Nokia recently revealed a set of optical networking offerings they claimed would address the unprecedented scale and application diversity demands driven by the AI boom.
The vendor explained it developed the suite of technologies to respond to AI traffic and data centre interconnect requirements which continue to accelerate, exceeding the “practical limits of approaches based solely on incremental improvements over previous generations”.
It said the latest solutions represent a fundamental shift in how optical transport products are designed and developed, delivering “application-optimised connectivity” that maximises performance while reducing cost, space and simplifying network operations.
The suite includes a range including coherent optical products, a compact multi-line fibre-optimised in-life amplifier and a new class of full-band transponders.
In practice, Nokia states the upgrades will allow operators to deliver up to 40-times more services across the same footprint and lower total cost of ownership by 70 per cent.
David Heard, president of Network Infrastructure, said the industry is at a critical inflection point requiring a whole new dimension of scale, trust and innovation, and Nokia is using its global scale, vertical integration and working with its customers to meet new demands.
“The result is trusted solutions that drive the best economics, lowest power and AI-enabled efficiency to advance connectivity for the AI era”, he added.
Nokia will begin sampling the products in mid-2027 before a rollout later in the year.
Source: Mobile World Live
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