BT among first to deploy Nokia 7750 SR-s platform as it increases capacity to handle massive traffic growth from FTTP and 5G
10 Abril 2019 - 3:10AM
Press Release
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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