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explosives. According to “The metaverse at together to unlock a new world of content transformative potential of the Metaverse."
work” study, an overwhelming 96 percent and possibilities for our customers." Dr. HC Hwang, General Manager of Wireless
of respondents recognize the industrial Andrew Cope, Head of Oceania at Nokia, Communication System and Partnerships
metaverse’s potential to mix physical and said: "Collaborating with TPG Telecom at MediaTek, said: "The 360-degree video
virtual use cases. They believe that the and MediaTek on this exciting project broadcasting demonstrates the diverse
metaverse will bring additional innovative showcases a key building block of the capabilities of MediaTek's industry-leading
capabilities, allowing them to accelerate Metaverse: 360-degree video streaming. M80 5G modem. Our collaboration with
the deployment, adoption and monetization Powered by Nokia's two component carrier Nokia has shown the clear benefits of
of Industry 4.0 for their businesses. David 5G Uplink Carrier Aggregation technology, another real-world application utilizing
Yeo, General Manager of Wireless Access this breakthrough technology is vital for the essential 5G technologies like Uplink
Networks at TPG Telecom, said: "This is a immersive future needed to take industrial Carrier Aggregation. We are enabling our
great demonstration of the immersive and digitalization to the next level. We are vision is to grow the 5G ecosystem through
innovative capability that TPG Telecom's proud to feature Leslie Shannon, Nokia's continuously enhancing 5G capacity and
cutting-edge 5G network can deliver to Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting performance with features that add value
consumers and businesses alike. We and author of 'Interconnected Realities,' as to consumers of smartphones and mobile
look forward to future collaborations the subject of this broadcast, highlighting broadband 5G devices.”
with Nokia and MediaTek as we work the importance of 5G 2CC in realizing the

Nokia Rolls Out Its Interleaved Passive Active Antennas Across Oceania

Nokia announced that its state-of-the-art, 2.3 GHz 8T8R array easing the deployment lead in deploying IPAA+ in the region. Our
modular Interleaved Passive Active Antenna of both 2300 and 3500 TDD bands within latest solutions are designed in accordance
(IPAA+) will be deployed by multiple the same antenna footprint. Rob Joyce, with feedback from our customers. These
service providers, including Optus and TPG Chief Technology Officer at Nokia Oceania, products address a major pain point of our
Telecom in Australia and One NZ across said: “We are thrilled that several service customers by allowing a single integrated
New Zealand, accelerating 5G deployment providers have placed their trust in Nokia’s 5G antenna to cover all sub-6GHz 5G
in the Oceania region. Optus has already state-of-the-art products and have taken the frequency bands.”
started rolling out an 8T8R variant of
Nokia’s IPAA, while TPG Telecom and One
NZ plan to commence deployments later
this year. Service providers typically face
the challenge of finding additional space on
towers and rooftops to add 5G antennas.
Nokia’s IPAA+ accelerates the deployment
of 5G by addressing this practical issue.
Its modular design supports a wide range
of frequencies, from 700 MHz to 2.6 GHz
and the 3.5 GHz 5G band with a compact
antenna solution. Nokia has developed
these latest versions in collaboration with
CommScope. Nokia has also created an
Optus-specific variant that incorporates a

Nokia Claims New Extended Range mmWave Speed Record

Finnish vendor Nokia says it has achieved (n258 band) mmWave radio and a Nokia that mmWave solutions will be an essential
a new download speed record of more than FastMile 5G PoC CPE, and involved eight building block for operators to efficiently
2Gbps over a distance of almost eleven ki- component carriers (8CC) in the downlink, deliver widespread, multi-gigabit 5G broad-
lometers using mmWave and 5G fixed wire- aggregating 800MHz of mmWave spec- band coverage to their customers in urban,
less access (FWA) technology. In a press trum. According to Nokia, this enabled suburban, and rural areas, complementing
release regarding the matter Nokia noted a top downlink speed of 2.1Gbps, and an sub-6GHz spectrum assets. This is a sub-
that the speeds were achieved using its 5G uplink speed of 57.2Mbps. Commenting, stantial achievement that reflects how we
extended range mmWave solution at the Ari Kynaslahti, Head of Strategy and Tech- are constantly innovating and evolving our
OuluZone test facility in Oulu, Finland. Spe- nology at Nokia Mobile Networks, said: ‘We 5G services and solutions.’
cifically, the vendor said its test had utilised just set a new speed record for extended
its AirScale baseband and AirScale 24GHz range 5G mmWave. This demonstrates

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