To support its recently announced broadband expansion project, Indiana Fiber Network, a US headquartered company, has selected converged packet optical and packet networking solutions from Ciena to ensure network resiliency, reduce costs and increase capacity, said company in a statement.
Company informed that with Ciena, IFN can rapidly provision new high-speed offerings like Ethernet business services, 10G, and 100G services to its service provider, data center and enterprise customers.
Ciena is of the view that bringing scalable and secure communication services to users in both urban and rural areas will help drive sustainable economic development across the state.
IFN is owned by a consortium of 20 independent telephone companies and provides a variety of communications services, including fiber-optic broadband, to both urban and rural areas in 52 Indiana counties. Its customers include carriers, service providers, enterprise businesses, government entities, educational and healthcare institutions, as well as independent telephone company members.
One such customer benefiting from IFN’s network is Community Health Network, one of Central Indiana’s two largest health care providers. With Ciena, IFN connected Community Howard Regional Health and Community’s affiliated Kokomo area physicians’ sites. Community Health Network relies on its own private Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) ring to connect its main Indianapolis area campuses. IFN currently provides connectivity to 24 remote locations into CHN data centers.
Architected for network modernization projects like IFN’s, Ciena’s 5400 and 6500 converged packet optical platforms, equipped with WaveLogic Coherent Optical Processors and integrated switching capabilities, will help IFN address increased bandwidth demands with the highest levels of quality and survivability.
Ciena’s Flexible Grid Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) technology simplifies operations and provides greater network flexibility by enabling new wavelengths to be remotely added or dropped, which allows IFN to easily turn up new services as needed, claimed the company.
“Ciena’s converged packet optical, packet networking and intelligent software capabilities give IFN a reliable, high-performance network that ensures its customers have greater access to broadband connectivity and economic opportunity,” said Jason Phipps, General Manager and VP of North America Sales, Ciena.