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Senior Nokia Executive Brands Open RAN Unstoppable

Nokia Europe SVP Jan van Tetering backed has made various moves to solidify its Huawei equipment is being removed,
the industry to overcome additional position in the new ecosystem, with van Tetering emphasized his view Nokia
network complexities associated with membership of various open RAN industry saw development of the architecture as a
open RAN and make its adoption a reality, groups and participation in operator trials, positive. “I would sound arrogant if I said
though conceded it was too early to tell if which have been vital in assessing the there would be no change” to Nokia’s
the approach would become mainstream. qualities and potential issues with open business. “Open RAN is an evolution in
In an interview with Mobile World Live, RAN. “There is extra complexity in open technology and as a technology company
van Tetering said use of the architecture RAN architecture compared to the current we have to embrace it. The future will tell
was unstoppable, though the jury was classical architecture,” van Tetering if we have embraced it in the right way
still out on when or how much it would noted. “We spent a lot of time getting that to address customer needs.” “As a tech
be deployed by operators despite wide complexity understood and managed. This company we are not afraid of evolution or
support. However, in the Nokia executive’s is why we see a lot of trials going on, trying technology disruptions, in fact we are also
bullish assessment of the prospects for to understand what the added value will disrupting as we are moving forward.” “I
open RAN, he pointed to backing from be and trying to get the ecosystems up believe that our customers, in the end, will
various governments, operators and the and running.” While authorities in some buy into the most performant and secure
vendor itself, noting it would “definitely markets have been pushing open RAN as vendor, which they trust and I think Nokia
become a tool they [operators] can use a way to diversify the number of vendors ticks a lot of these boxes going forward.”
in the radio across their footprint”. Nokia used by operators, especially where

Nokia Announces 5G Network Slicing Addition to Its Nokia Bell Labs 5G
Certification Program

covering everything from the basics of 5G slicing deployments. The Nokia Bell Labs
networks to professional level planning 5G Network Slicing course, as well as the
and design. The launch of the 5G Net- complete program, is available for Individ-
work Slicing curriculum includes the role ual learners, industry players and service
of network slicing in 5G deployments, its providers who need to develop the capa-
business benefits to both operators and bilities to make strong business and tech-
enterprises, and how slicing works across nology planning decisions that are enabled
the core, radio and transport domains. In by 5G. The program is also appropriate for
addition, the course examines how end- anyone interested in going beyond foun-
to-end orchestration and automation work dational 5G knowledge and skills to make
seamlessly across these domains to pro- the most of 5G’s capabilities today and in
vide slicing services. Network Slicing tech- the future. Peter Vetter, President Bell Labs
nology promises the delivery of a new gen- Core Research, said: “5G network slicing
eration of high-speed services, and Nokia opens up countless opportunities for our
Bell Labs brings clarity to network as a customers by enabling them to configure
service. The new course offers a deeper their networks to support requirements
understanding of how Network Slicing ac- for their specific use cases and services.
centuates 5G System efficiencies enabling The 5G Network Slicing course showcases
Nokia announced the introduction of a stringent and highly customized perfor- how operators and enterprises alike can
new professional level 5G certification. mance SLAs to be addressed affordably, benefit from 5G capabilities in an inno-
Network Slicing is the final addition to bringing new value to operators, enterpris- vative and cost-efficient manner.” Sergio
Nokia’s popular program to train and cer- es, and end-users alike. A hallmark of the Fasce, VP of People Services, said: “We are
tify industry professionals on 5G technol- Nokia Bell Labs 5G Certification Program is happy to launch this 5G Network Slicing
ogy, from network access to application its creative use of case studies to empha- Certification as the final component of our
management. The Nokia Bell Labs 5G size and demonstrate key learning points. Nokia Bell Labs 5G Certification Program.
Certification Program is a first-of-its-kind 5G Network Slicing follows this formula Our complete offering provides a holistic
program that offers two levels of certifica- using real-life examples of Network Slicing view of 5G and reality-based use cases for
tion for professionals across the informa- knowledge and application. As an emerg- a wide range of industries. From basic to
tion and communications technology (ICT) ing technology with many advantages, expert, our full certification program has
industry, Associate and Professional. The this course illustrates how orchestration something for everyone with an interest in
program, which has so far received 40,000 provides end-to-end services and how this game-changing technology.”
registrations, delivers essential knowledge automation helps to rapidly scale network

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