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Nokia Demonstrates Commitment to Open Ecosystem with Successful 5G

SA Cloud RAN Pilot with A1 Group in Bulgaria

AirScale baseband across all network
environments. Nokia is a long-standing
partner of A1 Group, a leading provider
of digital services and communications
solutions in Central and Eastern Europe,
and its 5G supplier across multiple markets
that also include Austria, Serbia, and
Slovenia. Nokia provides equipment from
its AirScale portfolio including 5G RAN and
other Nokia AirScale radio access products
that deliver incredible speeds, connectivity,
and capacity. Nokia also provides its 5G
Standalone core network to A1 Serbia and
A1 Slovenia. Todor Tashev, Senior Director
at A1BG, said: “A1BG and Nokia successfully
executed the trial, integrating Nokia’s Cloud
Nokia announced that it has successfully using Nokia’s suite of cloud deployment RAN solution with A1BG’s transport and
trialed its Cloud RAN solution on A1 automation tools. Cloud RAN brings agility, Packet Core networks. We have proved the
Group’s (A1) commercial 5G network in flexibility, and openness for operators maturity of the solution, including edge data
Bulgaria. The trial, which took place in and enterprises in collaboration with the center and cloud orchestration solutions,
Sofia, saw the companies successfully wider industry ecosystem. It can deliver provided by Nokia.” Alexander Kuchar,
perform an end-to-end 5G data call (Layer 3 innovative technologies and services that Director Technology & Business Evolution,
call) utilizing Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution as help establish new business and revenue A1 Group, said: “This trial is an important
well as its AirFrame servers. A1 is testing models. Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution offers milestone as we continue to deliver on
the capabilities of Cloud RAN technology feature performance consistency with our strategy of bringing best-in-class 5G
to assess the value of transforming to the purpose-built RAN including seamless services to our subscribers. Cloud RAN
cloud. A commercial 3GPP standard 5G SA continuity and the same carrier-grade high and open interfaces are drivers for building
device was used during the trial. This trial performance. Nokia recently announced and delivering future generations of cloud-
demonstrated the progress that has been the launch of anyRAN to help mobile based networks and edge services. It
made toward the commercial viability of operators and enterprises extend their introduces flexibility in the architecture of
larger-scale Cloud RAN deployments. In the options for building and evolving their our infrastructure and related operating
trial, the Nokia Cloud RAN vDU (virtualized radio access networks. Nokia’s approach model and helps us to deliver innovation
distributed unit) served radio cells at a supports the seamless integration, co- and the benefits of digitalization to our
distance of more than 15km. Furthermore, existence, and evolution of Cloud RAN with customers.”
operational efficiency was increased purpose-built networks powered by Nokia

ESB Networks and Sigma Wireless Deploy National 4G/LTE Private Mobile

Network with Nokia in Ireland

Nokia and Sigma Wireless Communication
have announced that ESB Networks,
Ireland's foremost energy company, has
awarded a contract to Sigma Wireless
and its partner Nokia for the development
of a leading-edge, mission-critical private
mobile network. Nokia will work with
Sigma Wireless Communications and ESB
to supply and install the new LTE-based
private wireless system over a three-year
period. This purpose-built, mission-critical
telecommunications network is a key
enabler for ESB Networks in delivering

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