Nokia Weekly News Digest

    

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News Digest is a weekly publication summarizing recent news and features published to the Nokia Newsroom.

20 December 2021

News in brief

Nokia chosen by Ooredoo Group for 5G fixed wireless access and Wi-Fi solutions in MENA

• Nokia FastMile 5G indoor gateway and window mount receiver to enable Ooredoo affiliates across Middle East and North Africa to provide new services demanding extreme high speeds and reliable connectivity
• Nokia Mesh WiFi solution with Beacon B1.1, Beacon B2 and Beacon 6 offer Ooredoo subscribers reliable, high-performance whole-home Wi-Fi coverage

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Nokia and Frontier complete first successful trial of 25Gb per second broadband network in U.S.

• 25G PON is next step in fiber broadband and allows Frontier to easily provide increased bandwidth
• 25G PON co-exists on the same fiber network as existing GPON and XGS-PON services

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Features and blogs

The driving forces for BASF implementing a 5G private wireless network

• Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nokia, and Mikko Uusitalo, Global Director for Mission Critical & Private Networks at Cellnex Telecom, discuss the driving factors behind why BASF, the largest chemical factory in southern Europe, decided to implement a 5G private wireless network. The manufacturing automation use cases explored during the interview include license plate reading, employee safety, virtual reality, and mission critical communications.

Video

 

5G smart factory digitalization and sustainability at Arçelik

• Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nokia, and Utku Barış Pazar, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer at Arçelik, discuss 5G smart factory digitalization and sustainability. The Turkish multinational household appliances manufacturer selected the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud solution to quickly benefit from increased security, flexibility, and variety of applications. The manufacturing automation use cases explored during the interview include AGV material handling, employee health and safety and more..

Video

 

 

Recent releases

• Nokia wins five-year 5G deal with Elisa Estonia as sole RAN vendor
• Nokia launches Gigabit Connect to simplify gigabit broadband installation in apartment blocks
• Nokia deploys AI-powered smart city trial to address vehicle-based noise pollution in the city of Genk, Belgium
  
  

 

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Nokia wins five-year 5G deal with Elisa Estonia as sole RAN vendor

    

Press Release

 

Nokia wins five-year 5G deal with Elisa Estonia as sole RAN vendor

 

• Nokia to provide its 5G AirScale portfolio and replace existing 4G network nationwide
• Nokia is sole supplier in deal replacing the incumbent vendor

 

20 December 2021

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Elisa Estonia, a subsidiary of Elisa Finland, for a nationwide 5G RAN deployment as well as to replace the existing 4G infrastructure in a five-year deal. Nokia will be the sole provider, replacing the incumbent vendor. Deployment is expected to roll out next year following the completion of Estonia's spectrum auction in early 2022.  

 

Under the deal, Nokia will provide equipment from its latest ReefShark System on Chip-powered AirScale equipment portfolio covering Elisa's nationwide radio network across the country. Nokia's AirScale RAN portfolio is designed for seamless, simple, and efficient 'plug-in' deployment and reduced power consumption. It covers all deployment scenarios including dense-urban environments and wide-area coverage.

 

Nokia also maintains a long-standing partnership with Elisa Corporation and was selected as a nationwide supplier of 5G RAN last year supporting their efforts to digitize Finland and make it a leading global 5G market.  

 

Andrus Hiiepuu, CEO at Elisa Estonia, commented: "We have huge ambitions for providing state-of-the-art entertainment and communications services to our customers underpinned by a 5G network. Nokia is our trusted partner for this and will help us to deliver a sustainable 5G business. Their technology and innovation will help us to differentiate in the market and I look forward to working closely with them on this project." 

 

Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, said: "We are delighted to have been selected by Elisa Estonia in this deal and for their trust in our technology leadership. Our AirScale portfolio will deliver cutting-edge connectivity to their customers and I look forward to working closely with them on this project and beyond." 

