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Nokia and Türk Telekom Successfully Test 25G
PON Technology in Turkey

Nokia and Türk Telekom have completed the first successful 25G PON trial in Turkey
making it the fastest fiber network in the country. The laboratory trial took place in
Türk Telekom Ankara Innovation Center and achieved downstream speeds of 20Gbps
over a single wavelength. Türk Telekom is exploring how to deliver superfast services
to support smart city, office and home services. Yusuf Kıraç CTO of Türk Telekom, said
“Our goal is to provide better service quality to our consumer and corporate customers
with faster and higher capacity technologies. The 25G PON solution we tested with
Nokia achieves approximately 10 times higher bandwidth than is possible with existing
GPON networks. Our trials demonstrated 20 Gbps for downstream and 9.1 Gbps for
upstream which will enable us to support better quality for upcoming services such
as 16K TV, 3D 360 degree videos and augmented & virtual reality experiences.” Özgür
Erzincan, General Manager of Nokia Turkey, said: “Global investments in fiber underline
the importance of competitive advantage brought by high-speed networks. Nokia is
the leader in 10Gb/s symmetrical PON and is the only manufacturer to offer a seamless
transition to 25G speeds. We are happy to support Türk Telekom in deploying all three-
generations of PON technology powered by Nokia's Quillion chipset simultaneously,
enabling Turkey's first 25G PON network, and providing high-speed broadband to
customers in Turkey's largest fiber (FTTH) network.”

Nokia Selected to Drive KDDI’s 5G Transition with Standalone Core

Finnish vendor Nokia today (2 December) its transition to a fully automated, cloud- touch automation capabilities are designed
announced that Japanese operator native 5G Core architecture. In a press to ‘help operators drive greater scale
KDDI (au) has selected its 5G Core and release the equipment manufacturer noted and reliability’ and deliver ‘lower latency,
Converged Charging software to support that its cloud-native 5G Core’s near zero- increased bandwidth and higher capacity’.
Further, the company said it will deploy
‘5G monetization and data management
software solutions including cloud-native
Converged Charging, Signaling, Policy
Controller, Mediation and Registers to
capture new 5G revenue opportunities,
enhance business velocity and agility’,
streamlining KDDI’s network operations.
This includes 5G network slicing and
network as a service offering, IoT and new
business models for B2B2X services. Other
products in the deal include Nokia’s Digital
Operations software, Cloud Operations
Manager, NetAct network management
system and Archive Cloud.

Elisa Estonia Selects Nokia for 5G RAN Deployment Under Five-Year Deal

Elisa Eesti, a wholly owned subsidiary of with rollout expected to commence next and efficient ‘plug-in’ deployment and
Finnish telecoms group Elisa Corporation, year following the completion of Estonia’s reduced power consumption. It covers
has inked a five-year 5G deal with Nokia spectrum auction in early 2022. Under the all deployment scenarios including
for the supply of the latter’s 5G AirScale deal, the Finnish company will provide dense-urban environments and wide-
portfolio. The contract will see both the equipment from its ReefShark System area coverage.’ The deal builds on a
deployment of a nationwide 5G RAN as on Chip-powered AirScale equipment long-standing collaboration with Elisa
well as the replacement of the cellco’s portfolio covering Elisa’s nationwide Corporation, which saw Nokia selected as
existing 4G infrastructure. In a press radio network across the country. The a nationwide supplier of 5G RAN in 2020
release, Nokia said it will be the sole release notes: ‘Nokia’s AirScale RAN supporting its efforts to digitize Finland
provider, replacing the incumbent vendor, portfolio is designed for seamless, simple, and make it a ‘leading global 5G market’.
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