Network tomography works like a health scan for optical networks. It gives operators a clearer view of what is happening across fiber links and wavelengths, without the need to install intrusive probes throughout the network. Powered by Nokia Bell Labs innovative algorithms, the solution imports and processes thousands of pieces of data sourced from coherent optical transmissions to gain near real-time insight into the condition of the overall network link by link.

The trial helped identify issues such as fiber degradation, amplifier problems, configuration errors and other network conditions that could affect performance. By spotting these issues early, operators can validate their underlying network faster and take action before the customers SLAs are impacted.

The trial also showed how network tomography can help operators make better use of their existing network capacity. By understanding the real condition of each optical link more accurately, operators can optimize performance, improve spectral efficiency and support more resilient services. This is an important step toward more automated optical networks, including AI-assisted operations and closed-loop automation.

The solution also utilizes equipment already installed in the network, avoiding the need for field force interventions and significantly reducing its environmental impact.

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Built on Nokia’s AI-native network architecture and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, Nokia’s AI-RAN platform delivers a step change in network performance and economics. The AI-RAN platform has already shown more than 20% spectral efficiency gains through AI-driven radio innovations. The company is on track to deliver 50% spectral gains by 2027 and more than 100% by 2028, helping telecommunication providers carry significantly more traffic in dense cells while reducing cost per bit and improving customer experience.

Through a new software subscription model, telecommunication providers can benefit from AI innovation, new features and performance enhancements without relying on hardware refresh cycles. Nokia’s AI-RAN solutions will enter pilot deployments at the end of this year and be commercially available in 2027, with a roadmap that leverages NVIDIA’s programmable merchant silicon platforms.

One AI-native platform. Three paths to adoption

Recognizing the diversity of telecommunication providers’ network strategies and installed RAN bases, Nokia’s AI-RAN platform is built on a common software-defined architecture powered by Nokia’s anyRAN software and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing. Supporting 4G, 5G and future network evolution, it provides three hardware platform options, including an expansion card for existing AirScale deployments and a Cloud RAN alternative. Fully compliant with Open RAN standards, the platform supports open, interoperable multi-vendor deployments while giving operators the flexibility to choose the hardware and cloud environments that best meet their needs. These hardware platform options allow telecommunication providers to modernize at their own pace while preserving existing infrastructure investments, benefiting from a common software roadmap and accelerating innovation at software speed. Telecommunication providers can adopt AI-RAN in stages using the approach that best matches their deployment strategy, capacity requirements and installed base.

Build on existing investments

For existing Nokia customers, Nokia is introducing the new GPU-powered AirScale capacity plug-in unit as the most efficient path forward. Designed for Nokia’s installed AirScale base, the solution integrates NVIDIA’s accelerated computing into existing network infrastructure, enabling a significant capacity step-change through a simple upgrade path while preserving existing network investments. This approach is also supported by AI-accelerated merchant silicon from Marvell as part of Nokia’s broader ecosystem approach to software-defined AI-RAN architectures. Telecommunication providers can introduce advanced AI capabilities, continuously improve performance through software and extend the value of deployed infrastructure.  

Scale AI-native capacity anywhere

For telecommunication providers seeking maximum deployment flexibility and performance, Nokia is introducing the industry’s first GPU-powered standalone AI-RAN node. It brings AI-accelerated RAN performance to any network environment and supports 4G, 5G and future 6G workloads on a common platform. The solution can be deployed as a standalone node, in clustered configurations or alongside AirScale as a single logical base station, providing operators with a highly flexible path to scale AI-native networks while preserving deployment choice.

Enabling cloud-native AI-RAN

For telecommunication providers embracing cloud-native architectures, Nokia is introducing GPU-powered AI-RAN COTS server solutions delivered through ecosystem partners. The platforms enable an open and secure supply chain while supporting deployment on industry-standard accelerated computing infrastructure, combining cloud-native flexibility with the performance requirements of AI-native radio networks. 

