BT among first to deploy Nokia 7750 SR-s platform as it increases capacity to handle massive traffic growth from FTTP and 5G
April 10 2019 - 5:16AM
Press Release
- Deployment enables significant expansion of capacity across
BT's converged core network
- BT selects Nokia's 7750 SR-s platform as the backbone for its
FTTP and 5G mobile transport deployment
- The deployment extends BT's programmable network architecture,
leveraging further telemetry and automation capabilities to drive
efficiencies
10 April, 2019
Espoo, Finland
- BT is
deploying Nokia's 7750 Service Router
(SR)-s platform to dramatically boost
backbone network capacity in preparation for the continued rise in
residential and mobile traffic driven by the traffic demands of
FTTP and 5G.
Traffic across BT's core network is growing upwards of 40
percent year on year, driven by video and gaming over high speed
fixed and mobile broadband. To stay ahead of this rising demand,
and meet the increasing demand for high-performance, high-capacity
routing across its converged networks, BT has chosen Nokia's 7750
SR-s platform.
Howard Watson, BT Group CTIO, said: "BT's
FTTP footprint is growing on a daily basis, and we are launching 5G
this year in the busiest parts of 16 of the UK's busiest cities.
These technologies create an amazing customer experience, and drive
people to watch more, play more and share more. We have to stay
ahead of the massive traffic growth that this will bring, and Nokia
are a key part of that, giving us the capacity and automation that
we need."
Sri Reddy, Co-President of IP/Optical Networks at Nokia,
said: "Nokia's 7750 SR-s platform, based on our FP4
silicon, will offer BT's network the enhanced capabilities and
automation needed to address continuously mounting capacity demands
as it moves toward 5G. Our exclusive partnership will allow BT's
converged core network to grow, and move to a programmable,
insight-driven network architecture, creating a platform for BT's
growth to continue as demand for its services in FTTP and 5G
expands."
Through this exclusive agreement, BT will be among the first
operators in the world to introduce the Nokia 7750 SR-s in the
backbone network, augmenting the existing Nokia 7750 SR
and 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS) based network,
managed by the Network Services Platform (NSP).
Powered by the world's first multi-terabit network processor
silicon (FP4), the Nokia 7750 SR-s delivers the highest 100GE
density available on the market today among high-performance IP
routers. FP4 silicon innovation also drives the industry's first
platform capable of delivering terabit IP flows across the
expanding backbone and peering points.
The Nokia 7750 SR-s delivers unique, enhanced packet
intelligence and control capabilities that will provide increased
intelligence, visibility and security of BT's network. This
insight-driven IP networking approach ensures that BT can achieve
their goal of an adaptable, programmable and highly automated
network architecture for efficient delivery of advanced services
for years to come.
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Resources:
- Nokia 7750 SR-s webpage
- Nokia 7950 XRS webpage
- Nokia Network Services Platform webpage
- Nokia FP4 silicon
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