A changing market environment and new applications demand high quality bandwidth with no disruptions. To meet these demands, Verizon needed to transform their network and turned to an experienced partner for assistance.

With Ciena, Verizon was able to build a parallel network — minimizing disruptions and reducing risk to end users — that was less complex to roll out and made service migration easier. Verizon’s journey of modernization enables the delivery of new services, increases network reliability and operating efficiency providing the roadmap for digital transformation for its customers including the US Department of Defense (DOD).