Innovation at software speed

Nokia’s AI-RAN marks a fundamental shift from hardware-defined radio networks to software-defined platforms that continuously improve through software and AI innovation. Through Nokia’s new subscription-based commercial model, telecommunication providers gain ongoing access to advanced AI algorithms, spectral efficiency enhancements, network optimization capabilities and future AI-native features that can be activated through software. This approach allows them to benefit from continuous innovation while maximizing long-term returns on infrastructure investments, enabling improved TCO and performance at no hardware premium. Rather than waiting for the next hardware cycle, networks can continuously enhance performance, efficiency, security and resilience as new capabilities become available.

By combining AI-accelerated computing, advanced AI algorithms and an open ecosystem approach, Nokia is helping telecommunication providers unlock greater capacity, stronger economics and continuous innovation while building the foundation for future network evolution.

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Press release: Nokia accelerates AI-RAN momentum with new partnerships driving path to AI-Native 6G  

The multi-year project will modernize Orange Belgium’s infrastructure to create a more resilient, secure and scalable network capable of supporting the growing demand for bandwidth across consumer and business services. The deployment will help Orange Belgium deliver a more seamless connectivity experience as demand continues to increase from machine learning applications, as well as remote working, video streaming, gaming and cloud services.

By consolidating fixed and mobile transport infrastructure into a single network, Orange Belgium will also simplify operations and improve service delivery across its network. Nokia’s AI-powered WaveSuite automation platform will help Orange Belgium to streamline network management, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate the time-to-market for new services.

The modernized optical network will transport Orange Belgium’s fixed and mobile traffic from customer-provided equipment through metro access and backbone infrastructure, supporting services from 1G to 400G and beyond. It also marks the first deployment of Nokia’s high capacity 1830 PSS platform within an Orange affiliate for core optical transport.

This multi-year project will leverage Nokia's AI-powered network automation through the company’s WaveSuite software solution, end-to-end synchronization management with a Nokia RAN installed base, higher resiliency with a GMPLS control plane, as well as the implementation of thin transponders based on the new high capacity 1830 PSS platform, marking a significant step forward in delivering reliable and secure connectivity for advanced services across Belgium.

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Nokia and AWS are collaborating to run Nokia’s Autonomous Networks Fabric on AWS, giving operators access to advanced AI and cloud services required for Level 4 autonomy. This builds on a set of existing digital operations applications from Nokia — covering orchestration, assurance, and unified inventory — already on the platform. Availability is expected later this year.

Nokia’s Autonomous Network Fabric weaves together a broad portfolio that delivers intent-based service orchestration across multi-domain, multi-vendor networks; provides 360-degree observability with AI-powered anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and closed-loop resolution; and offers a single source of truth for network topology and resources.

The Fabric unifies observability, analytics, security, and automation through four core capabilities:

• Unified Data Management across domains.

• Agentic AI for service operations and optimization.

• Digital Twin simulations for proactive impact assessment.

• Intent-Based Networking that translates business goals into automated closed-loop actions.
   

‘This is how telcos will compete in the AI era’

While legacy network management tools require teams of experts to manually oversee mobile, fixed, and transport networks in silos, Nokia helps operators evolve from static infrastructures to programmable, AI-native platforms that anticipate changing traffic mixes and operate at machine speed to connect intelligence.

Running on AWS, Nokia’s solutions gain elastic scalability, global availability, and broad model choices through cloud AI and ML services — including Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker — enabling operators to innovate faster while reducing infrastructure costs. Nokia is also engineering an optimized cloud footprint that minimizes compute and storage requirements versus traditional on-premises deployments. 

Cloud-based network innovation

Today’s news is the latest in a series of announcements between Nokia and AWS related to cloud-based network innovation. At MWC in March, the companies showcased the industry’s first agentic AI-powered network slicing alongside du and Orange. In February, they announced the world’s first commercial mobile service on 5G Core SaaS, running on Belgium’s Citymesh network.