 

Resources

Nokia AirScale

 

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Nokia launches Gigabit Connect to simplify gigabit broadband installation in apartment blocks

    

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Nokia launches Gigabit Connect to simplify gigabit broadband installation in apartment blocks

 

• Gigabit Connect enables plug-and-play fiber services over existing in-building cabling
• Solution improves business case for operators expanding fiber into hard-to-connect multi-dwelling-units (MDUs or apartment blocks) to deliver gigabit broadband to more customers
• Gigabit Connect hides complexity of G.fast, allowing management of the last leg connection as a fiber endpoint
  
  

16 December 2021

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia has today launched Gigabit Connect to make it easier for fiber network providers to deploy gigabit broadband services in MDUs where the final connection leg is via twisted pair or coaxial cables.

 

Fiber providers often encounter difficulties in bringing fiber all the way to every apartment in residential buildings. The age of the building can mean there is a lack of space or in-built ducting, or legal issues might constrain the deployment. G.fast technologies can help by enabling operators to terminate the fiber in a central location in the building and then bridging to any existing television, data or telephone cables for the last leg.

 

Nokia's Gigabit Connect solution builds on G.fast capabilities, hiding its complexity and enabling the last leg connection to be managed as a fiber endpoint under a single pane of glass management interface. This is especially important for operators who focus on fiber-only deployment and who do not have expertise with technologies over copper twisted pair. Gigabit Connect can be deployed with no impact on existing network management and FTTH (Fiber to the Home) services.

 

Gigabit Connect solution also delivers the same speed and low-latency experience for the end user as full FTTH.

 

Sandy Motley, President, Fixed Networks at Nokia, said: "We estimate that 20% of MDUs are challenging for new fiber installations. Using G.fast over a building's existing cables goes a long way to solving the problem, but it can be a challenge for operators to build expertise in new technologies. With Gigabit Connect, we are hiding the complexity, enabling plug-and-play fiber deployment and on-going management as with any normal fiber line. Furthermore, consumers will experience the same speed and low-latency performance as standard fiber."

 

Pan Dacom Networking AG is deploying Nokia's Lightspan SX G.fast distribution point units (DPUs) and Altiplano Network Management System for their fiber customer R-Kom to connect 4,000 buildings in Eastern Bavaria, Germany.

 

Thomas Klein, Head of Sales & Technology Competence Center from Pan Dacom Networking, said: "We are using G.fast for the last drop and use zero-touch provisioning with SDAN (Software Defined Access Networks). Nokia's solution extends what can be done with SDAN and has helped reduce deployment times by 50% with configuration from the cloud." Alfred Rauscher, Managing Director from R-KOM added: "Thanks to Nokia's scalable and future-proof solution, thousands of Bavarians living in previous fiber no-go homes can now look forward to gigabit broadband."

 

According to Dell'Oro, G.fast connections are set to more than double by 2025.

 

Notes to editors

 

Technology deployed for R-KOM

R-KOM will integrate Lightspan SX with Altiplano into the OSS/BSS. Nokia's Quillion chipset-based G.fast solutions are the highest density on the market and have met the 2023 EU CoC power consumption ambitions two years ahead of target.

 

 

Dell'Oro forecast

G.fast connections source: Dell'Oro: Broadband Access Report Five Year Forecast Report 2021 – 2025, July 30, 2021

• G.fast ports deployed to end 2021: 7.3 million
• G.fast ports to be deployed 2022-2025: 8.9 million, totalling 16.2 million by the end of 2025

 

Resources

 

G.fast solution webpage

Lightspan SX/DX webpage  

Altiplano webpage

 

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Press Release

 

Nokia deploys AI-powered smart city trial to address vehicle-based noise pollution in the city of Genk, Belgium

• Trial uses AI-powered solution to capture and measure excessive noise levels on commercial street in Genk, allowing authorities to quantify concerns of residents and visitors
• Nokia Scene Analytics combines IoT data from connected cameras and microphones, to inform authorities of excessive vehicle noise levels
• Shows how cities can benefit from Nokia ecosystem partner approach and ability to integrate additional capabilities with the platform to solve their complex challenges
  
  

15 Dec 2021

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia has today announced it has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Scene Analytics technology for a proof of concept in the Belgian city of Genk to quantify the level of noise pollution along one of the city's high streets.

