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Telstra and Ciena: Driving network innovation, customer outcomes, and sustainability together

Telstra's advanced network infrastructure showcasing innovation and connectivity in the telecommunications industry.

Ciena is proud to support Telstra in delivering high-speed, reliable connectivity, ensuring your network continues to meet the evolving demands of customers across Australia and around the world.

We look forward to continuing our close collaboration, working with you to enhance your network capabilities, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver a modern, secure and adaptive network for Telstra.

Your future. Designed together.

Key challenges we help Telstra solve

Network Modernisation

We’re working with you to transform Telstra’s network, enhance network efficiency and optimise resource utilisation, enabling Telstra to capture digital economy opportunities and improve customer experiences.

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Network Resilience

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.

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Intercity Fibre Network Builds

Ciena supports Telstra's intercity fibre network build with robust and high-capacity network infrastructure solutions that help you meet growing demand for high-speed connectivity across major routes, optimise data centre workloads, and enables new and emerging use cases.

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AI and Automation

Together we’re working to meet growing demands of AI and machine learning with a secure, resilient and automated network for Telstra that delivers operational efficiency, real-time insights, and optimsed performance.

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Energy and Space Efficiency

We know that space, power consumption and operational costs matter so we’re continously building energy efficiencies into our new technology. Our team is working with Telstra to decommission outdated equipment and implement space and power saving solutions, as well as innovating to create efficiencies in our own supply chain.

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Product Launches and Network Monetisation

We’re collaborating with Telstra to understand your business goals, enhance your network capabilities and ensure robust network performance, enabling the rapid launch of innovative, scalable, and secure products that meet diverse customer needs and deliver effective monetisation of network assets.

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Intercity terrestrial and subsea networks

Ciena supports Telstra’s intercity and subsea networks through advanced technologies that ensure robust and high-speed connectivity.

Ciena's WaveLogic coherent optical technology provides ultra-high capacity and long-reach capabilities, crucial for intercity and subsea applications. Additionally, Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme solution integrates both terrestrial and submarine networks, offering seamless end-to-end connectivity.

These technologies collectively enable Telstra to support new use cases, data centre workloads, and reliable long haul terrestrial and subsea connections. This ensures a resilient and efficient network infrastructure that meets the demand for secure, high-capacity data transmissions, along with growing demand for cloud and AI-driven workloads.

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AI monetization: A new revenue growth agenda for CSPs

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WHITE PAPER

Advantages of Managed Spectrum Service vs Dark Fiber + DIY in the Enterprise Market

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Submarine Cable Systems: Sharing the seabed and oceans in harmony

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The journey to 1.6T: Why 1.6T and what’s in it for you

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PRODUCT

6500 Reconfigurable Line System

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PRODUCT

WaveLogic 6

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SOLUTION

Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN)

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PRODUCT

Navigator Network Control Suite

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Metro and regional networks

As demand grows for low latency and compute capability closer to the network edge, Ciena is working with Telstra to leverage advanced technologies which provide flexible and scalable metro network solutions, including optical and IP network convergence utilising pluggable technologies.

These enable high-speed data transmission and efficient use of network infrastructure to enable across urban areas. Leveraging real-time network optimisation further enables enhanced performance and reliability, ensuring consistent, high-speed connectivity across metropolitan areas.

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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms with confidence for next-generation metro and edge networks

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Pluggables: Their role in coherent technology evolution

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WHITE PAPER

Redefining Metro Networks for Scale, Simplicity, and Sustainability

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Simplified management of multi-vendor, converged IP/optical networks – it can be done

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SOLUTION

Metro optical architectures

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SOLUTION

Metro data center interconnect (DCI)

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PRODUCT

Universal Aggregation and Access over 10G PON Transceivers

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SOLUTION

Coherent routing

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Ciena, Blue Planet, and Telstra working together

Telstra, Ciena, and Blue Planet have a history of innovating together to provide high-speed, reliable connectivity and smarter, more efficient networks that leverage advanced technologies and automation to meet evolving customer needs.

Here are just a few of our key achievements:

PRESS RELEASE

Telstra Achieves World First Speeds and Distances Using Cutting Edge Ciena WaveLogic 6

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WHITE PAPER

Telstra InfraCo Fibre Network and Ciena Redefine Spectrum Sharing

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PODCAST

Episode 77: Rewriting Australia’s Growth Equation via Ultrafast Connectivity with Telstra

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PRESS RELEASE

Telstra Wholesale 400Gbps services now available on intercapital routes

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Meet the Team

Matthew Hayes

Matthew Hayes

Role at Ciena: Regional Managing Director, Telstra Group, Hometown: Brighton, UK. Hobbies: Mountain biking, Running, Snowboarding, sport watching, Vineyards, Email: mahayes@ciena.com

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

Dejan Tanaskovski

Dejan Tanaskovski

Job Role at Ciena: Director, ANZ Services, Hometown: Skopje, Macedonia, Hobbies: Gardening, Exploring Victoria, Holidays with family, Email: dejantan@ciena.com

Diego Marre

Diego Marre

Job Role at Ciena: Director, Sales and Business Development, Telstra Group, Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hobbies: Golf, motorbike rides, travelling, 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, Listening to Music, Email: khunkin@ciena.com

Sandeep Agarwal

Sandeep Agarwal

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

Daniel Hutchins

Daniel Hutchins

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

Belinda Power

Belinda Power

Job Role at Ciena: Account Director, Telstra Domestic, Hometown: Melbourne, Australia, Hobbies: Creating meals, reading, listening to podcasts and music, Email: bpower@ciena.com

Sahil Chandan

Sahil Chandan

Job Role at Ciena: Associate Systems Engineer, Hometown: Punjab, India, Hobbies: Learning new tech, playing cricket, Email: schandan@ciena.com

Behzad Abbasgholi

Behzad Abbasgholi

Job Role at Ciena: Senior System Engineer, Hometown: Sydney, Australia and Tehran, Iran, Hobbies: Travel, doing sports and cooking, Email: babbasgh@ciena.com

Ayhan Hazar

Ayhan Hazar

Job Role at Ciena: Customer Success Advocate, Hometown: Melbourne , Australia , Hobbies: Sports activities, 4WDriving, BBQ'ing, Email: ahazar@ciena.com

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