Blue Planet, a division of Ciena: Blue Planet 5G vRAN Rollout Automation

Blue Planet’s 5G vRAN Rollout Automation solution enables cable operators to expand their service offerings and meet increasing demand  for speed and capacity. It does so by automating the planning, provisioning, and configuration of 5G Radios, eliminating multiple manual processes, resulting in “right-first-time” deployments and operational savings that significantly improve time to market. The solution leverages the Blue Planet Inventory (BPI). This open, cloud-native product application provides a unified view of physical and virtual resources and services across multiple domains and systems to streamline operations and reduce complexity.

JUDGE’S COMMENT: “This product can help make automation non-propitiatory to reach many network devices.”

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