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 […]
News and BusinessNokia says it will provide its data centre switching solutions for Microsoft’s data centre facilities to support the bandwidth growth to Microsoft Azure as part of a multi-faceted deal. The deal expands the long-standing relationship between the companies, who have been working together to bring massively scaled, agile and highly resilient networking to the data […]
News and BusinessNokia says the Swiss energy services company, Energie Wasser Luzern (EWL), has deployed its next-generation PON fibre solution. Nokia is replacing the legacy network with the latest fibre access technology, providing a single network for business and residential customers, as well as for smart metering services. EWL selected the solution in collaboration with its subsidiary […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia and Rakuten Mobile say they have demonstrated the first live 1 Tbps per channel transmission over Rakuten Mobile’s commercial DWDM network, a speed increase of 500% on Rakuten Mobile’s existing network running at 200 Gbps. The trial took place over two days in January 2022 and connected data centres located 135 km apart in […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia today announced it will showcase Coherent Routing, IP-optical solution at OFC. The company also announced a wide range of upgrades for its next- generation packet optical transport network (P-OTN) solutions for CSPs offering wholesale services. Coherent Routing The Coherent Routing demo will highlight the ability of IP routers to connect directly […]
News and BusinessNokia says it has successfully completed a network trial with GlobalConnect using the Nokia PSE-V fifth generation super coherent optics (PSE-Vs). The trial demonstrated 600G transmission over a live long-haul network link of GlobalConnect Group’s GO-COLOR network. This trial validates GlobalConnect’s ability to increase its optical network capacity in support of high-capacity data center interconnect […]
News and BusinessNokia says it will supply Portuguese operator IP Telecom with optical networking equipment to secure the operator’s cloud connectivity between Lisbon, Porto and Viseu using Nokia’s encrypted 100Gbps optical data centre interconnect (DCI) solution. The Nokia solution includes the 1830 Photonic Service Switch (pictured) and 1830 Photonic Service Interconnect – Modular (PSI-M) optical transport platforms […]