In addition to these developments, Nokia’s autonomous networks portfolio is already delivering measurable results, with operators achieving automation rates exceeding 90%, service delivery times of four hours or less, and service interruption periods of one minute per year or fewer — along with up to 85% reduction in slice rollout time and up to 50% fewer customer-impacting incidents.

Nokia and AWS are committed to a collaborative innovation agenda that combines Nokia’s telecom-trained AI models and domain expertise with AWS’s AI services to deliver increasingly autonomous network operations. Together, the companies will go to market to help operators evolve their operational stacks, increase autonomous operations and unlock new revenue streams.

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• Press release: Nokia and AWS showcase industry-first agentic AI-powered network slicing with du and Orange #MWC26
• Press release: Citymesh goes live with world’s first commercial mobile service on 5G Core SaaS, powered by Nokia and AWS

At DTW in Copenhagen, Nokia rolled out a new Autonomous Networks Agent Library, released the latest version of its Autonomous Networks Suite, enhanced RAN automation, and showcased new AI-driven frameworks for IP, fixed, and optical networks. Together, these capabilities enable operators to phase in various elements of AI and agentic automation across the stack, while maintaining operational control and trust in live network environments.

Portfolio details

Nokia’s Agent Library delivers pre-built AI agents that combine sophisticated reasoning, autonomous action, and deep telco expertise to solve high-value operational problems across security, assurance, and service operations. With built-in observability, governance, and “glass box autonomy,” these agents help operators make faster, context-aware decisions in dynamic live network conditions. This includes identifying zero-day attacks, reasoning through complex anomalies, event triage for root cause analysis, troubleshooting service order failures, and multi-agent coordination. Productivity gains typically range from 60 to 80% when compared to traditional operations.

Autonomous Networks Suite introduces on-premise deployment options and new use cases designed to improve business outcomes, including improved VoLTE service quality, enhanced observability, and optimized subscriber experience in radio access networks. By turning real-time network intelligence into automated operational actions, these capabilities help operators boost service performance, respond faster to operational issues, and deliver more reliable customer experiences.  

Nokia’s MantaRay SMO solution, which fully aligns with Open RAN standards and delivers field-proven multi-vendor capabilities for traditional RAN, now features Non-Real-Time RIC functionality, with AI-enabled rApps that manage complex radio networks, detect anomalies, and support dynamic network slicing. It is ready for deployment at scale and capable of handling the most extreme network environments. Nokia is working with leading operators, including NTT DOCOMO, to advance SMO-driven autonomy through MantaRay SON, AutoPilot trials, and future Non-RT RIC and rApp development. Learn more.

In parallel, upgrades to Nokia’s agentic AI framework for IP, fixed, and optical networks include:

• IP: Nokia’s Network Services Platform (NSP) lets operators deploy AI agents that can reason using real network context, supporting collaborative operations across agents and allowing guided actions within defined policies and security boundaries. Its first application, an AI-driven troubleshooting agent, helps operators accelerate root-cause identification, reduce alert noise, and improve the accuracy of remediation actions in complex IP networks.
• Fixed: New agentic AI capabilities in Nokia’s Altiplano, Corteca, and Broadband Easy platforms are helping drive productivity and operational intelligence across home and broadband networks. Benefits include lifting first-contact helpdesk resolution rates above 50%, network incident qualification within five minutes, and a 50% reduction in return visits to construction sites and connected homes. Learn more.
• Optical: Nokia’s new WaveSuite agentic framework for optical network operations and intelligent analytics provides proactive detection of KPI anomalies and photonic equipment failures before they affect service performance. Combining WaveSuite’s operational reasoning and real-time network insights with NSP agentic framework allows network operators to accelerate root-cause analysis, reduce troubleshooting complexity, and improve remediation accuracy holistically across the IP and optical domains.
   

