9 Jan 2025
Nokia and Openreach introduce intent-based networking to build an open-access network, accelerating UK Broadband / fixed access rollout
Nokia today announced it has been chosen by Openreach to build an open-access fiber network to serve millions of homes and businesses. Built using Nokia’s One Network Platform, the network will help Openreach support its target of connecting 25 million premises by the end of 2026, responding to the increasing demand for high-speed broadband all over the UK.
Openreach’s open wholesale broadband network connects users to around 300 communication providers offering ultrafast full fiber services spanning urban centers, towns, villages and smaller rural communities in some of the hardest-to-reach parts of the UK. The Nokia One Network Platform delivers the flexibility, agility and scale needed to meet these market demands while reducing the number of exchange buildings needed to cover the country.
“This is the next step in our plans to build a future-proof, multi-service, one network platform – that supports both full Field FTTP and future Ethernet products. Introducing Nokia’s Altiplano and NSP network domain controllers and IXR data center routers will boost automation, network visibility and control, and product flexibility for our Communication Provider customers and their end-user customers. Ultimately, this is about making our network easier to manage, more efficient and reliable, for example, quicker identification of faults via automation, and helping to cut operational costs.”
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