Discussions and demos highlight how Blue Planet intelligent automation is accelerating business value for service providers.
LONDON – April 7, 2026 – At FutureNet World 2026, taking place April 21 – 22 in London, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), will spotlight how AI-driven automation backed by its deep Operations Support Systems (OSS) expertise, is essential to modern networks and future autonomous operations. Attendees will have an opportunity to see demonstrations of AI-powered lifecycle automation, digital twin simulations of proactive operations, and AI agent builder from Blue Planet AI Studio, among other Blue Planet solutions designed to enable autonomous network operations.
Blue Planet experts will also address key industry challenges and customer concerns during the following speaking sessions on April 21 (Day 1):
- 9:00 a.m.– Joe Cumello, Senior Vice President and General Manager, will participate in the CxO keynote panel, “The AI era: How can telcos remain relevant beyond connectivity?”.
- 9:40 a.m. – Gabriele Di Piazza, Vice President, Product Management, and Orange Business’ Chief Technology Officer, Mohamed Talaye, will jointly present a keynote on “When OSS Becomes Invisible: Reimagining OSS for a Post Ticket, AI Native Operations Era”.
Demonstrations at the Blue Planet Booth (#35):
- AI-powered lifecycle automation – An intent-based automation architecture that senses, reasons, and acts across domains for self-optimized operations.
- Digital twin for proactive operations – A digital network twin that autonomously assures IP networks with AI agents that can predict issues, assess service impact, and optimize performance to ensure operators meet SLA requirements.
- AI agent builder – An OSS-native, low‑code environment empowering customers and partners to create AI agents with access to prebuilt tools, data, APIs, and a library of AI agents to accelerate adoption.
For more information about Blue Planet’s participation at FutureNet World or to request a meeting, contact pr@ciena.com.
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About Blue Planet
Blue Planet empowers communications service providers (CSPs) to be more software-driven, digital businesses with the industry’s first truly cloud-native operations support systems (OSS) platform. The Blue Planet intelligent automation portfolio helps CSPs automate network and service operations to speed the introduction of new services across any network domain or vendor. A division of Ciena and a key provider for many of the world’s leading CSPs, Blue Planet brings unparalleled expertise in accelerating digital transformation. For updates on Blue Planet, visit http://www.blueplanet.com/.
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