Addressing a key industry challenge

These advancements address a key industry challenge: applying AI in network operations in a way that is practical, controlled, and aligned with operational requirements. By embedding AI capabilities directly into existing network management platforms, Nokia enables operators to adopt automation at their own pace, scaling use cases over time.

For operators, the benefits include faster resolution of network incidents, improved operational efficiency, and greater service reliability. End users experience more stable connectivity and reduced service disruptions, with consistent digital experiences across consumer and enterprise applications.

Nokia’s latest innovations are designed for deployment across global markets, supporting leading and emerging operators as they transition toward fully autonomous networks capable of operating at machine speed and adapting continuously to evolving demands.

Nokia at DTW

At DTW, visitors to Nokia’s booth (Hall C3; Stand 306) will experience how to build autonomous networks for the AI era, with multiple demonstrations spanning agentic AI and network autonomy, cross-domain assurance and orchestration, digital twins, AI Ops, and agentic capabilities across IP, optical and fixed networks, as well as autonomous RAN operations.

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As modern networks generate increasingly complex volumes of data, telecom providers face significant bottlenecks. Traditional management relies on manual troubleshooting that struggles to keep up with escalating alerts, often resulting in costly downtime. This partnership addresses these challenges by using agents to instantly process raw data, helping telecom providers distinguish critical infrastructure issues from background noise to accelerate repairs and protect revenue.

A multi-agent ecosystem built for telecom scale

Nokia is introducing six specialized agents, each designed to manage specific operational tasks independently or work together to solve complex network problems, including:

• Router agent: Acts as the central orchestration layer by interpreting user intent and managing communication between other agents while ensuring compliance with operational guardrails.
• Event triage agent: Analyzes ongoing alarms and compares them against historical patterns to identify root causes and assess operational impact.
• KPI selector agent: Provides domain-expert interpretation of complex network performance metrics, definitions, and measurement units to aid reasoning.
• Anomaly reasoner agent: Investigates unusual network behavior to determine if a deviation is a genuine issue or a false alarm.
• Action reasoner agent: Matches active events against automation catalogs to recommend specific remediation steps.
• Dashboard agent: Enables teams to quickly generate visual analytics and tracking screens using natural language prompts.

Nokia developed these capabilities using Google Cloud's Agent Development Kit (ADK) on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. This framework allowed Nokia to quickly develop smart conversational and routing paths that leverage Gemini's multimodal reasoning. Instead of requiring complex managed services, the entire multi-agent framework runs seamlessly on standard Google Cloud compute and storage. By deploying the agents directly via standard tools like Kubernetes and Google Cloud Storage, Nokia ensures the solution remains cost-optimized, flexible, and fully compatible with existing customer environments, including Google Cloud tenants.

Rather than removing operators from the loop, the framework introduces what Nokia calls "glass box autonomy." The action reasoner agent serves as an advisory layer, presenting confidence-based recommendations to human engineers, who retain final approval over critical control points before fixes are automatically executed and logged. For low-risk, policy-approved scenarios, the same architecture can also support completely closed-loop automation.

Business benefit for operators

By moving from passive monitoring to a proactive, agent-based architecture, telecom providers can save costs and improve reliability. These specialized agents can deliver immediate value, including:

• Rapid resolution: Agents can automate troubleshooting, cutting network problem-solving times by 50% to 80%. Complex issues that historically took hours to isolate—such as voice degradation or software errors—can now be flagged and resolved in minutes, drastically reducing service downtime.
• Enhanced accuracy: Agents can filter out data fluctuations to focus on genuine problems, reducing false alarms and unnecessary escalations.
• Accessible analytics: Staff can use simple language to instantly generate dashboards and performance reports.
• Cost efficiency: Agents efficiently run on top of a telecom operator's existing cloud setups, avoiding the need for expensive custom software overlays.

Availability

The router and event triage agents are already fully functional. When the platform officially launches as a SaaS model on the Google Cloud Marketplace in September 2026, operators will be able to deploy this initial starter pack of certified agents immediately to work with the Nokia Assurance Center. 

