Team Blitz India

NEW DELHI: Nokia has announced that it would deploy a next-generation optical transport network (OTN) switches that will provide telecom operator Airtel with additional capacity, and increased reliability, while cutting costs.

Operators have been working to increase their network capacity as they continue to roll out 5G network services across the country.

The agreement between the two firms will see Bharti Airtel replace its legacy transport switching infrastructure with Nokia’s hardware across its network that connects different cities in the country, according to the Finnish telecommunications provider.

In a press release issued on November 21, Nokia announced the details of its agreement with Airtel stating that the telecom provider would use Nokia 1830 PSS OTN switches to replace its older transport switching infrastructure.

The new hardware from Nokia will be used across Airtel’s national long-distance network that the telecom provider uses across major Indian cities.