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Boost Mobile Becomes First Mobile Operator in World to Deploy Nokia

Cloud-Native 5G Voice Core on Public Cloud to Accelerate New 5G Services

Boost Mobile, the newest U.S. nationwide Mobile’s previous distributed IMS voice Engineering at Boost Mobile. “Boost Mobile
carrier, has deployed Nokia’s fully cloud- core by Nokia, provides automated continues to push boundaries with our
native 5G Voice Core to enable even faster deployment and configuration, reduced Open RAN 5G network and the successful
delivery of advanced services, enhanced infrastructure and carbon footprint, nationwide deployment of Nokia’s cloud-
network automation, and more efficient and lower operational costs through native next-generation voice core marks a
cloud utilization than its Open RAN streamlined life cycle management. “We pivotal moment in our network evolution,
cloud-native network could before. The anticipate Nokia’s 5G Voice Core to help as this new network element advances
deployment includes the consolidation of reduce our network infrastructure costs by our vision of end-to-end orchestration
several IMS voice 3GPP functionalities into a about 70 percent in addition to delivering and dynamic scaling on our path toward
single cloud-native network function (CNF), new 5G services faster, with significantly 6G.” CNCS improves energy efficiency by
called Nokia Cloud Native Communication streamlined network operations,” said about 10 percent to 20 percent, relative
Suite (CNCS). This migration, from Boost Dawood Shahdad, Vice President of Core to a standard IMS Voice Core, according
to Nokia data. “As the sole 5G Voice Core
provider for Boost Mobile in the US, Nokia
is extremely pleased to support Boost in
this modernization project and the close
partnering that enabled it. This is another
demonstration of Nokia’s technology
leadership in helping our customers solve
problems, address their customer needs,
and generate new revenue streams,” said
Marcelo Madruga, Head of Technology and
Platforms, Products & Engineering, Cloud
and Network Services at Nokia. Nokia had
the most 5G Standalone Core operator
customers, with 123 in total, at the end of
2024.

Nokia Unveils Two Mass-Market 25G PON Residential Fiber ONTs, Making

Large-Scale Multi-Gig and 10G+ Viable and Affordable

Nokia has announced the launch of two services and know they can reliably deliver emerging as a simple, cost-effective way
new 25G PON fiber modems designed to advertised speeds to all subscribers, all the to meet tomorrow’s connectivity demands.
deliver mass-market, high-speed residential time. This proven technology is used by 17 With growing competition, differentiation,
connectivity. The indoor fiber modems operators, including Google Fiber, Frontier, time-to-market, and scalability will remain
provide speeds up to 20 times faster than and Hong Kong Broadband. It provides critical for providers to stay ahead,” said
existing gigabit solutions. 25G PON works an easy, cost-effective way to address Jaimie Lenderman, principal analyst
on the same fiber network and equipment residential demand for faster broadband at Omdia. “We are investing in all next
that operators already use to deliver speeds. The two new residential 25G generation PON technologies including
GPON and 10G PON services. This allows PON fiber modems complement Nokia’s 10/25/50/100G PON, to give operators
operators to quickly and cost-effectively growing 25G PON portfolio, which includes the best option to meet their needs and
increase speeds on their network and get the Lightspan FX, DF and MF fiber access their business goals. 25G PON is a proven
the most out of their Fiber-to-the-Home platforms (OLTs), a 25G PON ONT designed technology that can be easily activated on
(FTTH) investment. Demand for multi- for enterprise applications, and the our existing 10G XGS-PON solutions. We
gigabit services is growing, moving beyond industry’s first 25G PON sealed fiber access have close to 2 million 25G-capable ports in
the enterprise into the home where end- node for cable operators. “To support next- the field already. These new 25G PON fiber
users seek high-speed connectivity for gen power users, operators must build modems provide a simple, efficient way to
cloud applications, gaming, remote work, future-ready broadband networks that boost capacity and stay ahead of growing
and Wi-Fi 7. With 25G PON, operators can scale beyond 10G. As technology advances, demands,” said Geert Heyninck, General
turn multi-Gig and 10G+ into mass-market higher-capacity solutions like 25G PON are Manager of Broadband Networks at Nokia.

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