Instead of making customers wait for all agents to be finalized, Nokia will deliver the remaining, more complex agents through rolling software updates. These continuous releases will expand capabilities across Nokia's broader network portfolio—including Unified Inventory, Data Suite, and Orchestration applications—beginning in late 2026 and continuing throughout 2027.

Live demonstrations of these autonomous network agents will be on display at DTW Ignite in Copenhagen, from June 23-25. Attendees can view a live voice degradation use case at both the Google Cloud booth (#201) and the Nokia booth (#306), as well as a multi-partner fiber-break automation simulation featured in the Innovation Zone.

AI traffic and data center interconnect (DCI) requirements are continuing to accelerate, exceeding the practical limits of approaches based solely on incremental improvements over previous generations. As applications diversify, network operators increasingly require solutions that are specifically optimized for different performance, reach, and efficiency requirements. Nokia’s latest innovations represent a fundamental shift in how optical transport products are designed and developed, delivering application-optimized connectivity that maximizes performance while significantly reducing cost, space, and power and simplifying network operations.

The innovations include a new suite of coherent optical solutions and a compact, multi-fiber optimized in-line amplifier. Nokia executives will be at the OFC conference in Los Angeles this week to share the company’s latest vision for optical networking in the AI era.

New suite of application-optimized coherent optical solutions

At the core of Nokia’s announcement is a new approach to building coherent optical solutions for AI-era networks. Rather than developing discrete solutions for each application, Nokia is introducing a building block-based development methodology that enables technologies to be easily assembled and integrated across a broad range of optical transport use cases. These building blocks include four new digital signal processors and multiple optical front ends built using both Indium Phosphide and Silicon Photonics. This approach results in a comprehensive suite of coherent optical transport solutions that are specifically optimized to address both existing and emerging network applications improving cost, space, and power efficiency while delivering up to 70% total cost of ownership savings.

The new solutions include:

• A 1.6T-capable coherent pluggable optimized for IP over DWDM DCI and scale across applications.
• A 2.4T-capable coherent pluggable optimized for thin transponder deployments supporting a broad range of terrestrial and subsea network applications.
• A 3.2T-capable coherent lite solution optimized for low power to address shorter reach campus and enterprise applications.
• A new class of double-sided pluggables optimized to pair with CPO-, LPO-, and NPO-based switches, supporting campus, metro and regional DCI and scale across applications.
• A new class of full-band transponders that combine hundreds of coherent components into a single, operationally simplified solution optimized for hyperscale capacity demands across campus, metro, regional, long-haul, and submarine applications.
• 2.4T and a 3.2T embedded transponders optimized to maximize fiber capacity at any distance for fiber-constrained applications.

The new family of coherent optical solutions is expected to begin sampling in mid-2027 with general availability anticipated to begin in the second half of 2027.

Multi-rail in-line amplifier

As bandwidth demands increasingly exceed what can be delivered over a single pair of fibers, network operators are adopting multi-fiber architectures to scale capacity. A key constraint to multi-fiber network expansion is the physical space limitations of in-line amplifier huts required for network spans beyond 80 kilometers.

To address this challenge, Nokia is introducing a new multi-rail in-line amplifier designed for scalable multi-fiber deployments. This solution delivers a 40-fold increase in in-line amplifier density over today’s solutions or 160 fiber pairs in a single rack. This enables them to expand capacity and services within their existing network footprint while reducing cost and operational complexity.

Nokia’s new multi-rail optical line system will be available in the second half of 2026.

Nokia will hold an executive investor, analyst and media briefing at OFC on March 18 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. PDT at the Los Angeles Convention Center​ in Room #409A, Concourse Hall, Level 2. Nokia’s leadership team will present the company’s next-generation optical networking vision.

The event will be publicly available via live webcast and replay on the Investor Relations section of Nokia’s website, under Events.

For more information on Nokia’s participation at OFC, visit us at Nokia at OFC 2026 | Nokia.com.

