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Nokia Tests Mission-Critical Voice and Data on 4.9G/LTE Private Wireless

Network for NCRTC's Phase 1

Nokia announced that it has successfully the train stations. As part of the agreement, have worked closely with major railway
completed testing of voice and data call, Nokia will provide Nokia Evolved Packet operators to bring the benefits of private
over the world’s first 4.9G/LTE private Core (EPC), Compact Mobile Unit (CMU), LTE connectivity and pave the way for the
wireless network to support European Train NetAct, Network Services Platform (NSP), adoption and deployment of Future Railway
Control System (ETCS) Level 2 Signalling, installation and commissioning services Mobile Communication System (FRMCS).
for phase 1 of NCRTC’s Regional Rapid and integration services. Nokia will also As India’s trusted telecom vendor, we
Transit System. The project, covering 82 km deliver Operation Control Center (OCC) and are thrilled to partner with NCRTC for the
rail route with 25 stations between Delhi and Back-up Control Center (BCC) to ensure deployment of a high-speed LTE network
Meerut, will be implemented in four stages seamless operations. Nokia is partnering between Meerut and New Delhi and are
and will be completed by 2025. 4.9G/LTE’s with Alstom for implementing this private looking forward to building a world’s first
ability to support advanced broadband network. Thameem Kamaldeen, Signaling for NCRTC*.“ Nokia has deployed mission-
applications makes it the technology of Director, at Alstom India, said: “We are critical networks to more than 2,200 leading
choice to support mission-critical voice pleased to work with Nokia on this exciting enterprise customers in the transport,
signaling. This is a world first application project for NCRTC to provide high-speed energy, large enterprise, manufacturing,
of an LTE network that is being used along connectivity between New Delhi and webscale, and public sector segments
with ETCS Level 2 signaling to provide high- Meerut. The initiative will significantly around the globe. It has also extended its
speed, high-reliability commuter service. In transform the region by opening new expertise to more than 485 large private
addition, ETCS Level 2 based system allows opportunities for citizens while providing wireless customers worldwide across an
trains to report their precise location in real- a sustainable and safer travel option for array of sectors and has been cited by
time which will further help to send alerts to them.” Kamal Ballout, Head of Enterprise numerous industry analysts as the leading
the commuters by sharing the trains' exact Solutions CHIMEA (China, India, Middle provider of private wireless networking
location and decrease the waiting time at East and Africa) at Nokia, said: “We worldwide.

Nokia Takes Lead on German 6G Project

€38.4 million. BMBF indicated Nokia’s
rival Ericsson and Vodafone Germany are
among the partners. 6G-ANNA also forms
part of a wider national platform initiative.
Nokia and partners stated they aim to
design an “end-to-end 6G architecture”,
with plans to conduct proof of concept
testing in areas including sub-networks,
XR and “real-time digital twinning”. Head of
Nokia standards Peter Merz acknowledged
the first 6G networks “are not expected
to be commercially available before
2030”, but noted 5G Advanced is “already
laying the technical foundation” for future
developments. Within the project, Nokia will
collaborate with four academic 6G Hubs
in Germany with more than 60 university
chairs. “Beyond Germany, 6G-ANNA aims
to interact with other major 6G flagship
Finnish vendor Nokia teamed with 29 of Networks, Automation and Simplification projects in Europe and the US to shape
other industry, research and academic (6G-ANNA) project is 70 per cent funded by global” standards, the vendor stated.
partners on a Germany-funded 6G research the German Federal Ministry of Education Nokia recently announced a collaboration
project, with plans to advance development and Research (BMBF). Nokia is the overall with South Korea-based LG Uplus on 5G
through a focus on architecture and leader of the initiative, which is set to run Advanced and 6G research projects.
standardization. The 6G-Access, Network over three years with a total budget of

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