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Nokia Selected to Upgrade Stealth Communications’ Core Network for

Increased Capacity and DDoS Security

Nokia announced it has been selected
by Stealth Communications to upgrade
the New York City-based internet service
provider’s metro core network throughout
this high-density metropolitan area. Nokia’s
IP routing solutions will be deployed to
build a core router mesh network for
increased capacity and scale, enabling
Stealth Communications to offer high-
speed 100GE and 400GE services to its
multi-tenant building business customers
both now and into the future. Stealth
Communications provides connectivity
services to a broad roster of customers
in such enterprise segments as finance,
real estate, education, and government
through its 80-mile fiber-optic system that operating system (NOS) that makes data New York City’s businesses with the fastest
connects hundreds of commercial office center infrastructure scalable, flexible and and most reliable internet service available,
buildings. To increase capacity and scale easier to operate. Stealth Communications all over our own fiber infrastructure. We are
within its network and ensure reliability, has also selected the Nokia Deepfield eager to grow our network capacity and
Stealth is investing in its metro core by Defender for protection against Distributed add flexibility to meet the future needs of
implementing 400GE connectivity. Nokia Denial of Service (DDoS). Deepfield our current and prospective customers.
will deploy its 7750 Service Router (SR) Defender provides a holistic perspective Nokia is the right partner to help us do
platforms, featuring its ground-breaking on DDoS attacks across the entire network that by providing solutions that offer scale,
FP routing silicon. The 7750 SR platforms as they happen, enabling the highest reliability and DDoS security where it is most
include the Nokia 7750 SR-14s core routers levels of protection and mitigation for needed.” Vach Kompella, Vice President,
with FP5 line cards for future-ready 800GE Stealth Communications and its business IP Networks Division, Nokia, said: “As a
capability. Initial roll out will include the customers. Using big data analytics leading provider of internet services in New
FP4 line cards. Nokia will also work with along with Deepfield Secure Genome,™ York City, Stealth Communications has
Stealth Communications to extend the its proprietary security intelligence feed, been looking to offer higher scale interface
provider’s IP core network to bring 100GE Deepfield Defender accurately detects DDoS options such as 100GE and 400GE to its
connectivity to its multi-tenant buildings, attacks in real time. It leverages advanced growing customer base. We are pleased to
using the Nokia 7750 SR-1se and SR-2se. techniques, including AI/ML to compile the partner with them to ensure their network
Additionally, Stealth Communications most efficient mitigation and dynamically has the required scale and capacity to
chose the 7220 Interconnect Router instructs Nokia FP silicon to surgically meet customer demand for new internet
(IXR-D2L), powered by SR Linux, for cost- block all DDoS attack traffic right at the services, while ensuring reliability and
effective edge aggregation and automation network edge. Shrihari Pandit, President DDoS security within the network.”
to simplify deployment and management. and CEO, Stealth Communications, said:
SR Linux is a ground-breaking open network “For nearly a decade, Stealth has provided

Nokia and Vodafone New Zealand Team Up to Accelerate Network Innovation

with 5G-Advanced and 6G

Nokia announced it has signed an innovation Zealand, will focus on accelerating the commercial opportunities and future use
focused Memorandum of Understanding opportunities of Vodafone’s extensive cases in areas from network slicing and
with Vodafone NZ to collaborate on the 4G/5G network. The companies will private networks to industrial automation,
development of new applications and also look to explore the capabilities of artificial intelligence, machine learning,
services enabled by the capabilities 5G-Advanced and 6G networks in the Edge compute and 6G enabled future. The
of Nokia’s advanced mobile network future. Through joint resource investment collaboration will keep New Zealand at the
technology. The collaborative agreement, in technology validation, demos and field forefront of global advances in network
which comes as the two organizations trials, it will seek to further ignite innovation technology and enable it to play a key role
celebrate 30 years of partnership in New in advanced networks, developing in shaping how the next generation of

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