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As CoreSite enterprise, cloud provider and network carrier customers ramp up data-intensive services, the data center infrastructure must deliver high performance and scalable networking to ensure service availability adheres to stringent industry standards. At the same time, a data center space with advanced cooling and ultra high-density power is a must for supporting growth efficiency.

The Nokia 7250 Interconnect Router (IXR-s) will provide advanced routing capabilities, carrier-grade reliability and high-capacity throughput as enterprises leverage CoreSite’s colocation centers for data storage and processing, new product and service development and other business operations. The Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR) provides the massive scale, performance and reliability for IP interconnectivity within the data center campuses. In addition, Nokia FP5 silicon supports high throughput and reliability for uninterrupted data flows, and scales traffic with zero deterioration in performance.

The seamless integration of the Nokia Service Router Operating System (SR OS) with CoreSite’s existing environment will accelerate roll-out times and dramatically reduce operation costs.  

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Sovereign AI ensures systems and data stay within a country's jurisdiction, promoting national security and compliance with domestic laws and regulations. ResetData’s AI factories with liquid immersion cooling are up to 10 times as efficient as legacy designs and can cut cloud costs by 40% and emissions by 45% to deliver more sustainable AI cloud operations.

Backed by Australasian real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group (ASX:CNI), ResetData will deploy the Nokia 7750 Service Router in commercial properties nationwide as part of a series of highly efficient and sustainable liquid immersion cooled AI factories, commencing in Melbourne’s CBD. While addressing precision timing and other key requirements that are fundamental to the performance of AI infrastructure, the FP5-based Nokia IP platform provides super-fast, reliable and highly secure performance at scale. In doing so, Nokia’s approach also revolutionizes data center operations by delivering a 75 percent reduction in energy consumption over previous generations.

Functioning as a data center gateway to front-end ResetData’s Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters, the FP5-based Nokia 7750 SR-1x enables connectivity between data centers and to the Internet with massive routing scale, reaching speeds of up to 800Gb/s.  

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At a time when data centers must power new innovations such as AI in addition to their existing application workloads, these modern environments require reliability, ease of operation and energy efficiency.

The Nokia data center switching portfolio includes the 7220 and 7250 IXR data switching platforms, Service Router (SR) Linux network operating system, and the Event-Driven Automation (EDA) management platform. Nokia also provides support for Community SONiC-based data center switching solutions. With a quality-first design that focuses on reliability and ease-of-use, the Nokia portfolio enables seamless connectivity and high performance to support business-critical data center workloads and applications including AI.

Automation enables Nokia customers to make network operations simple and predictable, and adaptability ensures easy introduction into existing customer ecosystems, environments and processes. As well, the portfolio provides support for higher interface speeds that now push to 400 GbE, 800 GbE and beyond.

In parallel, Nokia has a 4.7/5 star rating on  Gartner Peer Insights™  in data center switching based on 15 overall reviews as of 2^nd April, 2025. Based on customer experience and product capabilities, the review platform aggregates user feedback. “They provide great solutions addressing some of the key issues such as Networking for AI workloads, Data Center Gateway and Interconnect,” noted a director of IT Services in response to what they like most about the product. Another reviewer on Gartner Peer Insights, a Senior Network Engineer, referenced the Nokia solution’s “…model driven CLI automation support and stability of the underlying OS” and commented: “Excellent software features available compared to other vendors using similar merchant silicon.” 

Magic Quadrant reports are a culmination of rigorous, fact-based research in specific markets, providing a wide-angle view of the relative positions of providers in markets where growth is high and provider differentiation is distinct. Providers are positioned into four quadrants: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players. The research enables you to get the most from market analysis in alignment with your unique business and technology needs.

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Nokia selected by DE-CIX to upgrade New York’s largest Internet Exchange backbone 

• New York's largest Internet Exchange to receive 400GE backbone upgrade and 800GE support as network ecosystem grows, resulting in greater router flexibility and operational resilience.
   
