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Nokia to Lead EC-Backed Sustainable 6G Project

Nokia was selected to spearhead a
European Commission (EC) supported
project to explore how 6G can play a
key role in building a sustainable future,
focusing on energy smart grids, e-health
and agriculture. The vendor will coordinate
the SUSTAIN-6G project after being chosen
by the Smart Networks and Services Joint
Undertaking; a public-private partnership
funded by the EC. Nokia explained the
initiative is designed to develop solutions to
sustainability challenges “using the toolkit
6G will offer”. The Finnish vendor is tasked
with leading a consortium of “innovators”
to look at the future role of 6G in developing
environmentally-, economically- and
societally-sustainable technologies. group will be tasked with generating new Peter Merz, VP of Nokia Standards, said
SUSTAIN 6G will devote considerable time ideas around how 6G infrastructure can the UN Paris Agreement committed the
to working out use cases for three targeted be useful for analyzing and transmitting world to combatting climate change and
areas: energy smart grids; e-heath and medical data, and also be the foundation “every industry must do its part”. Work on
telemedicine; and agriculture. On the first for new home-based assessment services. the project kicks-off in January 2025 and
area, the consortium will explore how 6G Last but not least, the consortium will is scheduled to complete in 2027. The EC
can be used to create microgrids that investigate how 6G can be allocated to also selected Nokia to lead work on the
manage energy demand, along with the enable smart agricultural applications Hexa-X projects, which are focused on
use of AI technologies for real-time control requiring high bandwidth, sensing, creating a pre-standardized 6G platform.
of the networks. In the field of e-health, the telemetry, data analytics and automation.

Nokia Achieves Milestone with First FIPS 140-3 Security Level 2 Certification

for Layer 1 Optical Transport

Nokia has announced a groundbreaking includes additional NIST-mandated President of Nokia Federal Solutions, said:
achievement in the field of network security requirements to enhance data security. “This achievement represents a major
with the receipt of the Federal Information Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch step forward in securing mission-critical
Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 (PSS), Photonic Services Interconnect – optical networks for the U.S. federal
Security Level 2 Validation certificate Modular (PSI-M), and PSS-24x platforms, government. Our FIPS 140-3 Security
for its 1830 PSS, PSI-M, and PSS-24x including software, equipment controllers, Level 2 certification demonstrates our
products. This certification marks the first management interfaces and encryptors, dedication to providing cutting-edge
FIPS 140-3 Security Level 2 validation for have achieved this significant certification, solutions that meet the highest standards
Layer 1 (L1) optical transport systems in underscoring the company’s commitment of data protection. We are proud to be
the industry, setting a new benchmark to advancing security standards in the the first in the industry to offer validated
for secure network operations. The FIPS industry. The certification of Nokia’s 1830 layer 1 optical transport ready for the
140-3 standard is a crucial framework Photonic Service Switch (PSS) and 1830 quantum age.” The FIPS 140-3 Security
established by the National Institute of Photonic Services Interconnect – Modular Level 2 certification signifies that Nokia’s
Standards and Technology (NIST) to (PSI-M includes all features needed for optical transport products meet rigorous
ensure the protection of sensitive and use with Nokia’s secure and trusted security requirements and are capable
valuable data within federal systems. As Quantum-Safe Optical network encryption, of safeguarding sensitive data across
an incremental advancement of FIPS 140- featuring centralized pre-shared key various sectors, including U.S. Federal
2, FIPS 140-3 aligns with ISO 19790:2012 distribution through Nokia’s 1830 Security data, against potential threats.
and ISO 24759:2017 specifications and Management Server (SMS). Mike Loomis,

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