Nokia selected by Rock Connect to accelerate broadband services in Jamaica

    

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Nokia selected by Rock Connect to accelerate broadband services in Jamaica

 

• Nokia deployment set to support 95 percent of Jamaica's population within four years
• New network will provide broadband services to regions where fiber connectivity is currently not available, supporting reduction of the digital divide

 

28 January 2022

 

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that it has been selected by Rock Connect to deploy a 4G-LTE Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Jamaica. The project aims to cover 95 percent of the population by 2025. Nokia was selected as the sole vendor in the deal, and will provide its complete solutions portfolio, delivering a customized, digital and 5G-ready network.

 

The new network will allow Rock Connect to offer a highly competitive alternative to existing fixed networks in terms of speed and capacity, and with faster setup times. The network will also contribute to the reduction of the digital divide, providing broadband services in regions where fiber connectivity is currently not available.

 

Under the deal, Nokia will provide its latest AirScale product portfolio based on the latest ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) chipset. Nokia's AirScale RAN portfolio is designed for seamless, simple, and efficient 'plug-in' deployment and reduced power consumption. Nokia will also provide carrier aggregation with its Wavence portfolio, supporting future 5G backhaul use cases across different frequency bands.

 

Nokia will deploy its Cloud Packet Core to deliver the flexibility, scale, capacity and performance needed to support the increasing number of users, devices and throughput, enabling Rock Connect to launch new competitive solutions and services to meet business and consumer needs.

 

Nokia Digital Operations software will also be deployed, helping Rock Connect to reduce operational costs through automating the design and deploy process to accelerate time to market and implementation of new services.

 

In addition, Nokia will enable configuration, charging, policy, rating, service orchestration and management of services in partnership with Qvantel. Covering commercial product catalog, digital and assisted sales channels, order management, customer care 360 tools, as well as billing and reporting. The jointly deployed solution will empower Rock Connect to evolve with customer demands and monetize any service that can be measured, quickly unlocking new revenue streams for the operator, such as prepaid and postpaid wireless broadband service.

 

Bruce Bowen, Chairman at Rock Connect, said: "Rock Connect continues to lay the foundation of a reliable and advanced network, with the ability to rapidly deploy new services. We are focused on excelling at customer service. With an agile response to customer demands, we can provide broadband solutions and new opportunities to empower Jamaicans."

 

Osvaldo Di Campli, Head of Latin America at Nokia, said: "We are excited to start this journey as a strategic partner of Rock Connect in Jamaica as the only supplier for this greenfield project. We hope to build the foundations for a long-term partnership with our best-in-class portfolio, enabling Rock Connect to enter new markets with broadband options for consumers and business in cities and connecting distant regions for the first time."

 

Niilo Neuvo, CTO at Qvantel, said: "Together with Nokia we will provide a platform that will give Rock Connect a competitive advantage in the Jamaican mobile market. Our pre-integrated joint solution provides a powerful digital business platform that really brings a new approach to monetization and BSS. It puts telcos in control of their business and enables new levels of business agility."

 

 

Resources

• Webpage: Nokia FWA
• Webpage: Fixed Wireless Broadband Revival
• Webpage: Nokia Air Scale RAN
• Webpage: Nokia Cloud Packet Core
• Webpage: Nokia Registers
• Webpage: Nokia Policy Controller
• Webpage: Nokia Cloud Platform
• Webpage: Nokia Digital Operations Center
• Webpage: Nokia Converged Charging
  
  

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks.

 

We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

For our latest updates, please visit us online www.nokia.com and follow us on Twitter @nokia

 

 

About Rock Connect

Rock Connect is a Jamaican company augmenting local investments and partnering with top global technology players to improve lives, provide jobs and grow the economy in Jamaica. Rock Connect, is building Jamaica's most advanced wireless data network so that Jamaicans can benefit from High Quality, Reliable and Affordable internet access, supported by world-class Customer Service.

 

 

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Nokia Weekly News Digest

    

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A weekly publication featuring recent news and features published to the Nokia Newsroom.

28 January 2022

News in brief

Nokia and GlobalConnect demonstrate 600G transmission using PSE-V super coherent optics

• Live trial achieves the highest transmission rate across GlobalConnect Group's GO-COLOR terrestrial network, supporting high-capacity data center interconnect services across the Nordics
  
  

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Nokia, SK Telecom collaborate on new virtualized RAN network in Korea

• Demonstrates world's first implemention of 5G 64TRX wireless-based vRAN, with successful network flexibility and performance testing by dividing vDU and vCU through baseband virtualization
• Agile response to high performance, large capacity computing requirements, and rapid launch of new services
• vRAN field test planned in 2022
  
  

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Features and blogs

Explaining SaaS for communication service providers and enterprise

• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is in relatively early days for communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises. Recently, hardware has become more disaggregated or separated from the software that underpins it; and software is reaching a state in which it can be hosted, literally, anywhere. Meanwhile, CSPs and enterprises increasingly recognize that fundamental change is needed in order to truly tap 5G-Advanced services. This article explores how this change means moving away from costly legacy software practices and towards a SaaS approach.

