eCommunity Fiber taps Ciena to advance its Morrow, Ga. Smart City Initiative
· eCommunity is providing a network backbone that directly connects The District in Morrow, Georgia, to the Atlanta Internet Gateway.
· Ciena is providing its 5164 Routers as the backbone for eCommunity’s Smart City Initiative.
· Morrow’s Smart City Network will support IoT integrations and public safety applications, including ubiquitous community Wi-Fi and citizen-centric digital services.
· eCommunity’s open access fiber network deployment allows residents and businesses to choose their ISPs.
eCommunity Fiber, an open-access fiber network provider, has implemented Ciena's routing and multi-layer network control platforms as the high-capacity backbone connecting The District in Morrow, Georgia, directly to the Atlanta Internet Gateway.
The provider stated that its ongoing collaboration with Ciena serves as the technical infrastructure that enables Morrow's ongoing city effort.
Ciena, which has been the technology provider for eCommunity Fiber's network over the last three years, is now being expanded to provide Morrow the network infrastructure to support IoT integrations and advanced public safety applications, including ubiquitous community Wi-Fi and citizen-centric digital services.
A central fiber artery
Ciena’s 5164 Routers will act as what eCommunity says is the artery that links Morrow’s developing smart city network, including the recently activated services at The District, to the broader digital landscape via the Atlanta Internet Gateway.
This core connectivity is the engine behind eCommunity™ Fiber's open-access model, allowing multiple service providers to deliver high-speed internet, voice, and video services over a shared network infrastructure.
A fiber network supports all of this.
eCommunity’s fiber network deployment will bring a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to The District and Southlake Mall, starting with 1 Gbps connections scalable to 100 Gbps.
Residents and businesses will be able to choose from various service providers.
Business tenants will have the flexibility to choose from an array of internet, video, and voice providers via a single fiber link, including direct cloud connections.
IoT is also a focus. The network features fiber platforms and integrates diverse wireless networks for comprehensive IoT testing and innovation within The District.
“The City of Morrow very much understands the difference between internet access and connectivity and how to prepare itself for the future of technology,” explains Jerrald Rector, COO of eCommunity™ Fiber
Multi-phased initiative
As a new venture focused on enabling new services and capabilities for the city, Morrow turned to Ciena to build a network backbone that is not only high-performing and reliable but also scalable to meet new demands as they arise.
Ciena's routing and multi-layer network control technologies enable the city to extend advanced digital capabilities throughout Morrow, ensuring seamless connectivity for residents, businesses, and crucial smart city applications.
The deployment of Ciena's 5164 Routers and Navigator Network Control Suite will support the activation of a fully integrated 4-tier private network featuring fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, and LTE 4G/5G technologies.
eCommunity said the network infrastructure it is building for the city “is a blueprint for other municipalities aiming to leverage advanced connectivity to enhance public services and drive economic growth.”
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