 

Authorities in the city want to address the health and safety concerns of residents and visitors enduring excessive noise from modified exhaust systems on cars, motorbikes and other vehicles travelling on the Stalenstraat. Nokia is working with technology partners to integrate a proof of concept solution that leverages data from microphones and installed cameras, used as IoT sensors along the road.

 

If an approaching vehicle exceeds the pre-determined threshold, the street deployed microphones and cameras begin recording. Nokia Scene Analytics adds intelligence to the event data transmitted from the sensors using a decibel-powered algorithm for audio analysis and automated number plate recognition (ANPR). This information is sent to authorities who receive quantified observations and orientations in order to make informed decisions on 'if' and 'how' they will address the issue.

 

Mayor of Genk, Wim Dries, said: "The city of Genk embraces technology that improves the lives of its residents and visitors. The data collected by Nokia's AI-powered platform will automatically analyze patterns of noise and traffic allowing us to understand with quantifiable results the concerns of residents and visitors. This will help us put plans in place to address the issues of loud vehicles in the city and make it a safer and more peaceful place for everyone within the city limits."

 

Suparno Banerjee, Nokia Vice President of Government and Cities, said: The Nokia Scene Analytics platform is paving the way in sustainable, cross-domain sensor data analytics. By integrating it alongside third-party solutions and additional IoT sensors, it offers smart cities and connected industries an open, flexible and scalable solution which they can use to address a variety of challenges."

 

Nokia has deployed mission-critical networks to over 1,500 enterprise customers in the transport, energy, large enterprise, manufacturing, webscale and public sector segments around the globe. Leading enterprises across industries are leveraging decades of Nokia experience in building some of the biggest and most advanced IP, optical, and wireless networks on the planet.

 

Resources

Nokia Scene Analytics

Nokia and City of Melbourne trial AI technology to keep city streets safe and clean | Nokia

 

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10 December 2021

News in brief

Nokia and Rally bring broadband connectivity to thousands of multi-dwelling unit residents in Canada

• First deployment in North America of Nokia's Lightspan MF-2 fiber access node enables faster time-to-market for connectivity in residential areas

 

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Features and blogs

Network evolution towards the 6G era

• The world has changed quickly in recent times, and the pace of change is only accelerating. To address these rapid changes, we have been looking at the trends and the direction of technological change in a company-wide exercise we call our Technology Vision 2030. Nishant Batra, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer

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Nokia Real Talk: A Sustainable Future

• "At Nokia, digitalization and climate change are inseparable. You can't have one without the other. In fact, there is no green without digital. Digital technologies play a significant role in combating climate change and mitigating its impacts across industries and society." Melissa Schoeb, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Video

 

4G vs 5G private networks

• Stephane Daeuble, Head of Solution Marketing, Nokia Enterprise explains the advantages and disadvantages of 4G/LTE vs 5G for enterprises deciding on the best time and technology to deploy private wireless for Industry 4.0.

Podcast

 

 

 

Recent releases

• Nokia and Teletalk bring first 5G network to Bangladesh
• Nokia readies O-RAN fronthaul with NTT DOCOMO for multi-vendor 5G operation
• Nokia, CityFibre and University of Glasgow show off a 5G holographic call with backhaul over 25G PON
• Nokia deploys 5G private wireless network for Volkswagen's pilot project in Germany

 

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Nokia and Teletalk bring first 5G network to Bangladesh

    

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Nokia and Teletalk bring first 5G network to Bangladesh

 

• Nokia to deploy latest AirScale product portfolio for all deployment scenarios 

 

9 December 2021

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd (Teletalk) to deploy a 5G network in the country for the first time. The deal supports the government's digital agenda to drive automation, digitalization, and Industry 4.0 in Bangladesh underpinned by 5G. The new network will drive faster speeds, lower latency, and reliability and support the intelligent transformation of industries including education and healthcare.

