The Ciena Network Insights Podcast brings together thought leaders, subject matter experts, and tech influencers to discuss the innovations and trends shaping our digital world. Join us every month for engaging conversations on telecom networks, digital transformation, sustainability, and more.
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Episode 78: AI Revolution: Vodafone & Ciena Explore the Future of AI
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is generating a lot of buzz with bold predictions about its transformative potential. On this podcast, Ciena's International CTO Jürgen Hatheier speaks with special guest Fánan Henriques, Director of Vodafone Business International & EU Cluster, about AI's impact on the network. They talk about ways AI can improve busin…
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Episode 77: Rewriting Australia’s Growth Equation via Ultrafast Connectivity with Telstra
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Australia is ranked as one of the world's top countries for digital readiness. On this episode, Kathryn Jones, Executive of National Infrastructure Projects at Telstra InfraCo and Ciena's Lead for the Telstra account, Matt Hayes discuss what Ciena, Ericsson and Telstra have been doing to strengthen Australia's role as a global digital hub. They als…
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Episode 76: Unlocking STEM opportunities with Building STEPS
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Over the past few years, Ciena's Blue Planet division has supported Building STEPS, a nonprofit organization in Baltimore, as part of its Digital Inclusion program. Tune in for an inspiring conversation between Building STEPS' Debra Hettleman and Ciena's Beth Dolce and Beth Hunter as they dive into the ways this collaboration has sparked students' …
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Episode 75: Pushing the limits of connectivity with Vocus
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As the demand for seamless connectivity skyrockets globally, Australia is emerging as a vital digital hub. On this episode of the Ciena Insights Podcast, Jarrod Nink, Chief Operating Officer at Vocus offers an insider's perspective to how the Australian network provider is capitalizing on this surging demand for bandwidth. Nink also shares more on …
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Episode 74: The Adaptive Network: Always ready for what’s next
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Ciena's Adaptive Network vision for guiding network evolution with enhanced programmability, scale, automation, and intelligence first set sail back in 2018—and it's even more relevant today with the growing presence of AI, 5G, and cloud. On this episode, Mark Bieberich, VP of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, discusses how the Adaptive Network enables…
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Episode 73: Pursuing Meaningful Connectivity in Asia
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While we usually speak with our customers or partners on the Ciena Insights Podcast, in this special episode, we speak with Yoonee Jeong, a Senior Digital Technology Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Digital Technology for Development Division to get a different perspective on what is driving connectivity in Asia. Yoonee also shares with…
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Episode 72: 2024 tech predictions
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Tune in as Chief Technology Officer, Steve Alexander gazes into his crystal ball and shares 2024 predictions on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on the network. He also discusses other key technology trends, such as the relentless growth of bandwidth, IP/Optical convergence, and the evolving role of PON (Passiv…
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Unlocking the Potential of Open RAN
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Wireless networks are going through a paradigm shift with the emergence of Open RAN. This new approach to architecting a multi-vendor network fosters innovation, agility, and cost efficiency in deploying and operating 5G networks. More importantly, it serves users better and faster than ever. However, there are mixed opinions in the industry and va…
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Episode 71: Ciena’s 2023 podcast highlights
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What a year! In 2023 we were joined by so many amazing customers, industry experts and organizations. To close out another successful year, Bo Gowan shares our most popular episodes.
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Episode 70: Making Telecom History with DISH Wireless
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In this episode, DISH Wireless' Executive Vice President of Global Partnerships, Marc Rouanne speaks with Blue Planet's Head of Portfolio & Engineering, Kailem Anderson on DISH's success in building the first cloud-native 5G network in the world and the progress they are making in enabling 5G broadband services for its customers in the United State…
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The rise of fixed wireless access
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Fixed Wireless Access, or FWA, has emerged as a powerful enabler in the mobile landscape and is one method being used to fulfill the growing user demand for data. FWA is another offering to provide high-speed internet access to homes, businesses, and remote areas without relying on traditional wired connections like fiber or cable lines for the ‘la…
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Episode 69: Cogent’s Dave Schaeffer on acquiring T-Mobile’s wireline business, building a better internet backbone, and launching wave services
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Ciena customer Cogent Communications operates one of the largest fiber-optic networks in the world, carrying around 1/4 of all internet traffic today. The ISP acquired the legacy Sprint long-haul fiber network from T-Mobile earlier this year. In this wide-ranging conversation, Cogent Founder and CEO Dave Schaeffer sits down with Ciena's CTO Steve A…
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Episode 68: Digital Promise- Inspiring the next generation of change makers
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In 2021, Digital Promise and Ciena announced the launch of the Ciena Solutions Challenge, a global design challenge for middle and high school students to create innovative solutions that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within their communities. Now entering its third year, Karissa Bowen, Senior Project Manager of Learning …
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The opportunity for 5G monetization is now
