Cirion Technologies announced an advanced enterprise connectivity option in Latin America. The solution launches the company into the global Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) market. This platform uses Cirion’s own infrastructure across more than 20 regional countries. Furthermore, the network enables enterprises to activate, adjust, and scale their services.
This initial rollout transforms connectivity across data centers, hybrid clouds, and artificial intelligence environments. The system functions across a specific portion of Cirion’s network. It leverages a carrier-neutral data center ecosystem and 105,000 kilometers of fiber optic infrastructure. Businesses can now manage connectivity similar to cloud consumption.
“Today in Latin America, when a company needs more bandwidth or a new cloud connection, it often has to wait weeks and sign a new contract. NaaS eliminates that friction: the network adapts to the business, not the other way around. Businesses now gain visibility, self-management, and real-time responsiveness over critical infrastructure, all built on our own infrastructure, which combines one of the region’s most extensive networks with a carrier-neutral data center ecosystem, and continues to evolve progressively,” said Santiago Londoño, CEO of Connectivity Business at Cirion LATAM.
“With Ciena’s optical technology, routing and switching products, and automation software, Cirion is turning its network into a programmable platform, connectivity that can be activated and scaled like a cloud service, not a traditional engineering project. Automation is essential to evolving static networks into dynamic ecosystems capable of responding quickly to new demands for capacity, cloud connectivity, and artificial intelligence. This is exactly what Latin America’s digital economy needs,” said Fernando Capella, Regional Director for CALA South, Ciena.
Driving Automation via Strategic Technology Integration
The first phase focuses heavily on automated data center connectivity. Customers order and configure high‑capacity network services directly through a customer portal. This tool reduces delivery times from weeks to near real‑time. Additionally, the software integrates seamlessly with existing network and security hardware.
The underlying architecture combines Ciena’s optical technology with Carma’s digital infrastructure platform. Carma built custom API-based interfaces for the project. These interfaces connect the portal directly to Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite. Consequently, the platform dynamically allocates optical resources and validates circuit feasibility automatically.
“Cirion is committed to delivering a highly efficient, automated digital experience for our customers. By combining Ciena’s robust routing & switching and optical transport infrastructure with Navigator Network Control Suite and Carma’s orchestration capabilities, we have built a seamless end-to-end automated Network-as-a-Service platform. This enables us to accelerate service delivery, simplify network operations, and provide unprecedented agility and on-demand connectivity for customers across the region,” said Paul Choiseul, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Cirion.
“We’re proud to support Cirion as they transform their network into a fully automated, service‑on‑demand platform. By connecting Cirion’s portal to Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite through modern APIs, we’ve created a scalable foundation that will support rapid product expansion and future NaaS innovation,” said Frank McDermott, Chief Executive Officer, Carma.
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