 

In the initial phase of deployment, Nokia will provide equipment from its latest ReefShark System on Chip-powered AirScale equipment portfolio including its 5G AirScale Digital Baseband Unit with a plugin capability to add capacity where it is needed. It will also supply its high-performance 64TRX AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antennas to cover all deployment scenarios including dense-urban environments and wide-area coverage.  

 

Teletalk is launching its 5G network to coincide with Bangladesh's Golden Jubilee of Independence celebrations. Teletalk is upgrading its network including support for rural areas as well as the introduction of 5G networks to the main city areas.

 

Nokia and Teletalk have been partners since 2004 with the joint deployment of 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. Nokia also supplies transport and core solutions and signed a network expansion and modernization deal.

 

Md. Shahab Uddin, Managing Director of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd, commented: "This initiative is important for the future of Bangladesh and in building a digital society underpinned by 5G networks. Our ongoing collaboration and partnership with Nokia are key to us delivering a state-of-the-art network and delivering superior communications services to our customers."

 

Mark Atkinson, Senior Vice President, Radio Access Networks PLM at Nokia, said: "We are delighted to continue our longstanding partnership with Teletalk and take it into the 5G era. Teletalk and the Bangladeshi government have broad ambitions to drive societal change through a foundation of 5G networks. The network expansion and modernization initiative will help Teletalk attract new subscribers in the rural region and reduce churn in the urban areas. Our global experience will enable Teletalk to offer enhanced customer experience to its subscriber."

 

Resources

Nokia AirScale

 

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Nokia readies O-RAN fronthaul with NTT DOCOMO for multi-vendor 5G operation

    

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Nokia readies O-RAN fronthaul with NTT DOCOMO for multi-vendor 5G operation

 

• Nokia provided its AirScale baseband which was integrated and tested with third-party solutions
• The trial demonstrates Nokia's continuing commitment to open networks

 

7 December 2021

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it is ready to supply its O-RAN fronthaul multi-vendor solution to NTT DOCOMO, INC.'s (DOCOMO) 5G network following successful testing. The move will enable the Japanese operator to further select independent combinations of hardware and software to optimize its network in the future. It follows the work of the O-RAN ALLIANCE in creating a common specification enabling interoperability between different vendors. It is the latest milestone demonstrating Nokia's commitment to O-RAN and open networks.  

 

During the trial at DOCOMO's Lab in Yokosuka, Nokia's 5G O-RAN AirScale baseband was successfully integrated and tested with third-party O-RUs (radio units). Nokia's O-RAN capabilities are built on top of its AirScale software and provide the same high level of performance, functionality, and security as Nokia's radio products. Nokia is helping to prepare for the network architecture of the future by building open interfaces on top of its existing solutions, offering CSPs a choice to pursue O-RAN. Nokia has already made significant investments in O-RAN by leading the early deployment of the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and the open fronthaul.

 

The O-RAN ALLIANCE was formed in 2018 to define common interfaces between systems to reduce complexity and accelerate the deployment of multi-vendor RANs. It specified an eCPRI-based 7-2x open interface between the Radio Unit (O-RU) and Distributed Unit (O-DU). This is the only standardized fronthaul interface that enables multi-vendor interoperability while optimizing the cost of fronthaul transmission and maximizing radio-frequency performance.  

 

Sadayuki Abeta, General Manager of Radio Access Network Development Department, NTT DOCOMO, commented: "NTT DOCOMO has been actively driving open RAN standardization and commercialization, being the world's first operator to deploy multi-vendor O-RAN solutions for the 5G network. Successful testing with Nokia is an important step in further accelerating open RAN commercialization and its global expansion."

 

Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, said: "This project with NTT DOCOMO is further evidence of our commitment to leading the open mobile future by investing in Open RAN solutions. Open RAN technology will enrich the mobile ecosystem with new solutions and business models and support an expanded multi-vendor ecosystem. We have ​the scale and capabilities to address the increased customer demand for this technology, underpinned by the world-class network performance and security that only Nokia can deliver."

 

Resources

Nokia AirScale

Nokia Single RAN

OPEN RAN Explained

 

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