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Remote Surgery and Medical Clinics, and This capability shall empower PTCL to Khalid expressed his enthusiasm for this
High-Performance Gaming, etc. A notable offer significantly enhanced broadband milestone, stating, “PTCL has achieved
feature of 50G-PON technology is its speeds to its customers through on- yet another remarkable milestone with the
seamless coexistence with GPON and demand service upgrade requests. Group successful trial of 50G-PON Symmetric
XG(S)-PON over the same physical and Chief Technology and Information Officer technology in Pakistan.
passive optical network infrastructure. (GCTIO) at PTCL & Ufone 4G, Jafar
New Zealand’s 2degrees Chooses Nokia 5G Core Software Solutions Running
on Red Hat OpenShift
New Zealand communication service provider 2degrees has
chosen Nokia’s 5G core Registers and Shared Data Layer (SDL)
software, which will be deployed on Red Hat OpenShift, the
industry's leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by
Kubernetes, to more cost-effectively manage data with increased
reliability and serviceability for 2degrees’ approximately 1.6 million
subscribers. An existing customer that uses Nokia 5G-based fixed
wireless access services, 2degrees offers broadband and mobile
services over 3G, 4G and 5G networks covering 98.5% of places
New Zealanders live and work, with a nationwide fiber network and
modern technology platforms. Red Hat is Nokia’s primary reference
platform for developing, testing and delivering Nokia’s core network
applications. By integrating Red Hat OpenShift into the Nokia Cloud
Platform, CSPs and enterprises are able to deploy multiple vendors’
applications on the same cloud infrastructure, leading to
improvements in operations, faster time-to-market, security and
scaling with reduced risk. As CSPs explore network modernization
opportunities with 5G, including core network, open RAN, multi-
access edge computing, private 5G and application modernization,
they require greater flexibility and options to deploy applications
and services on the cloud of their choice This means integration and SDL, rolled out on Red Hat’s OpenShift. That combination
and interoperability are increasingly critical for optimizing network provides us the flexibility and reliability that we require to meet the
operations. By capitalizing on the collaboration between Red Hat evolving needs of our customers.” Honoré LaBourdette, Acting
and Nokia, 2degrees is able to benefit from the latest technology Senior Vice President, Global Telco, and Vice President, Telco,
innovation and capabilities provided by an open source platform Media and Entertainment Partner Ecosystem at Red Hat, said: “Red
with Nokia’s core network applications for more choice and Hat is thrilled to see how our efforts with Nokia are empowering
flexibility than ever before. Nokia is also providing 2degrees with customers with enhanced flexibility in their 5G core deployments.
its MantaRay Network Management solution for a consolidated We’ve reached a pivotal point where the network landscape is
and automated network view for improved network monitoring and becoming increasingly distributed, emphasizing the importance of
management. Nokia leads the world in 5G standalone core, with a forging unified architectures. With this shift, the cloud platform is a
total of 107 CSP customers. Nokia 5G Core was recently rated as critical element helping seamlessly bridge geographical disparities
an industry leader by data and analytics company GlobalData. and hardware variations, propelling us towards a future of
Nokia Registers is composed of multiple software functions, such unparalleled connectivity and innovation.” Henrique Vale, APAC
as Authentication Server Function, Unified Data Management, and Leader, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: “We are very
Home Subscriber Server; while SDL, where data is stored, is pleased to support 2degrees as it strengthens its network
composed of multiple software functions, like Unified Data operations and looks for greater network openness in the 5G era.
Repository and Unstructured Data Storage Function. Stephen This reflects what Nokia and Red Hat continue to see as customers
Kurzeja, Chief Technology Information Officer at 2degrees, said: move toward more open, less siloed decisions in their infrastructure,
“As we continue our journey of network modernization, we are strategy and portfolio, and toward open cloud architectures.”
pleased to be taking another meaningful step with Nokia Registers
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