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With much of the world standing on the brink of mainstream 5G usage, operators are looking for ways to extract maximum value from their network investments – essentially trying to figure out how to monetize 5G. Operators have spent the past few years on things like spectrum, working to increase base stations needed for sufficient coverage and capac…
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Episode 67: Boosting the Employability of India’s Underserved Youth with Udayan Care
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Around 65% of India's total population is below the age of 35, yet more than 50% of Indian youths are not on track to have the education and skills necessary for employment by 2030. On this podcast, Ciena International's Internal Comms Lead, Shreya Chakraborty speaks with Dr. Kiran Modi, Managing Trustee from Udayan Care, an organization that Ciena…
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Episode 66: A CTO’s perspective on the digital divide, network operations excellence, and AI
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On this podcast, Highline's CTO Matt Hayes and Ciena's CTO of the Americas Kevin Sheehan have an insightful, wide-ranging discussion on everything from the many challenges and opportunities involved in rolling out rural broadband, to operational excellence in networking, to the great potential and worrying risks of generative AI and its machine-lea…
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Episode 65: TELUS - A True Sustainability Champion
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The demand for data traffic and connectivity has skyrocketed – especially these past few years during the pandemic. On top of this, there is greater concern about the world's climate situation. On this podcast, Geoff Pegg TELUS' Head of Sustainability and Environment and Ciena's Beth Hunter, Director of ESG Communications and Social Impact discuss …
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Episode 64: The Future of Broadband Demands Disruption
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On this episode, Dave Lewis and Amanda Molina from broadband solutions consultancy JSI join Ciena's Trey Hall and Vini Santos for a discussion about the opportunities and challenges that network operators are facing at this unique moment in the broadband market. Hear their insights on funding options, network build considerations, and why a disrupt…
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Episode 63: Jumping Across the Digital Divide in New Zealand with Spark
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The internet permeates everything we do today – from how we work, to how we play and learn. Yet, for some, affordability can be a problem. On this podcast,Ciena's Director, ESG Communications, speaks with Spark Skinny Jump's Lead, Martin La'a on why providing internet access can be a gamechanger for students and how Ciena and Spark are collaboratin…
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How does 5G RAN improve energy efficiency?
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5G is the first wireless technology designed to be energy efficient and sustainable with an industry target of 90% improvement in spectral efficiency compared to 4G. This improvement, in large part, also requires energy efficiency in the equipment. Operators and vendors have devised several features to accomplish this goal including increasing spec…
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Episode 62: Lumen’s 400GE network evolution and approach to enable a better digital experience
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This episode features Lumen's CTO Andrew Dugan and Ciena's Steve Alexander. The two industry veterans discuss Lumen's recent 400GE network enhancements and how wavelengths enable Lumen customers to modernize and scale their Core Digital Network so that their data, applications, and workloads can be distributed securely between their IT instances re…
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Episode 61: The next generation of ESnet – ESnet6
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On this episode Kate Mace and Chin Guok from the DOE's Energy Sciences Network along with Stanford's Amadeo Perazzo discuss ESnet6 with Ciena's Rod Wilson. ESnet6 will enable scientists to significantly advance their ability to gain insight from massive datasets produced by experiments that use large scale instruments like genome sequencers, telesc…
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Episode 60: Submarine networks: Past, present, future
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Did you know that around 95% of the world's intercontinental communications traffic is carried over submarine cable networks? What's more, our need for connectivity shows no signs of abating. According to research firm TeleGeography, capacity along the transatlantic corridor alone is forecast to grow by about 77 times between 2015 and 2028. Simply …
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Episode 59: 2023 Tech Predictions and Industry Trends
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800G and beyond, 5G, Greener Network solutions and Submarine buildouts. Host Bo Gowan talks with Ciena CTO Steve Alexander, and Submarine/5G expert Brian Lavallée about the key tech trends and predictions that will shape the industry in 2023.
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Episode 58: Year in Review: Our best podcasts from 2022
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Ciena's executives were joined by many amazing guests throughout 2022. For our final episode of the year, Bo Gowan, Ciena's social media director and today's host, highlights some of our most listened to podcasts of the year. Tune in to see if your favorite episode was included!
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Episode 57: euNetworks Shares Tips to Make Networks ‘Greener’
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Service providers are tasked with the challenge of decreasing carbon emissions while also meeting surging demands for high-bandwidth services and broadband connectivity. On this podcast, euNetworks' Tetyana Mozhayeva, Senior Director of Sustainability and Ciena's Beth Hunter, Director of ESG and Social Impact, join host Sara Atkinson to discuss the…
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Episode 56: Igniting a Digital Future for All with Improvements in Residential Broadband
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Everything from home (work, play, game), along with new bandwidth-hungry cloud-based applications, have ignited investments to help build a digital future for all. On this podcast, Rebecca Smith highlights three of our previous episodes about ways we are helping improve residential broadband and driving digital inclusion. We hear from rural electri…
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