{"id":72047,"date":"2025-11-03T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72047"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:16:33","slug":"pldt-ciena-eye-to-strengthen-phs-digital-backbone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/11\/03\/pldt-ciena-eye-to-strengthen-phs-digital-backbone\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Ciena eye to strengthen PH&#8217;s digital backbone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Philippines&#8217; largest fully integrated telco company, PLDT Inc. (PLDT), is leveraging<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciena.com\/?medium=corpcomms&amp;source=PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>Ciena\u2019s optical technology to bolster the country\u2019s digital infrastructure by improving data transmission from the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system to local end users. PLDT is using Ciena\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciena.com\/products\/6500\/?medium=corpcomms&amp;source=PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>6500, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optical technology, to efficiently and reliably backhaul local traffic from global cloud providers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPLDT is committed to strengthening the country\u2019s digital backbone by ensuring that the international capacity carried by the ADC system translates into world-class connectivity for users nationwide. With the support of Ciena\u2019s optical technology, we can provide faster, more resilient, and more secure services, powering the Philippines\u2019 digital economy from individual users to enterprises and hyperscalers,\u201d said Blums Pineda, Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Business Group, PLDT and Smart.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Philippines is a key destination for many global cloud providers and enterprises seeking to expand their presence in Asia,\u201d said Matt Vesperman, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Ciena. \u201cCiena\u2019s market-leading optical technology provides a seamless connectivity link to advance international trade and digital transformation within the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ciena\u2019s WL5e coherent optical technology enables PLDT to carry multi-terabit traffic, delivering low-latency, high-capacity connectivity from the ADC landing station to PLDT\u2019s national backbone. Additionally, Ciena\u2019s Navigator Network Control Suite (Navigator NCS) enhances operational efficiencies for PLDT\u2019s network by simplifying and accelerating network planning, provisioning, and assurance workflows.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Through its corporate arm, PLDT Enterprise, PLDT continues to accelerate its digital investments to optimize enterprise operations and drive innovation. True to this commitment, the ADC system is connected to the recently inaugurated VITRO Santa Rosa (VSR), the Philippines&#8217; first AI-ready data center, built and operated by VITRO Inc. In 2024, Ciena&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciena.com\/about\/newsroom\/press-releases\/vitro-sta.-rosa-gears-up-for-inter-data-center-connectivity-with-ciena\/?medium=corpcomms&amp;source=PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>coherent optical technology\u00a0enabled VITRO\u2019s Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution, linking VSR to the rest of VITRO\u2019s flagship data centers. VITRO\u2019s DCI provides enterprises with the ability to securely connect their racks across different VITRO sites, optimizing disaster recovery strategies and operational efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Philippines is a key destination for many global cloud providers and enterprises seeking to expand their presence in Asia,\u201d said Matt Vesperman, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Ciena. \u201cCiena\u2019s market-leading optical technology provides a seamless connectivity link to advance international trade and digital transformation within the Philippines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7460,379,96],"class_list":["post-72047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-ciena","tag-pldt","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72049,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72047\/revisions\/72049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}