Airtel and Ciena to build one of the world’s largest photonic control plane networks in India

Bharti Airtel is deploying Ciena’s optical and software platforms to build one of the world’s largest photonic control plane networks in India.
According to Airtel, the new backbone network will serve the exploding demand for high speed data services. It is also said to deliver super-fast broadband experiences over 4G/5G/FTTH architecture.
The deployment is part of Project Leap – Airtel’s network transformation program and will also enable a network that can quickly respond to simultaneous faults by re-computing and re-routing traffic based on available network resources.