Airtel and Nokia Expand Core Network Partnership to Speed-Up New 5G Service Delivery
Nokia and Airtel are expanding their
partnership with the deployment of Nokia's Packet Core appliance-based and
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solutions for providing a better network experience
for Airtel's growing 4G/5G customer base. The solution will help seamlessly
integrate 5G and 4G technologies into a single set of servers.
Nokia's FWA will provide additional capacities for home broadband and
enterprise-critical application services. Airtel will use Nokia's automation
framework to realize zero-touch service launch and efficient lifecycle
management for core network functions to enhance its ability to deliver new
services faster, while reducing network operational costs.
Using Nokia's converged Packet Core solution for 5G standalone (SA) readiness,
Airtel will continue its evolution toward advanced 5G and simplify its network
architecture to meet the ever-growing need of data, while reducing network
operational costs. This will help Airtel optimize its hardware footprint and
reduce its cost per bit by using appliance-based Packet Core gateways, while
maintaining the rest of the network elements in a cloud-native architecture.
The rollout covers network automation in a multi-year deal that spans the
majority of Airtel's service regions across the country. The collaboration
entails advancing autonomous networks by using GenAI for service orchestration
and assurance.
"Nokia's innovative Packet Core deployment architecture enables critical
changes to our network quality and reliability for meeting the fast-rising
growth in customer data requirements," said Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Airtel.
"This rollout further demonstrates our longstanding success in jointly
collaborating to strengthen the overall Airtel customer experience."
"Nokia and Airtel have a long-standing partnership and we are pleased to
bolster its 5G SA readiness," said Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and
Network Services, Nokia. "Airtel's use of Nokia's Packet Core to build
greater network agility and reliability demonstrates how we are both helping
customers solve problems and furthering Nokia's leadership position in the Core
space in India and around the world."
Nokia's solution provides a pre-integrated and modular server-based
configuration for increased flexibility to support a wider range of business
and operational deployment models. This allows Airtel to better target new
customers and create new revenue streams.
Nokia's Packet Core solution for Fixed Wireless Access enables additional
capacity for home broadband and enterprise-critical application services for
the delivery of extreme bandwidth and capacity to customers.
Nokia has an expansive core footprint in Airtel's network and already provides
several other core technologies including VoLTE (Voice over LTE), HSS (Home
Subscriber Server), HLR (Home Location Register), UDM (Unified Data Management)
and VoNR (Voice over New Radio), along with MANO (automated Management and
Orchestration).
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