22 hours Ago By Joseph Waring
Nokia revealed another operator win in India and the completion of a trial in Singapore of its cloud-based RAN platform, claiming a first in Southeast Asia.Bharti Airtel deployed Nokia’s converged package core and fixed wireless access offering to integrate 5G and 4G services into a single set of servers. The core network architecture will enable the operator to optimise its hardware footprint and reduce the cost per bit by using appliance-based packet core gateways, Nokia noted in a statement.
Airtel CTO Randeep Sekhon noted the deployment enables “critical changes to our network quality and reliability” to meet the rising growth in customer data requirements.The rollout covers network automation in a multi-year deal across the majority of the operator’s service regions in India.In Singapore, StarHub teamed with Nokia to trial the vendor’s 5G cloud-based RAN platform, which will enable the operator to deliver new services to enterprises and host a range of AI technologies.
Separately, the vendor declared cloud RAN sets the foundation for AI-RAN infrastructure, supporting AI workload management and allowing operators to scale network resources more efficiently.StarHub CTO Ayush Sharma said the partnership will improve network performance, efficiency and resilience, while future-proofing it for emerging technologies.Earlier in the week, Vodafone Idea selected Nokia to expand its optical transport network in India, while in New Zealand 2degrees reached a six-year deal to use the vendor’s cloud-native communication suite.
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