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Nokia and Chunghwa Telecom prepare for 5G-Advanced era with expansion deal
New deal readies Chunghwa Telecom for 5G-Advanced era with enhanced , energyefficient AirScale solutions including Nokia ’ s state-ofthe-art Habrok Massive MIMO radios .
Nokia has been selected by Chunghwa Telecom ( CHT ), in a one-year extension deal that will modernize its 5G network across the central and southern regions of Taiwan .
The project aims to boost the performance , capacity , and energy efficiency of CHT ’ s 5G network . In particular , it will lay the foundations for CHT ’ s 5G-Advanced network evolution . Deployment is underway and expected to last twelve months .
Nokia will upgrade CHT ’ s market-leading network with solutions from its highperformance , energy-efficient 5G AirScale portfolio , including baseband , Massive MIMO radios and Remote Radio Head products .
CHT will also utilize Nokia ' s intelligent AIpowered MantaRay solutions portfolio .
The deal includes MantaRay NM for improved network monitoring and management and MantaRay SON – an industry-leading network optimization and automation platform that uses selfconfiguring modules to boost network performance and efficiency .
CHT aims to drive significant energy savings through Nokia ’ s advanced RAN software features by introducing innovations such as deep sleep mode , MIMO muting and the MantaRay Energy solution , which helps optimize the RAN energy-saving features to reduce radio network power consumption significantly .
As part of the deal , Nokia will deploy its 7250-interconnect router ( IXR ) to support baseband aggregation at the sites , offering the necessary scale and performance to cater to CHT ' s business services ' growing demand and requirements .
The deal will see Nokia continue its long-term vendor partnership with CHT which has been in place from the deployment of 2G networks to the 5G era .
Dr . Chung-Yung Chia , Vice President of Network Technology Group , said : “ CHT continues to evolve its 5G network to deliver best-in-class connectivity experiences to its customers and maintain our marketleading position in Taiwan . This new improved deal with our technology partner Nokia will prepare our network for the 5G-Advanced era with higher performance , AI-powered intelligence and lower energy consumption .”
Tommi Uitto , President of Mobile Networks , Nokia , said : “ This expanded deal will help Chunghwa Telecom enhance its network performance , capacity and robustness and maintain its leading position and prepare for network evolution . Our energy-efficient AirScale portfolio and the AI-powered MantaRay solutions will also support CHT ’ s sustainability efforts by reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions .” p
This includes Nokia ’ s state-of-the-art , lightweight and high-output Massive MIMO Habrok radios in both 32 TRX ( Habrok 32 ) and 64 TRX ( Habrok 64 ) versions to cover all use cases and deployment scenarios .
The deal includes Nokia ’ s AirScale Pandion portfolio of FDD multiband remote radio heads .
All of these solutions are powered by Nokia ’ s energy-efficient ReefShark System-on-Chip technology and provide superior coverage and capacity to CHT ’ s customers . Nokia will also provide services , including digital deployment , optimization and technical support services .
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