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Nokia to supply 5G equipment to NTT DOCOMO in support of launch of commercial 5G service
achievements and early technology adoption. Together we have worked hard in recent months to commence preparations for NTT DOCOMO’s eventual launch of its operational 5G service by 2020, which we have now set in motion by this very exciting announcement today.”
Nokia 5G
Nokia is a world leader in the development of 5G, the next-generation wireless technology that will enable a whole range of new services, from enhanced mobile broadband to advanced automation in industry. Via its 5G-ready hardware and so ware products, Nokia is at the forefront of making 5G a commercial reality.
*Nokia is fully focused on applying the 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio standard, and is involved in more than 50 customer trials of the technology around the world, ahead of expected commercial launches between 2019 and 2020. Nokia is also active within the broad industry ecosystem, working closely with chipset and device manufacturers alike, as well as working with all initial 5G frequency bands, including 3.5GHz, mmwave bands, 28GHz, and 39GHz.
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l Further enhancement for NTT DOCOMO’s existing base station baseband units and integration of Nokia’s 3GPP-compliant
5G New Radio-based hardware into NTT DOCOMO’s network to enable smooth evolution for NTT DOCOMO from 4G/LTE to 5G
l Agreement builds on long-term collaboration between Nokia and NTT DOCOMO, in order for the operator to aim to have 5G mobile service operational by 2020
Espoo, Finland/Tokyo, Japan - Nokia has signed an agreement with NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s largest mobile operator, to supply 5G baseband products for aiming to deploy in a 5G mobile network planned to be in commercial service by 2020. Nokia will support NTT DOCOMO’s commercial 5G operation in
Japan by further enhancing existing baseband units and integrating its 5G New Radio (5G
Keeping It Fresh at EC18
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new series of addresses and our ve keynotes, you’ll nd strategic vendor discussions about the role of team collaboration in the future of enterprise communications (Monday, 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.); the so ware-communications revolution (Wednesday, 1:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.); and the challenge of resiliency, disaster recovery and emergency communications in the wake
of rising threats ( ursday, 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.).
Finally, as always, we’ll be bringing some of the brightest end users from large enterprises
to the main stage as well. is year we’ll be featuring conversations with enterprise IT executives on how emerging tech will change what you do and how you do it (Monday, 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.), and what’s the way forward for communications and collaboration (Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.).
We’re keeping it fresh, as the saying goes! You can keep it fresh, too; attend Enterprise Connect 2018, taking place the week March 12 to 15 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla., for the latest thinking on enterprise communications and insight into your career. Register now using the code NOJITTER to save an additional $200 o the Advanced Rate -- extended to this Friday, Jan. 19 -- or get a free Expo Plus pass. n
NR)-based* AirScale hardware in the network, which will provide NTT DOCOMO’s mobile customers with a unique experience fueled
by 5G’s extreme high speed, superior capacity and ultra-low latency. With NTT DOCOMO looking to get its 5G commercial service by 2020, Nokia’s solution will provide a natural evolution to existing 4G/LTE deployments and also successful integration into the existing operational environment.
Nokia has enjoyed a long-term working relationship with Japan’s largest operator that has produced supply agreements for 3G and 4G/ LTE networking technology. e two companies have also worked closely together in trials of
5G technologies, and now agree on supply of Nokia’s 5G BBUs to be able to do centralized management for 5G RRHs (remote radio heads) for aiming to deploy in 5G network. is is aligned with NTT DOCOMO’s 5G direction, which is fully utilizing existing C-RAN
architecture for 5G. Based on the agreement, Nokia will support NTT DOCOMO in the evolution of its network from 4G/LTE to 5G, providing technology based on the new 3GPP- compliant 5G NR standard, the rst stage of which was published shortly before the end of 2017.
Hiroshi Nakamura, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology O cer, NTT DOCOMO said: “We have been collaborating with partners such as Nokia on various 5G technology and use case trials since 2014. With this agreement with Nokia, we are now proceeding to the next step to launch 5G mobile services by 2020,
and accelerate co-creation of new services and businesses with vertical industry partners.”
Marc Rouanne, president of Mobile Networks at Nokia, said: “ e agreement with NTT DOCOMO is a major milestone in bringing 5G to commercial reality, especially in a country with a long and proud history of technological
Radisys Launches NFV-Accelerated Media Processing, Dramatically Improving ROI for Cloud Communications Services
MediaEngine platform delivers higher scalability and enhanced NFV management to drive signi cantly lower TCO for voice and video services
HILLSBORO, OR - Radisys®
Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), the global
leader of open telecom solutions, has announced enhancements to its virtualized MediaEngineTM platform that deliver 30 percent capacity increases on Intel® architecture based servers and support
a broader range of public and private cloud environments. In addition, MediaEngine supports HW-Assist, an architecture that can utilize additional available processing resources in o - the-shelf servers as well as Open Compute Project architecture platforms. By coupling standards- based NFV compliance with the ability to leverage all available hardware resources including
Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), the resulting solution delivers advanced cloud media processing for HD voice, video calling and uni ed communications services; transcoding capabilities that enable
carriers to connect users of mobile, desktop, and landline devices; and a data center footprint that is 6 to 10 times smaller than that of o -the-shelf servers’ CPU-based media processing alone, saving millions of dollars per year in capital and operating expenses.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:
l Service providers globally are embracing
the cloud to deliver communications services. However, a mix of disparate cloud environments has led to the need for separate media platforms for each cloud environment and individual applications. e end result
is a cost prohibitive solution for cloud
communications services.
l To solve this problem, Radisys’ MediaEngine
platform provides service providers the ultimate exibility in their choice of cloud and NFV management environments. e current release adds ONAP support, along with compatibility with the latest
Nokia Cloudband and HP OpenNFV VNF management; VMware, RedHat, KVM and OpenStack hypervisors, and the Amazon
EC2 platform to support deployments in a broad range of common public and private cloud environments. Additionally, support
for the Network Con guration Protocol (NETCONF) allows for integration with additional standards-based NFV management environments.
l Scalability in cloud environments is perhaps the most important aspect of ensuring cost- e ective migration from traditional telecom architectures to cloud environments for demanding workloads like media processing. e latest release of MediaEngine improves on an already industry-leading scalability pro le.
l e latest enhancements provide greater exibility in managing the number and size of individual instances of Media Resource Function (MRF), enabling more compute resources to
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