Nokia and Elisa become first in Europe to trial 100G PON over live fiber broadband network

　　Nokia today announced Elisa, a Finnish market leader in telecommunications and digital services, will deploy its Lightspan MF solution to enhance its existing fiber network and deliver new ultra-broadband services to customers across Finland.

　　Leveraging Nokia’s fiber solution, Elisa will be the first service provider in Europe to demonstrate 25G, 50G, and 100G PON services, highlighting the superior broadband speeds it can deliver across its existing fiber network.

　　The trial builds on Elisa’s current fiber deployment and demonstrates how different PON technologies can be combined on the same fiber to evolve its broadband offerings. The live trial demonstrates how operators can easily upgrade their fiber network to meet the demand for faster, more reliable connectivity. Nokia is the only vendor that supports all next-generation PON options, including 10G, 25G, 50G, and future 100G PON technologies.

　　Nokia’s Lightspan broadband access platform enables Elisa to deliver some of the fastest broadband speeds in Europe, up to 10x faster than most fiber networks can deliver today. Elisa has deployed Nokia’s Altiplano platform to support 10G XGS-PON deployments and to help automate and improve the management, scalability and reliability of its network.    This technology will enable Elisa to meet the bandwidth demands of the future, driven by AI, where Bell Labs is forecasting that total AI traffic is projected to reach 91 EB/month by 2030, in Western Europe, alone.

　　Sami Rajamäki, Vice President of Network Services at Elisa, said: “Nokia’s fiber solution will help us significantly enhance our fiber network to deliver some of the fastest internet speeds in the world. We’re excited to be the first in Europe to show up to 100G PON speeds in a live fiber network trial and demonstrate the world-class capabilities we can deliver to support the next generation of broadband services. By partnering with Nokia, we can showcase our commitment to guaranteeing the best, high-quality services for our customers. History has shown that it is impossible to forecast all the new use cases for greater speeds, i.e. what new 25 to 100G connections will enable in the future, but we know that for example online gaming and industrial users are among the first to benefit from ever faster broadband connections”

　　Matthieu Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Head of Europe for Network Infrastructure business at Nokia, said: “We see demand for high-speed internet access surging in Europe with end users and enterprises alike increasingly seeking reliable, secure, high-quality broadband connectivity. Our Lightspan and Altiplano Access platforms give operators like Elisa the tools they need to increase speed, provide superior performance, automate functions and future-proof its fiber network. Our fiber technology provides the perfect solution for operators that want to quickly increase capacity and flexibly migrate to next-generation fiber technologies.”