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use preferable solutions based on their service providers launching a new business A unified approach of Nexign BSS helps
technological roadmap and budget. The line can plug-and-play specific modules CSPs serve customers across multiple
solution components are developed using needed to bring their first offerings to channels. The solution’s open architecture
trusted open-source software, further market, such as revenue management or is aligned with TM Forum's Open APIs
minimizing the risks of vendor lock-in partner monetization. The Nexign BSS core and key industry standards, facilitating
and significantly reducing Total Cost of provides the universal monetization engine seamless integration of BSS into existing
Ownership (TCO) for the operator. CSPs to let CSPs capitalize on scenarios for any IT landscapes and accelerating the
can tailor a modular and convergent connectivity and digital service, line of testing and rollout of new products. The
Nexign BSS to their unique transformation business, or network type and generation, platform has deployment options on-
imperatives for business growth and including 5G SA. Telecom operators get an premise and in the cloud and supports
diversification. For instance, they can opportunity to increase ARPU by providing horizontal and vertical scalability to meet
turn into digital ecosystem enablers, subscribers with bundles that encompass the CSP's requirements for performance
best-in-class connectivity providers or 5G various telecom services, digital services, and resiliency. Nexign BSS comes with
economy frontrunners. With Nexign BSS, and partner products. The inherent low- predefined continuous integration and
telecom operators can swap the legacy code/no-code functionality helps CSPs continuous deployment automation. It also
monolithic and fragmented systems for configure new products and business streamlines the management of products
a single convergent billing platform for processes without the need to modify and product orders with a catalog-driven
the end-to-end business automation. The software modules or involve a vendor. approach.

Nokia Hails Network Slicing Innovation

Nokia unveiled what it claimed to be the sensitive business information and make order and activate a slice for a gaming app
telecoms industry’s first Multi-Access Edge a video call, both using different slices of running at the edge cloud with enhanced
Slicing service which it will showcase with the network at the same time. A family network performance and low latency.
UAE operator e& at MWC this month, and using FWA can use one slice to access Olivier Loridan, Senior Analyst at Omdia,
how operators can generate new revenues services such as HDTV streaming, cloud said: “Nokia's Multi-Access Edge Slicing is
with it. The Finnish vendor said its new gaming, meanwhile another slice can be promising due to its seamless integration
service will enable operators to slice across used for work through a laptop. Both slices of MEC and Network Slicing. While the
4G/5G, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and can be altered to specific requirements connectivity needs of enterprises and
Fixed Access (FA), and it can support several such as latency (for online gaming) and consumers are evolving rapidly, this tailored
use cases and applications simultaneously. bit-rate, QoS and security. Operators using solution has the potential to address this
As an example, UAE operator e& can this service can offer “on-demand network new demand.”
enable a 4G/5G smartphone user to send slicing”, an example was a subscriber could

Nokia Expands Optical LAN Portfolio to Support Enterprises in Achieving
Sustainability Targets

Nokia announced the launch of a new
in-wall ONT for enterprise optical LAN
connectivity. The new product delivers
gigabit speeds to provide a reliable, fast,
and secure broadband connection inside
offices, hotels, hospitals, schools, and other
enterprise segments. The Nokia ONT is
part of Nokia’s comprehensive Optical LAN
portfolio designed to help enterprises meet
environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) objectives. With demand for gigabit
services, IoT, and file sharing applications
growing, enterprises need to establish a
local area network (LAN) that can meet

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