Lumen Technologies has teamed with internet infrastructure provider Meter to offer an end-to-end networking experience that delivers a unified WAN and LAN solution designed for AI-driven enterprises. The offering combines Lumen’s WAN with Meter’s intelligent LAN platform to provide software-defined connectivity intended to help businesses connect, scale and manage their networks from edge to cloud in the AI era, officials said.
“Our partnership with Lumen unifies WAN and LAN into a single experience and extends our vision to simplify how enterprises connect,” said Anil Varanasi, co-founder and CEO of Meter. “Together, we’re removing friction and enabling IT teams to focus on outcomes, not infrastructure.”
“This partnership with Meter is a powerful step forward in delivering enterprise customers AI-ready connectivity quickly, securely and effortlessly,” said Kate Johnson, CEO of Lumen. “By integrating WAN and LAN into a single, seamless experience, we’re not just connecting networks, we’re connecting outcomes. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to removing complexity and empowering enterprises to scale with confidence in the AI era.”
The new offering is expected to provide accelerated site activation compared with traditional provisioning workflows as well as offer unified visibility, with WAN and LAN performance metrics available through the Meter Dashboard, including circuit health and installation metrics from Lumen. It’s also intended to streamline procurement via simplified, AI-driven workflow, officials said.
While the partnership is intended to help organizations reduce deployment friction, gain real-time insights and optimize network performance across complex, distributed environments, Lumen and Meter are also developing deeper integrations that will bring WAN insights and automation directly into Meter Command, offering natural language control and end-to-end visibility across the entire enterprise network stack. Lumen’s APIs and Lumen Connect digital platform are expected to make these capabilities more scalable in the future, enabling customers to design, purchase and manage network-as-a-service (NaaS) through a flexible, consumption-based model, officials said.
The WAN-to-LAN solution is available via Meter Connect and will soon be added to the Microsoft Marketplace.
