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Nokia’s Single RAN and Cloud RAN Solutions Pass GSMA’s NESAS Security

Audit

Nokia’s Single RAN Base Station portfolio
as well as its 5G Cloud RAN solution have
passed the GSMA’s bi-annual Network
Equipment Security Assurance Scheme
(NESAS) audit, the company confirmed.
Nokia’s portfolio is fully compliant with
all security requirements defined by the
GSMA and standards organization, 3GPP.
The NESAS audit ensured Nokia’s products
and compliance processes underwent
a complete audit by a GSMA-approved where it co-exists in the network with Classic transparency and comparability of products
independent auditor. Nokia complies with RAN with purpose-built baseband. Nokia’s from different suppliers. Ari Kynäslahti,
NESAS’ – Development and Lifecycle Cloud RAN solution comes with feature- Head of Strategy and Technology at Nokia
Security Requirement version 2.1. Nokia’s richness and full feature parity with Classic Mobile Networks, said: “We are pleased
‘Design for Security’ process, which RAN including seamless continuity and to see our Single RAN and Cloud RAN
enables product security features and the same carrier-grade high performance. portfolio confirmed as NESAS-compliant in
controls to identify, mitigate and manage NESAS audits and tests network equipment this audit. We place a premium on ensuring
security vulnerabilities, was utilized to across the telecommunications industry to our products are intrinsically secure and
enforce NESAS requirements. This process ensure it conforms to a security benchmark, our rigorous ‘Design for Security’ process
is a mandatory and integral part of Nokia’s reflecting the security requirements of ensures we identify and mitigate any
product development, security testing, regulators, governments, and mobile potential security threats before they
and software life cycle management. The operators. It provides a universal and happen. As 5G networks roll out around the
NESAS audit also covered Nokia’s Cloud global security framework that provides world, it has never been more important
RAN solutions, which are also created confidence to mobile operators purchasing to provide our customers and the wider
with Nokia’s ‘Design for Security’ process. equipment from suppliers. The scheme industry with the assurance that our
Operators are increasingly interested in also means that operators do not have to technology is secure, and this accreditation
exploring the capabilities of Cloud RAN in duplicate work such as security testing on gives us another layer of credibility
the 5G world and trialing a hybrid approach multi-vendor products, it also increases the supporting that aim.”

Nokia and MEXT Collaborate on 5G Private Wireless in Turkey

Espoo, Finland – Nokia and MEXT, the Nokia will become a partner of MEXT and innovation capacity of manufacturing
Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal collaborate within this ecosystem, enabling companies, encourages them to define
Industries Technology Center, announced 5G technology experience in the industrial their digital transformation roadmaps and
that they are partnering to advance digital context, although 5G is not currently start the execution as well as foster their
transformation of the Turkish industrial commercially available in Turkey. Ozgur engagement with world class technology
sector and enable the local ecosystem Erzincan, Country Manager Turkey at Nokia providers on their transformation journey.
to jointly work on 5G private wireless said: “It is our great pleasure to collaborate With the deployment of private wireless
innovation. Nokia will deploy its 5G private with MEXT in the context of digitalization Nokia Digital Automation Cloud in our
wireless Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) of the industrial manufacturing sector technology center, the whole Turkish
solution at the MEXT Technology Center, in Turkey, a key industry for the Turkish industry will experience a cutting-edge
connecting more than 10 manufacturing economy. Although 5G is not yet a 5G solution, which comes with Nokia’s
use cases on display and adding more. commercial reality in Turkey, there is a expertise of hundreds of private wireless
MEXT is operating one of the world’s lot of interest from Turkish enterprises deployments around the globe.” Nokia has
largest and most comprehensive digital to explore the possibilities of 5G private deployed mission-critical networks to more
transformation and capability building wireless solutions. For us at Nokia, it is of than 2,200 leading enterprise customers
centers. Located in Istanbul, Atasehir, it utmost importance to support a local 5G in the transport, energy, large enterprise,
supports Turkish industrial companies vertical ecosystem and be the trailblazer manufacturing, webscale, and public sector
along their digital transformation journey in the Turkish Industry to leverage 5G segments around the globe. The company
towards Industry 4.0. The Technology for increased competitiveness.” Efe has extended its expertise to more than 485
Center includes an ecosystem of more Erdem, Executive Director of MEXT large private wireless customers worldwide
than 50 globally recognized technology Technology Center, said: “MEXT builds across an array of sectors.
providers, universities, and institutions. on and enhances the technology and

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