• Nokia optical solution offers improved flexibility, faster incident response times, and seamless customer experience with no service interruptions.

3 February 2025
New York, USA - Nokia and DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, today announced the upgrade of the backbone network for DE-CIX New York, the largest IX in NY and in the US Northeast region. The DE-CIX backbone will be upgraded to 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) using Nokia optical technology and redesigned in a ring topology, redundantly interconnecting the 10 data center facilities where DE-CIX infrastructure is housed and enhancing the resiliency of the platform for all participants.

The Nokia optical solution also enables 800GE support for anticipated further growth of the IX and employs Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) technology to ensure much greater routing flexibility, faster reaction times in the case of incidents, and a seamless customer experience without any service interruptions.

Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, said: “When we began planning the upgrade of our New York backbone, we wanted to simplify our network, while also increasing the resilience of the platform. We took a detailed look at the options in the market, and Nokia was the best choice for us. We have worked with Nokia globally for more than 10 years now, and the capacity, reliability, and innovative strength of their hardware has always impressed us.”

Within a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) system, the ROADM technology in Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) makes it possible to automatically reroute waves at the optical layer in any direction around the backbone. This means that incidents at any location in the network can be mitigated more rapidly and less capacity is required at the IP layer to guarantee the same level of resilience.

James Watt, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Nokia’s Optical business, said: “In today’s connected world, staying resilient and ready to scale is a must. This upgrade to DE-CIX New York’s backbone isn’t just about supporting the largest Internet Exchange in the Northeast — it’s about shaping the future of connectivity in one of the world’s biggest markets. With Nokia’s cutting-edge optical tech, we’re ensuring networks are flexible, reliable, and ready to handle whatever comes next. Together with DE-CIX, we’re building the foundation for a limitless digital future.”

Ed d’Agostino, Vice President DE-CIX North America, said: “This upgrade, powered by Nokia’s optical technology, allows us to future-proof our platform to best serve the New York market and start 2025 on track for further growth. With the number of data centers that we integrate, it is imperative that we have a state-of-the-art transport network with scalable capacity. DE-CIX New York is the largest IX in New York and the youngest Internet Exchange in the Top 5 largest IXs in the US. The platform covers an area spanning Long Island to the East and Piscataway and Edison to the South and West. It connects over 265 networks from across the city, with an infrastructure that spans over 40 data centers served.

DE-CIX New York is connected to all other DE-CIX locations in North America, enabling remote peering and access to a vibrant ecosystem of networks not present in other local exchanges. The DE-CIX Internet and Cloud Exchanges in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Richmond, Houston, and Phoenix, and the dedicated Cloud Exchange in Seattle, form the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem in North America.

Further, DE-CIX New York is directly connected to DE-CIX’s locations in Europe – e.g. DE-CIX Frankfurt, the largest IX in Europe – and beyond. Globally in 2025, the 30^th year since the operator’s establishment, DE-CIX offers its interconnection services in close to 60 locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Accessible from data centers in over 600 cities world-wide, DE-CIX interconnects thousands of network operators (carriers), Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers and enterprise networks from more than 100 countries, and offers peering, cloud, and other interconnection services.

Nokia, DE-CIX and 650 Group to host webinar on 5 March 2025, 12PM EST

Nokia will host a webinar together with DE-CIX and 650 Group on the topic of “Rewiring the Future: Conversations on Networking for an AI-Driven World”. Interested parties can join Rodney Dellinger, CTO of Webscale, Nokia, Dr Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, and Alan Weckel, co-founder and principal analyst of 650 Group, as they discuss what’s needed for the success of GenAI and how the network needs to evolve to deliver these services to the end users. Further information can be found here.

Resources and additional information
DE-CIX New York: https://www.de-cix.net/en/locations/new-york 
Product page: 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS)
Webpage: Nokia Optical Networks
Webpage: Webscale networking for AI
 

About Nokia 
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. 

As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.  

With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.

