Proximus one of the first operators in the world to put Nokia's biggest multi-terabit router into service at the heart of its...
April 09 2019 - 6:22AM
- Proximus innovates and invests heavily in the modernization of
its transport network
- The new IP backbone will support innovative new broadband and
mobile services with improved capacity, scalability and
programmability
- High degree of automation offered by Nokia IP routers combined
with the extensive expertise of Proximus engineers allows massive
upgrade to proceed with seamless service availability and minimal
impact on customers
- The multi-terabit router, Nokia 7750 SR-14s, featuring the
innovative Nokia FP4 network processor, is now live in Proximus'
network. As a result, Proximus becomes among the first operators in
the world to carry customers' traffic on this equipment
ESPOO, Finland
End of August 2018, Proximus announced its program to tenfold
the capacity of its IP transport network with its TITAN project.
Nokia and Proximus today announced that they are on schedule
with their "TITAN" (Terabit IP Transport and Aggregation Network)
backbone network upgrade with 165 out of 600 buildings connected
and 30% of 50,000 optical fibres migrated after only seven
months.
Proximus is one of the first operators in the world to carry
customers' traffic on the Nokia 7750 Service Router-14s
(SR-14s).Thanks to its unprecedented routing capability, the new
equipment will allow the Proximus network to cope with the rise of
data traffic of the coming decade, boosted by the ongoing Fibre for
Belgium investment. This router will also help Proximus to lower
costs by cutting energy use in half, offer unique security features
and enable a superior digital experience for its customers.
For this project, Proximus, Belgium's largest Telco operator,
worked in close partnership with Nokia's team located in Antwerp, a
Belgium World Competence Center. TITAN will connect Proximus's
mobile, high-speed DSL and FTTH networks. The upgraded backbone
will provide support for new services such as augmented and virtual
reality, IoT and the roll out of 5G.
Patrick Delcoigne, Director Network Engineering
& Operations at Proximus, said: "Titan is laying the
foundations of a hyper scale network, propelling Proximus into the
terabit era. The track record of Nokia and Proximus in IP network
innovation is extending today with our tandem becoming among the
world's pioneers in activating the biggest equipment ever deployed
in a telecom operator network and so defining the new capacity
reference standards. I'm really proud of the R&D crews and of
the project teams of both companies, who did a fantastic job to
create the future standards."
Sri Reddy, President of IP/Optical Networks at
Nokia, said: "We have a long and proud history of partnering with
the team at Proximus and so are especially pleased to be working
closely with them to help ensure the TITAN network upgrade project
continues flawlessly. With the Nokia 7750 SR-14s as the
foundational technology of this smart, dynamic network fabric,
Proximus is laying the groundwork to meet the future digital
demands of their consumer, enterprise and mobile customers."
The migration will continue until 2021 and is done in stages,
each time for a specific geographic area and with minimal regional
impact. The Proximus teams carry out these infrastructure works
between midnight and 6 am to limit the customer impact to a
minimum.
Click here for more information and details on the
scheduled works.
For more information, contact the Press Relations
department: Press@proximus.com or +32 2 202 44
44
Fabrice
Gansbeke
Haroun
Fenaux
+32 472 05 07 02
+32 476 60 03
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About Proximus The Proximus Group is a
telecommunication & ICT company operating in the Belgian and
international markets, serving residential customers, businesses,
and public institutions. Proximus aims to open up a world of
digital opportunities so that people can live better and work
smarter. The company is at the heart of the digital revolution,
delivering communication and entertainment experiences for
residential consumers and enabling digital transformation for
enterprises. Through its best-quality integrated fixed and mobile
networks, Proximus provides access anywhere and anytime to digital
services and easy-to-use solutions, and is a gateway to multimedia
content. Proximus is a pioneer in ICT innovation, with integrated
solutions that have a positive impact on society and the
environment, based on Internet of Things (IoT), Data analytics,
cloudification, and security. With 13,385 employees, all striving
to offer customers a superior experience, the Group realized an
underlying Group revenue of EUR 5,804 million end-2018.
Proximus (Euronext Brussels: PROX) is also active in Luxembourg
through its affiliate Proximus Luxembourg and in the Netherlands
through Telindus Netherlands. BICS is a leading international
communications enabler, one of the key global voice carriers and
the leading provider of mobile data services worldwide.
For more information,
visit www.proximus.com and www.proximus.be.
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