As part of its network modernization initiative which covers 2G, 3G and LTE across Europe and Asia, Telenor Group has selected Nokia to provide its radio access equipments. The contract, which includes professional services is signed for a period of five years.
Telenor, one of the world's leading mobile operators, with ownership interests in 13 mobile operations across Europe and Asia will deploy Nokia's Single RAN Advanced portfolio, based on the compact, scalable Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, which runs different technologies on a single hardware platform to simplify macro radio networks, enabling the fastest rollouts and saving site costs significantly.
In addition, the soution offered by Nokia includes NetAct operation support system, providing comprehensive and consolidated management for all communications networks, and all of Nokia’s solutions are supported by its full range of global services.
“We continue to invest in the modernization of our network to provide excellent end-user experience as part of our vision of Internet for all. For this important radio access technology area, we have selected Nokia as a partner due to our excellent working relationship and the company’s proven expertise in mobile broadband and services.”
- Hilde Tonne, EVP, Group Industrial Development, Telenor Group
“This project is another important milestone in our long-standing collaboration with Telenor Group which dates back to the 1990s, and we are currently supplier to several of Telenor’s business units across Europe and Asia. We are committed to support Telenor in developing a high-capacity mobile broadband infrastructure that will meet its subscribers’ needs today and tomorrow as well as those of new markets.”
- René Svendsen-Tune, EVP, Europe and Latin America, Nokia
