News and BusinessNokia is to deploy the first 10G fibre broadband network in Vietnam with operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). The initial rollout will connect 10,000 homes and businesses in the eight largest provinces of the country. Nokia is providing fibre access nodes for the operator’s exchanges and fibre modems for end users’ premises. Nokia says […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia has launched its second ‘pizza-box’ form OLT. The Quillion-powered Lightspan DF-32GM (pictured) extends Nokia’s OLT portfolio for multi-gig deployments in low density areas. The DF-32 is available immediately for global shipments to communication service providers and cable operators. DF-32 will fit into Nokia’s existing multi-gig portfolio which ranges from the very small size unit, […]
News and BusinessNokia is deploying a 10G broadband network for Finnish operator Valoo. The deal includes fibre access nodes for the central office and Nokia’s Altiplano broadband access controller, which includes software defined access networking (SDAN) capabilities. The new network will connect 200,000 homes in and around 30 cities by the end of 2026. With Nokia’s Quillion […]
News and BusinessNokia and OpenColo have successfully completed the first commercial field trial to transport a 1.6 Tbps traffic flow over an 800GE link aggregation group with 800GE FR4 optics. The initial trial included the Nokia 7750 SR-1se router equipped with FP5 silicon (pictured) to enable 800GE interfaces, and the Nokia 1830 PSI compact modular optical transport platform […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia has launched its sixth generation Photonic Service Engine (PSE), which the company says is capable of reducing network power consumption by 60%. The PSE-6s supports a chip-to-chip interface that enables it to be deployed in pairs to power 2.4Tbps coherent line cards. This allows network operators to transport any combination of high-speed client services […]
News and BusinessNokia has announced the completion of the first DWDM network operating at 600G per wavelength with Viettel, Vietnam’s largest telecom service provider. The network uses Nokia’s PSE-V super-coherent optical engines (PSE-Vs), transmitting a 600Gbps channel in the C-band to connect Viettel’s main core sites. The DCI solution will enable Viettel to meet future requirements for […]
News and BusinessAustralia’s NBN is to deploy Nokia’s next-generation broadband platform including its Altiplano Access Controller. NBN will be the first operator in the southern hemisphere to adopt the MF-14 OLT (pictured) following announcements by US and UK operators in October 2022. Deployment will commence in 2023. NBN recently welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to invest an […]
News and BusinessCorning says it’s collaborating with Wesco International and Nokia to help accelerate and simplify last-mile broadband deployment in rural and regional networks. Wesco will be the first distributor to launch a new fibre-to-the-home kit featuring Corning’s FlexNAP™ components. The Corning solution, with its passive optical components, complements the active components in Nokia’s Network in a […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia has announced what it says is the world’s first Generation 6 OLT (Optical Line Terminal), designed, says the company, for a ‘fibre-for-everything’ world where fibre broadband networks evolve to become a single infrastructure for all services. The Lightspan MF-14 platform is already in trials with Frontier Communications in the US and CityFibre in the […]
News and BusinessNokia says it is providing optical upgrades to Gulf Bridge International (GBI), a global cloud, connectivity and content enabler in the Middle East. This solution will increase GBI’s international network capacity ahead of the World Cup to enable high-speed connectivity between Doha, Qatar and Milan, Italy. Nokia’s PSE-V coherent technology will allow GBI to provide […]
Applications and ResearchSpirent Communications plc has joined forces with Nokia to demonstrate 800G interoperability in data centre environments. The public demonstration showcased the viability of Nokia’s next-generation high-speed Ethernet devices in ensuring the cloud’s Ethernet backbone’s readiness to support the massive capacity demands of today and the future. The test was conducted at the recent Nokia SReXperts […]
News and BusinessNokia today announced that it has been selected by Austrian utility and infrastructure company, Energie AG Oberösterreich, to build an optical transport network across 18 sites in Upper Austria. Energie AG will use the network to backhaul traffic from FTTH nodes in regional sites to two central sites. Deployment is already underway. Nokia’s portfolio of […]
News and BusinessNokia has signed a frame agreement with Eurofiber Group, for a multi-country DWDM roll out, datacenter switching and multiple other areas to increase Eurofiber Open Network footprint. The agreement, covers all Eurofiber affiliates. Within Eurofiber France, first optical networks are already under deployment in the south and north of the country. Next to France, Nokia […]
News and BusinessNokia has made a strategic alliance with Furukawa Electric LatAm, the leading company in network cabling, to accelerate optical LAN deployments in Latin America. Furukawa Electric LatAm is a market leader for copper cables and optic fibre in Latin America. With this agreement, Furukawa Electric LatAm will incorporate Nokia’s optical networking equipment into its Laserway […]
News and BusinessNokia has successfully tested a 600Gbps line rate on Telekom Serbia and MTEL’s optical transport network over a distance of 600km between Banja Luka and Belgrade. The test utilised Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (pictured), powered by its PSE-Vs chipset, and laid the foundation for future growth to meet the needs of low latency, high-capacity […]
Technologies and ProductsKeysight Technologies, Inc. has collaborated with Nokia to successfully demonstrate the first public 800GbE test to validate the readiness of next-generation optics for service providers and network operators. The readiness testing was conducted at Nokia’s private SReXperts customer event in Madrid in June 2022, and included Keysight’s AresONE 800GBE Layer 1-3 800GbE line rate test […]
Technologies and ProductsIn an extension of the companies’ long-term strategic relationship, Nokia says BT will test its FP5 network processing silicon, including its 800G interfaces. BT operates the largest IP network in the UK with peak rates above 25Tbps, powered by Nokia’s 77xx family of routers. With this trial, says BT, it will be the first in […]
News and BusinessNokia say it is deploying a passive optical LAN (POL) solution for Orange over 20 sites in France, including the new Orange Headquarters, Bridge, in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris. The POL solution replaces the existing copper-based LAN, connecting more than 5,000 end points including Wi-Fi and hard-wired terminals. The optical LAN delivers greater efficiencies and offers […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia’s research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, has debuted what it says is the first 100Gbps broadband technology in the US at Fiber Connect 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. The prototype delivers 100Gbps speeds in downstream on a single PON wavelength, avoiding the need to combine multiple wavelengths carrying lower speeds. The prototype parameters mimic real-world conditions including […]
News and BusinessNokia says Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) will use its DWDM solution in the access layer to upgrade its network to 5G for meeting future service capacity and reliability needs. The new compact and scalable DWDM solution will allow Vi to optimise fibre resources while ensuring 100G capacity with future upgrade capability of the network […]