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Recent releases

• Nokia, China Mobile and MediaTek achieve new 5G Standalone speed record using Carrier Aggregation technology in Shanghai
• Nokia Core Networks business chooses AMD EPYC™ processors to help lower energy use, costs for CSPs
• Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor to simplify IoT Standard Essential Patent licensing
• Nokia to publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial report on 3 February 2022
• Nokia and OIV Digital Signals and Networks to deliver first 5G SA industrial private wireless campus network in Croatia for AD Plastik
• Nokia to showcase 5G private wireless at the 2022 TISSOT UCI Track World Championships
• Nokia and Alstom to deploy private wireless to support safe, sustainable travel along high-speed commuter rail network in India
  
  

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia, China Mobile and MediaTek achieve new 5G Standalone speed record using Carrier Aggregation technology in Shanghai

    

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Nokia, China Mobile and MediaTek achieve new 5G Standalone speed record using Carrier Aggregation technology in Shanghai

 

• Achieved a new 5G Standalone speed record of almost 3Gbps in downlink throughput using Nokia's commercial 5G Airscale portfolio, China Mobile's network, and MediaTek's mobile platform in Shanghai
• The solution combines three component carriers across 5G FDD spectrum (30MHz of 700MHz/n28) and 5G TDD spectrum (100+60MHz of 2.6GHz/n41) to improve network speed and coverage area
• Nokia is the first 5G RAN vendor to provide downlink Carrier Aggregation with three Component Carriers in China Mobile's network

 

28 January 2022

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia, China Mobile (CMCC) and MediaTek today announced that they have successfully verified the world's first 3 Components (3CC) Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology in Shanghai, China. The test reached a new record of approximately 3Gbps in peak user downlink throughput. The move will enable communication service providers to deliver higher throughputs and better coverage to more customers such as superior mobile broadband services and HD video.

 

The trial, which utilized Nokia's AirScale 5G baseband and MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 5G flagship mobile platform on CMCC's network, is the first time the n28 (700MHz band; 30MHz) and n41 (2.6GHz band; 100+60MHz) frequency bands have been successfully combined to reach 190Mhz bandwidth (n28 + n41) with carrier aggregation technology. The trial saw the user experience increase under a 700MHz/2.6GHz converged network to reach a peak downlink speed rate of 2.94Gbps. CA uses Primary Cell Switch functionality which works by combining frequency bands to offer superior network capacity by maximizing the spectral efficiency of 5G networks resulting in higher data rates, increased coverage area, and superior indoor performance. The test activities will continue using CMCC's network in Shanghai.

 

CA combines frequency bands for higher data rates and increased coverage, delivering superior network capacity by maximizing the spectral efficiency of 5G networks. The combination of 5G FDD and TDD bands, supplemented by carrier aggregation, can give full play to the advantages of spectrum synergy, greatly reducing the cost of network construction while improving network coverage and user experience.

 

Nokia has been a strategic partner of CMCC, the world's largest mobile operator, for over 20 years. CMCC is building out its network with the convergence of the 700MHz and 2.6GHz band. With CA technology, the spectrum advantages of these bands can be used to greatly improve the network performance and deliver a superior customer experience.

 

JS Pan, General Manager, Wireless Communication Technology at MediaTek, said: "Through this tripartite collaboration we have successfully demonstrated the technical advantages of DL 3CC CA using FDD+TDD. Smartphones powered by the new Dimensity 9000 flagship 5G mobile platform, and forthcoming Dimensity 5G mobile platforms, will be able to take advantage of this cutting-edge 5G connectivity feature, and MediaTek will continue to work closely with industry partners to set new milestones for 5G development."

 

Ding Haiyu, Vice President of the Research Institute of China Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.), commented: "China Mobile has been fully promoting the evolution and development of 5G technology. CMRI emphasizes that new technology verification provides a technical basis for the improvement of network performance and services, and forms a technical cornerstone for future network planning. China Mobile is also committed to building a 5G multi-frequency collaborative network; This 3CC CA verification can provide users with better throughput and user experience, and provide good technical foundations for new services. China Mobile is willing to work with all vendors to contribute to the 5G evolution."

 

Mark Atkinson, SVP, Radio Access Networks PLM at Nokia, commented: "Nokia has put a strong focus on leading in 5G Carrier Aggregation. This new speed record, using commercially available hardware and software, highlights how Nokia's pioneering approach continues to drive important innovation in the market. 5G Carrier Aggregation is a critical technology for mobile operators around the world to maximize the impact of their spectrum holdings and deliver enhanced coverage and capacity to subscribers. Nokia will keep pushing the boundaries of 5G to deliver industry-leading performance."

