena.com

Troy Giorgio

Troy Giorgio

Job Role at Ciena: Principal Solution Architect, Hometown: Small country town along the Murray River called Koondrook, Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends (have 2 little girls) and travelling overseas every chance we can get, Email: tgiorgio@blueplanet.com

Sandeep Agarwal

Sandeep Agarwal

Job Role at Ciena: Senior System Engineer, Hometown: Delhi, India, Hobbies: Running, Swimming and Badminton, Email: saagarwa@ciena.com

Ned Tickner

Ned Tickner

Job Role at Ciena: Associate Systems Engineer, Hometown: Melbourne, Australia, Hobbies: Footy & Basketball (watching and playing!), Reading & Camping, Email: ntickner@ciena.com

Kiran Solipuram

Kiran Solipuram

Job Role at Ciena: Consultant, Services Sales, Hometown: Hyderabad, India, Hobbies: Coaching & playing badminton, Email: ksolipur@ciena.com

Daniel Hutchins

Daniel Hutchins

Job Role at Ciena: Business Development Manager, Hometown: Melbourne, Australia, Hobbies: Running, Dog Walking, Email: dhutchin@ciena.com

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