Blue Planet, privately owned and headquartered in the US, is a division of Ciena. Founded in 2006, the company operates with approximately 500 employees and reported $115.5M in revenue as of 2025. It specializes in telecoms network infrastructure, providing intelligent automation software and specialized professional services to help clients modernize their IT and network operations.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2006

Headcount

500

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Telecoms network infrastructure

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

16

News Summary:

Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, and Telefónica Deutschland successfully completed a joint proof of concept (PoC) on July 24, 2026, demonstrating the use of AI agents to accelerate the design and fulfillment of advanced 5G network slicing services. This PoC aligned with Telefónica Deutschland’s broader strategy for network autonomy, specifically its efforts to industrialize service and network deployment through its Service & Network Factory as part of its ongoing OSS transformation. Previously, on July 21, 2026, Blue Planet introduced a new configuration management platform featuring AI agents designed to combat OSS drift. The company positions this platform as a key element in developing autonomous networks, supporting telcos' pursuit of efficiency and their evolving roles in the AI value chain, while emphasizing reliability and trust.

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Blue Planet offers 7 products in the telecoms tech industry. Blue Planet's product portfolio comprises of bSS/OSS and telecoms network infrastructure.
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Blue Planet's revenues were less than $250M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Blue Planet's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is telecoms network services and systems integration. For full access to Blue Planet's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Blue Planet's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Blue Planet's customers include Orange Group, Telstra and Telefonica. Blue Planet has commercial and technical partners like CenturyLink, Tech Mahindra and PLDT.

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