 

Resources:

Nokia AirScale

Nokia 5G RAN

Nokia 5G Core

Nokia achieves first 5G carrier aggregation call in standalone architecture with Taiwan Mobile

Spectrum Explained

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

 

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

 

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia Core Networks business chooses AMD EPYC™ processors to help lower energy use, costs for CSPs

    

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Nokia Core Networks business chooses AMD EPYC™ processors to help lower energy use, costs for CSPs

 

• Collaboration focuses on using 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processor based servers to deliver Nokia Core software products to customers more energy efficiently
• Nokia is targeting up to a 40% reduction in server power consumption to run Core workloads using AMD EPYC™ processors

 

27 January 2022 

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that its Core Networks business is using 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors to power the servers that deliver Nokia Core cloud-native software products, expanding the server-chip choices available to Nokia communication service provider (CSPs) customers in order to drive new levels of performance and energy efficiency improvements of 5G networks.

 

The announcement represents an extension of Nokia's broader efforts to accelerate digitalization to help the ICT industry reduce its environmental footprint and to support other industries becoming more resource efficient.

 

Nokia is targeting up to a 40% reduction in server power consumption to run Core workloads using AMD EPYC™ processors.

Nokia CSP customers can purchase the AMD EPYC powered servers* through Nokia or direct from other suppliers when they become commercially available during the first half of 2022. Existing servers using other chips that deliver Nokia Core software will continue to be available.

 

Nokia has committed to decreasing its emissions by 50% by 2030 across its value chain, including its own operations, products in use, logistics, and final assembly supplier factories.

 

Dan McNamara, SVP & GM, EPYC, Server, AMD said: "We are excited to collaborate with Nokia to provide their customers with the performance, efficiency and overall sustainability benefits of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors. With our unique capability to offer high core counts in an energy efficient package, we are enabling outstanding performance for telco and 5G workloads, while supporting Nokia and the ICT industry's quest to improve energy efficiency and the overall performance of its operations."

Fran Heeran, SVP & Head of Core Networks, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: "Through the latest generation of AMD EPYC processors and Nokia's cloud-native Core software, we are helping CSPs shrink the carbon footprint of their networks. This is critical as advanced 5G service roll-out accelerates, with the associated implications for new demands on energy consumption and our continued innovation push to minimize the impact of those demands."

 

 

*AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, EPYC, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

 

 

Additional Resources

Webpage: Nokia Zero Emission

Webpage: Nokia Sustainability

Webpage: Nokia AVA Energy Efficiency

Webpage: Nokia's sustainability report highlights 1.5-degree climate commitment

Webpage: Nokia Core Networks

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor to simplify IoT Standard Essential Patent licensing

    

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Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor to simplify IoT Standard Essential Patent licensing

 

• Nordic to give customers the opportunity to acquire licenses to Nokia's cellular IoT technology when they purchase IoT hardware
• Innovative new arrangement will facilitate amicable and efficient licensing
• Licenses will be available to Nordic's customers at the end device level
  
  

27 January 2022

 

Espoo, Finland and Oslo, Norway – Nokia and Nordic Semiconductor announced today a pioneering new approach to licensing the use of cellular IoT Standard Essential Patents. Companies purchasing IoT hardware from Nordic will now be given the opportunity to acquire licenses to Nokia's industry leading portfolio of cellular patents.

 

This new agreement, which is the first of its kind, will simplify and speed up the Standard Essential Patent (SEP) licensing process and provide greater transparency and predictability to companies delivering IoT products and services. Licenses will be available at the end device level and companies will continue to have the option to license direct with Nokia.

 

Nokia has defined, and contributed to open standards, many of the fundamental inventions used in virtually all cellular devices and LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies. In practice, this means any device that is connected to any cellular network automatically uses Nokia's intellectual property.

 

Kjetil Holstad, EVP Product Management at Nordic Semiconductor said: "Nordic Semiconductor is all about making IoT easy for its customers. Through this collaboration with Nokia, we have now added transparency and predictability early in the design process, giving the increased clarity and certainty Nordic cellular IoT customers have been seeking over the past three to four years."

 

Jenni Lukander, President of Nokia Technologies, said: "Nokia has a history of working closely with industry to find effective licensing solutions and this innovative new approach is another example. It's a win-win for Nordic's customers and Nokia, simplifying the SEP licensing process in the IoT space and making it easier for licensing agreements to be concluded amicably and efficiently. The move will support the future growth of cellular IoT and ensure that consumers benefit from an even greater range of connected products and services."

 

Geir Langeland, EVP Sales at Nordic Semiconductor added: "This is our first step in making the licensing of cellular IoT technology more predictable and transparent. If there are ways to make the process even simpler in the future, we will pursue them."

 

 

Additional resources

• Webpage: Licensing https://www.nokia.com/licensing/
  
  

About Nordic Semiconductor ASA

 

Nordic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra low power wireless technology for the IoT. Nordic's reputation is built on leading-edge technology and development tools that shield designers from RF complexity, making Nordic a key player in the realization of a wireless future.

 

https://www.nordicsemi.com/

 

About Nokia

 

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

 

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

 

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Email : David.Stone@nordicsemi.no

 

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