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technologies will be used to enhance peoples lives, the economy
and the environment. “Nokia has a proud 30 year history of
bringing the world’s best mobile technology to New Zealand
with Vodafone, most recently helping Vodafone deliver a world
class 5G network. This collaboration will pave the way forward
to 5G-Advanced and ultimately 6G,” says Tommi Uitto, President
of Mobile Networks at Nokia. “New Zealand has a thriving and
dynamic telecommunications environment, which provides a
perfect backdrop to pioneer innovation - innovation that will enable
incredible advances in connectivity, services and the associated
digital transformation.” “At Vodafone we’re helping customers
unlock the magic of technology, and to do that, they need fast,
reliable connectivity. We have invested extensively in our 4G and 5G
networks with Nokia and the innovation collaboration announced
today is an awesome next step”, said Tony Baird, Vodafone New
Zealand’s Wholesale & Infrastructure Director. “A relentless focus
on innovation - and bringing leading technology and expertise to
Aotearoa - is how we help Kiwi businesses, industry and people
realize the huge potential of advanced mobile networks in the
short term, while putting us firmly on the path towards a 6G future
in the longer term.”

Nokia and AIS Trial 25G PON Solution

Thai telecoms operator AIS and Finnish vendor Nokia have
completed trials of a 25G PON solution, using the telco’s
existing optical line terminals (OLTs). The OLT was connected
simultaneously to three end user devices with a combined speed
of 37.5Gbps using a 25G PON optical network terminal (ONT) at
25Gbps, an XGS-PON ONT at 10Gbps and a GPON ONT at 2.5Gbps.
According to a statement from the vendor, all services can be
served with the same, single fiber at the same time. Nokia adds
that the solution enables AIS to offer customers speeds of up to
25Gbps on the existing platform without the need to install new
fiber, and also allows the telco to offer enterprises a high speed
and low latency replacement for point-to-point (P2P) connections,
which it claims are costly and less scalable. In addition, the
technology can be used for 5G backhaul.

Nokia Enhances GBI’s Optical Network Capacity Between Middle East and

Europe Through Capacity Upgrade

Nokia announced it is providing optical upgrades to Gulf Bridge cable and terrestrial links spanning thousands of km and will
International, a global cloud, connectivity and content enabler in allow the introduction of 400 Gbps services in the future. The
the Middle East. This solution will increase GBI’s international solution maximizes the capacity of two existing subsea cable
network capacity ahead of the World Cup to enable high-speed links by greatly improving the optical spectrum efficiency through
connectivity between Doha, Qatar and Milan, Italy. Nokia’s PSE-V advanced techniques such as continuous baud rate adjustment.
coherent technology will allow GBI to provide important capacity It also eliminates regeneration of the optical signal over two long-
upgrades to its existing subsea cables and terrestrial links haul terrestrial links. Removing the need to convert between optical
spanning two seas and three countries to meet customer demand and electrical signals to boost the optical signal at intermediate
for additional bandwidth between the Middle East and Europe. regeneration points increases network efficiency and reduces
GBI will upgrade its Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) latency and cost. Gavin Rea, Chief Technical Officer at GBI, said:
optical transport platforms with new network interface cards “We selected Nokia because its proven PSE technology will enable
powered by the Photonic Service Engine V (PSE-V) digital signal us to grow the capacity of our subsea cables and terrestrial
processors. This will enable upgrade to wavelength connections networks efficiently and cost-effectively. We will be able to meet
from 50 Gbps to 200 Gbps over GBI’s existing end-to-end subsea our customers’ increasing demand for the best connectivity
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