Consolidated Communications selected Ciena’s Adaptive IP platform to upgrade its wireline network to support emerging 5G services and applications.

The U.S.-based fiber provider’s network spans 46,300 miles across 23 states and provides broadband and business communications services for consumer, commercial, and carrier customers.

“Working with Ciena allows us to incorporate automation and analytics capabilities into our network so we can deliver the 5G services our customers are demanding,” Consolidated Communications CTO Tom White said in a statement.

By deploying Ciena’s Adaptive IP platform, which including the company’s routers and Coherent Networking Platform, the fiber provider can extend IP connectivity and network slicing capabilities that are optimized for 5G backhaul to its customers.

Additionally, Consolidated will deploy Ciena’s Manage, Control, and Plan platform (MCP) domain controller, as well as its Blue Planet multi-vendor, multi-domain service orchestration platform and its route optimization and analysis software.

According to Ciena, these capabilities will enable Consolidated Communications to plan and deploy network applications based on customer demand, as well as identify, troubleshoot, and resolve IP service issues more proactively.

“As Consolidated Communications navigates the journey to 5G, they need a network that can adapt to fluctuating bandwidth demands and handle advanced services and applications,” said Bruce Hembree, VP and GM of sales for the Americas at Ciena, in a statement.

Ciena also scored a contract win with Indian network operator Lightstorm Telecom Ventures, which operates a large 10,000-kilometer network with 60 data centers in five cities, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, and Hyderabad, India.

Lightstorm plans to deploy Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics, network management, and automation platforms to better serve over-the-top broadcasters, data centers and cloud providers.

WaveLogic 5 Extreme is Ciena’s first generation of 800 Gb/s optics, and are designed to support high-bandwidth content delivery. This represents a substantial leap in bandwidth across the telecom provider's network. According to Ciena, one deployed the optics will be able to provide between 600 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s of bandwidth, per wavelength, depending on the span length.