Case Study: Leading UK Operator achieves lower OPEX and faster multi-vendor network delivery with Ciena

Global Tier 1 Operator Chooses Ciena To Bring Competitiveness And Economies Of Scale To Its Multi-Vendor Networking Strategy

Leading UK Operator, one of the world’s largest Tier 1 telecom providers, needed to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering multi-vendor networking projects across its large, distributed estate. After an earlier outsourcing arrangement fell short on value, flexibility, and speed, the operator turned to Ciena for multi-vendor implementation services, including plan, design, and deploy support, to improve efficiency and accelerate network expansion.

Ciena out-tasked end-to-end multi-vendor projects, providing embedded engineering and project management teams to handle scoping, auditing, solution design, installation, testing, and turn-up. The result was faster project delivery, lower implementation risk, improved time to revenue, and dramatic OPEX reductions through greater economies of scale and more competitive pricing, with Ciena’s work expanding into additional parts of the operator’s organization.