About DE-CIX North America
DE-CIX North America Inc., which began operations in 2014, is a wholly owned subsidiary of DE-CIX International AG, the international arm of DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator. Together, the DE-CIX Internet and Cloud Exchanges in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Richmond, Houston, and Phoenix, and the dedicated Cloud Exchange in Seattle, create the largest neutral interconnection ecosystem in North America. DE-CIX provides network and data center-neutral peering and other interconnection services in North America. With access to DE-CIX North Americas’ Internet Exchanges, customers gain more control of their networks and access to world-class content providers, as well as IP transit, Virtual Private Network (VPN), and Blackholing services to mitigate the effects of DDoS attacks. DE-CIX New York is the youngest Internet Exchange in the Top 5 largest IXs in the US. It is carrier and data center-neutral and Open-IX certified. DE-CIX’s IXs are distributed across major carrier hotels and data centers throughout each metro region it serves. DE-CIX operates more access points than any other Internet Exchange operator in North America. For more information, please visit https://de-cix.net/north-america

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Nokia upgrades ESpanix’s IXP infrastructure to reduce energy consumption and complexity

• First 400G IXP network in Spain.
• Solution reduces complexity, lowers costs, and consumes less power than bonded 100G connections.
• Supports ESpanix’s expansion into new locations to capture larger customers.

27 January 2025
Madrid, Spain – Nokia has been selected by ESpanix to provide Spain’s first 400G connectivity for IXP customers. The 400G upgrade uses Nokia’s Interconnect routers to deliver a more efficient and sustainable alternative to bundling multiple 100GE connections, reducing complexity, power consumption, and operational costs for ESpanix and its customers.

ESpanix will also leverage Nokia’s Photonic Service Switch to optimize bandwidth across its optical transport network, allowing the IXP to select the most optimized solution for its customer needs.

The layered network approach ensures scalability for larger customers and supports ESpanix’s goals of expanding its footprint and evolving its infrastructure. All ESpanix’s Points of Presence have been upgraded to 400G and are operational as of today.

The upgrade project addresses the increasing demand for high-capacity and sustainable network services among ESpanix’s 180+ connected networks, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Content Service Providers, and national and international carriers.

Amedeo Beck Peccoz, Head of Strategy, ESpanix, commented: “Our customers demand technology that is reliable and future-proof. Nokia’s solutions deliver the capacity and scalability we need to meet growing demand, enabling us to offer 400G connectivity to our members. With the support of Nokia, we not only become the most advanced IXP in the South Europe region, but our work together also aligns with our commitment to sustainability by reducing power consumption compared to traditional solutions.”

Matthieu Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and head of Europe for Network Infrastructure business at Nokia, said: “Offering 400G connectivity is a testament to ESpanix’s forward-thinking approach to interconnection services. As the leading provider of IXP services, our work together ensures they can meet rising demand in a simple, efficient, and sustainable manner. By leveraging Nokia’s high-capacity IP networking technologies, ESpanix is paving the way for a new standard in IXP services across Southern Europe.”

Resources and additional information
ESpanix is one of the busiest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across the entire South Europe region, and operates facilities across Madrid and Barcelona, offering interconnection, data center, and value-added services. Across its network, ESpanix relies on Nokia technologies for Edge Routing, Data Center Interconnect and Metro links as well as customer-facing switches.

Product page: Nokia 7250 Interconnect Routers
Product page: Nokia 7750 Service Routers
 

About Nokia 
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As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.  

With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.

About ESpanix
ESpanix is the largest Digital Hub in Southern Europe and the oldest one in Spain. The company operates across three business areas: interconnection, data centre and value-added services. ESpanix services are available in calle Mesena building in Madrid as well as in five POPs within the metropolitan areas of Madrid and Barcelona. ESpanix Datacentre is a Tier IV compliant building and allows for direct connection with all the major national and international fibre and capacity providers. The majority of Spanish ISPs are connected to ESpanix Node.

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