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Orange and Nokia Strengthen Collaboration with API Agreement to Accelerate

5G Application Development in Europe

Orange and Nokia announced that they are the tools to leverage Orange’s network and Orange contribute to both initiatives.
expanding their partnership to advance features, develop new use cases, and Orange has already implemented Linux
network programmability and monetization. create new value for developer and Orange Foundation CAMARA’s guidelines and
Using Nokia’s Network as Code platform customers. As part of the first step in their first commercial grade APIs are available
with developer portal, developers will network API collaboration, Orange and in France and Spain. Nokia has signed
be able to test and take advantage of Nokia will co-host a "Network as Code collaboration agreements with 12 network
Orange's 5G network capabilities to create Hackathon” on May 23-24 at France's operators and ecosystem partners around
applications for customers in France premier tech start-up conference, Viva the world to use its Network as Code
and other parts of Europe. Orange, one Tech. This hackathon will provide a forum platform with developer portal. Laurent
of Europe’s leading telecommunications for developers to build new, innovative Leboucher, Group CTO at Orange, said:
providers with more than 280 million use cases and applications using Nokia’s “We are very pleased to open another
mobile subscribers, is already providing Network as Code platform with developer area of collaboration with Nokia that
commercial production grade network API portal. Going forward, as part of the enables compelling business use cases to
capabilities to developers using the Orange expanded partnership, Orange and Nokia consume our network assets in ways that
Developer Portal. Orange aims to accelerate will further engage with the developer were not really feasible years ago. The level
and further tap into the global ecosystem community by enabling pre-commercial use of collaboration among operators, system
of developers and unlock 5G network case support while leveraging network API integrators, developers, and partners, is a
capabilities such as dynamic bandwidth expertise and network capabilities provided step change and this is positioning us to
allocation, real-time location insights, by both partners. This pilot program will better tap the cloud-native capabilities built
predictive maintenance, and event-driven become available progressively in select into Orange’s 5G network.” Raghav Sahgal,
triggers for security and safety responses. European countries at first by leveraging President of Cloud and Network Services
To make that happen, Nokia’s Network as Orange 5G Labs network. Nokia’s Network at Nokia, said: “This is an important step
Code platform with developer portal will as Code platform with developer portal in our relationship with Orange and further
provide application developers with access brings together telco networks, systems validation of the steps we are taking in
to Software Development Kits (SDK); integrators, and software developers from the API journey to help customers achieve
Network API documentation, a ‘sandbox’ around the world into a unified ecosystem network programmability and monetization.
to create software code for use case to accelerate the development of software We look forward to our continued close
simulation and testing; and code ‘snippets’ applications that can harness the untapped cooperation with developers to create
that can be included in new applications capabilities of 5G and 4G networks. and drive new opportunities that support
in addition to Orange Developer Portal. The platform uses technical standards Orange in delivering even more value from
As a result of this expanded partnership, produced through industry initiatives such its network assets.”
an extension of Orange and Nokia’s long- as the GSMA Open Gateway initiative and
standing relationship, developers will have the Linux Foundation CAMARA. Nokia

Nokia and Baktelecom Deploy Commercial XGS-PON Services in Azerbaijan

Nokia has announced that Baktelecom, to improve the population's well-being Baktelecom in Azerbaijan. With our fixed
Azerbaijan’s state-owned operator, is with high-speed connectivity for all. Tural networks solution, Baktelecom can quickly
deploying its XGS-PON solution to help Pirverdiyev, acting CEO of Baktelecom, address its customers' evolving broadband
bring new gigabit services to residential said: “We have always been committed to demands to deliver new services and
and business customers across Azerbaijan. bringing the best technology to Azerbaijan applications that require a reliable, ultra-
Deployment started in March 2024, covering to meet surging data demands. With fast connection. Their network will also
the capital city of Baku in the project's initial Nokia’s XGS-PON, not only do we become be future-proof, giving Baktelecom the
stage. Nokia’s XGS-PON solution allows a leading provider of these next-generation flexibility to upgrade to 25G PON in the
Baktelecom to bring 10Gb/s broadband services in Azerbaijan, but we are also future using its existing fiber network.”
connections to home and businesses. able to offer ultra-fast fiber connectivity to Powered by the Quillion chipset, Nokia’s
Baktelecom will also deploy Nokia’s mesh wholesale broadband providers and, in turn, 25G PON solution works alongside GPON
Wi-Fi Beacons to ensure customers receive to residential and business customers.” and XGS-PON on the same fiber, allowing
the best WiFi coverage and performance Bjorn Capens, Vice-President, Network Baktelecom to use its existing fiber network
throughout the home. With Nokia’s XGS- Infrastructure Europe, Fixed Networks to offer true 10Gbs services and beyond to
PON technology, Baktelecom deploys at Nokia, said: “As the market leader in its customers.
XGS-PON services in Azerbaijan, helping XGS-PON, we are proud to partner with

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