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Nokia’s anyRAN Broadens Options for Commercial Cloud RAN Deployment

Nokia announced that its Cloud RAN that seamlessly integrates with all leading strides in making Cloud RAN a commercial
solution will be available commercially in cloud or server infrastructures. Nokia has reality by completing numerous pilots and
2024 following the successful completion already successfully performed end-to-end trials with the wider industry. We are now
of multiple trials worldwide with hardware 5G data calls (Layer 3 calls) in multi-vendor extending our reach to private wireless by
vendors, webscale companies, and setups. Nokia’s flexible anyRAN approach offering more choices on core with our
chipset manufacturers. Nokia's anyRAN supports any purpose-built, hybrid or Cloud industry partners. High-quality and reliable
approach enables a fast transition to hybrid RAN environment, helping customers get RAN solutions are essential for enterprises
environments of Cloud RAN and purpose- their Cloud RAN services up and running to support their mission and business-
built RAN, ensuring consistent performance much faster. Nokia’s anyRAN for enterprise critical applications and enable business
and interoperability with common software offers more choice and flexibility for growth. The strength of our industry
and In-Line acceleration architecture. enterprises through collaboration with partnerships means we can drive efficiency,
Nokia has also announced the launch of best-in-class system integrators and cloud innovation, openness, and scale by jointly
anyRAN for enterprise in partnership with core solution providers alongside providing delivering competitive advantage to
Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nokia’s AirScale radio access portfolio to operators and enterprises embracing Cloud
Microsoft that will see the companies offer suit their specific requirements. By pre- RAN.” At Mobile World Congress 2024,
private wireless solutions to enterprise packaging these solutions together, mobile Nokia will showcase its radio leadership
customers1. Nokia has completed global operators and enterprises will benefit with enhancements to its comprehensive
trials with its ecosystem of industry from a faster deployment due to extensive AirScale product portfolio. This will include
partners to enable its customers to build interoperability testing with core suppliers. new radios supporting additional bands
future-ready Cloud RAN networks that The collaboration will also enable Nokia to and bandwidth as well as new ultra-
remove complexity and ensure openness support core vendors’ networks and their performance plug-in cards for its market-
and flexibility. This means that mobile ecosystems as well as provide access to leading baseband products. Nokia will also
operators and enterprises can choose any new segments and markets. The move also showcase the latest developments with its
server and cloud environment, including aims to accelerate the adoption of 5G in the best-in-class partners in making anyRAN
the Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) layer, enterprise sector and support industries in the most flexible and open RAN offering in
higher-layer processing architectures and their digital transformation. Tommi Uitto, the market. Additional demonstrations will
associated server hardware providers President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, also be included on our partner’s stands.
without supplier lock-in. Underpinning said: “Last year, we launched anyRAN to Visit Hall 3 to experience Nokia’s industry-
this is Nokia’s high-performance, energy- give our customers more flexibility with leading technology solutions.
efficient In-Line acceleration architecture Cloud RAN and we have since made huge

Nokia Expands Compact DAC Private Wireless to Boost Productivity for

European Logistics Industry

Nokia announced the availability of Nokia
DAC PW Compact for small- medium size
businesses and the logistics industry in
Europe. Following the launch in the United
States last year, Nokia DAC PW Compact
will help the logistics industry overcome
connectivity and automation challenges
in micro fulfillment centers (MFCs) and
warehouses with new spectrum variants in
Italy, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Nokia
DAC PW Compact provides reliable, secure,
and high-performance wireless connectivity
for applications, devices, and machines
in MFCs, such as autonomous guided
vehicles (AGVs), workers’ handhelds, the logistics market, which is undergoing requires faster and more convenient delivery
machines, asset trackers and sensors. It a major transformation due to the rise of but is also applicable for other industrial
is designed to meet the specific needs of e-commerce and consumer demand which small sites. According to ABI Research,

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