Turning network requests into business-ready connectivity

How Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers and SRv6 support Bell On-Demand Network

A new office, a cloud application, or a sudden surge in demand can put pressure on network teams to reconfigure and scale their networks quickly. Businesses need the right service, with confidence that it is working and secure.

The new Bell On-Demand Network is designed around that experience. Built on Bell’s fiber network and powered by Cisco’s infrastructure, it gives customers a simplified way to order, activate, manage and scale network services. Behind the simple experience is a programmable network that can turn a customer request into service across connected locations.

Faster changes with fewer operational hurdles, using automation across the service lifecycle

When provisioning is repeatable, teams can spend less time coordinating manual network changes and more time supporting business priorities. A bandwidth adjustment or new site can be handled as a service change, rather than a bespoke project each time.

Cisco brings routing, security policy, visibility and automation together as a foundation for those changes. Providers can apply consistent controls, monitor service performance and scale capacity as requirements evolve.

Secure routing at the network edge brings connectivity and protection together

The Cisco 8000 Series Secure Router helps connect customers to the Bell network. Its role is not only to move traffic but to enable routing, integrated security capabilities, policy controls, and operational visibility to work together at the edge.

Faster service activation should not mean weaker safeguards. Segmentation can help limit how far a problem spreads. Security policy can be applied as connectivity is provisioned, while visibility helps operations teams understand network health and policy status. The result is a service designed to stay manageable and protected as it changes.

A smarter path from customer to destination using SRv6 to extend programmability to the edge

Bell’s use of segment routing over IPv6 (SRv6) brings programmable traffic handling closer to the customer edge. In plain terms, the network can steer traffic along selected paths to meet service needs, rather than relying on complex signaling arrangements for every change.

Extending SRv6 to customer premises equipment can simplify service creation across the network and give providers more direct control over traffic paths. That can support application-aware engineering, aligning network behavior with service requirements while reducing the burden on provider-edge routers.

A network that can move at the speed of the business

Bell brings the fiber network and digital service experience, while Cisco supplies secure routing, programmable transport and operational visibility. Together, they show how infrastructure can support a more responsive way to buy and manage connectivity.

For customers, the benefit is a clearer path from business need to working service, with security and operations built into the design. On-demand connectivity can help organizations adapt as they add locations, applications and traffic, without treating every network.