IT services firm Tech Mahindra is collaborating with Cisco to drive the infrastructure modernization of optical transport networks by introducing Cisco routed optical networking. The collaboration aims to simplify the Internet transport networks by leveraging state-of-the-art optical and routing technologies to converge services over an IP Infrastructure enabling a high degree of automation.

The collaboration will help service providers to reduce their operational expenses and their total cost of ownership.

Tech Mahindra is investing in both a routed optical networking lab at Bangalore, India and specialized services such as SDN-enabled transport, transport slice and segment routing, enabling customers to experience and operationalize the transformation of 5G transport infrastructure.

Manish Mangal, Global Head of Business and 5G and Network Services, Tech Mahindra says, “5G connectivity, network intelligence, and edge computing are unleashing a whole new world of opportunities such as the delivery of immersive experience using Metaverse, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), among others. The network infrastructure of the future will need to be even more agile and software-driven, to bring such possibilities into life. As a trusted transformation partner, our mission is to help service providers re-imagine the future of connectivity and accelerate 5G adoption. Through this collaboration with Cisco, Tech Mahindra will make Routed Optical Networking solutions smarter, simpler, and easy to deploy and operate for service providers."

Reports suggest that, the collaboration will enable service providers to merge IP and private-line services onto a single transport layer with standardized pluggable coherent optics.

Shaun McCarthy, Vice President, Worldwide Mass-Scale Infrastructure Sales, Cisco says, “As service providers are modernizing their 5G networks to offer new services, there is a critical need for the infrastructure to be agile, flexible, and simple. With Tech Mahindra’s expertise in OSS/BSS and Cisco’s routed optical networking portfolio, we can help customers expedite the transformation of their network while providing significant cost savings."