Nokia signs deal with Airtel to deploy its next-generation optical transport network

By siliconindia  |  Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 04:47:24 PM IST

Nokia signs deal with Airtel to deploy its next-generation optical transport network
Nokia has recently announced its partnership with Bharti Airtel to install a new-age optical transport network (OTN) with increased capacity, enhanced reliability and reduced costs, allowing for better services for Airtel customers. As per the agreement, Airtel will be using Nokia’s '1830 PSS-x OTN' switches in its National Long-Distance Network, connecting the major cities throughout India.
"As a world leader in OTN, our technology will help Airtel to increase the capacity and features of Bharti's optical transport network to meet growing bandwidth demand driven by the enterprise and hyperscaler segments. It will also provide the service level performance to meet the strict SLAs from Airtel customers," Chandan Kumar, Head of Optical Network Business Centre for Nokia India, said in a statement.
Nokia has stated that Airtel's increased capacity has the potential to deliver faster and more reliable broadband services, preparing them for new use cases. According to Nokia, its OTN solution allows Bharti Airtel to effortlessly upgrade its legacy transport switching infrastructure across its pan-Indian network footprint. This helps the company to meet new transport network traffic demands while simultaneously enhancing the performance and reliability of its network.
Nokia noted that the launch of 5G networks and the push for broadband connectivity across India is increasing demands for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), including augmentation of backhaul transport for denser 5G mobile networks, wholesale connectivity for new segments like smart grids, data centre interconnect (DCI) and other business services.
To meet the exponential growth in traffic, networks must upgrade to increase transport capacity and bandwidth efficiency. This can be done through high-capacity OTN switching and utilizing additional spectrum, including L-band wavelengths of the fiber.
Source: IANS

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