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Nokia CEO Makes World’s First Immersive Voice
and Audio Call
The new 3GPP Immersive Voice and Audio
Services codec is part of the upcoming
5G Advanced standard. The call was
made with a regular smartphone over a
public 5G network between Nokia CEO
Pekka Lundmark and Stefan Lindström,
Finland’s Ambassador of Digitalization
and New Technologies. The Immersive
Voice and Audio Services (IVAS) codec
enables a spatial “surround” sound, which
is expected to have used in enhancing
extended reality experiences. Any devices,
such as smartphones, tablets, or PCs,
can use this technology. Pekka Lundmark,
President and CEO of Nokia, said: “We have
demonstrated the future of voice calls. This
groundbreaking audio technology takes spatial and massively improved listening offering significant benefits for enterprise
you to the caller’s environment creating a experience for voice and video calls, and industrial applications.”
Nokia Selected by Globe Telecom to Modernize BNG Network to Improve
Broadband Experience in the Philippines
Nokia announced that Globe Telecom will management, bandwidth management this crucial initiative.” Kent Wong, Vice
deploy its BNG solution in key areas in the and per-subscriber policy control. Globe President and Head of IP Business at Nokia
Philippines, including North Luzon, South Telecom will also use Nokia’s 7750 SR Asia Pacific, said: “We have a longstanding
Luzon, National Capital Region, Visayas and Extended Services Appliance (ESA) to partnership with Globe Telecom and are
Mindanao, to modernize its infrastructure support Carrier-Grade Network Address now delighted to work on this initiative to
and provide a superior broadband Translation (CGNAT) and Application modernize the BNG network for an overall
experience to its customers. Once deployed, Assurance functions. Joel Agustin, Senior improved broadband experience. Our
Nokia’s solution will support Globe Vice President - Network Planning and industry-leading BNG solution equipped
Telecom’s residential wireline postpaid Engineering, Network Technical Group at with multi-access gateway capabilities
and prepaid broadband services. The new Globe Telecom, said: “We are committed is based on 7750 SR and powered by
solution will help Globe Telecom optimize to continuously improving our network our breakthrough FP network processor
the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), it will infrastructure to provide the best possible technology and proven Service Router
also introduce a capability to support Fixed broadband experience to our subscribers. Operating System (SR OS) will help build
Wireless Access (FWA) services, enabling Nokia’s new BNG solution introduces a scalable, flexible and energy-efficient
Globe to offer the solution towards Fixed capability to evolve into a flexible multi- broadband network and pave the way for
Mobile Convergence. Nokia’s solution access gateway that can combine wireline future evolution towards Fixed Mobile
includes 7750 Service Router (SR), which and wireless access technologies, enabling Convergence.”
will be used as a BNG platform to support us to further increase efficiencies. We are
broadband services with subscriber looking forward to working with Nokia on
Nokia Set to Supply 5G Equipment to MEO
Nokia is expected to sign an agreement two sources familiar with the matter. MEO Network (RAN) equipment. Since 2020,
with the Portuguese operator. According to is one of the three major national mobile Huawei has been banned in the U.S. and
reporting by Reuters, Nokia is set to secure network operators (MNOs) in Portugal, several European countries over security
the deal, with an announcement expected boasting over 6 million subscribers. Up concerns. A deal with Nokia would mark
as early as next month. The news agency until now, Huawei had been MEO’s sole the company’s return to Portugal’s RAN
cites an internal Nokia blog post as well as supplier of 2G, 3G and 4G Radio Access market.
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