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Nokia | September 29, 2020

Nokia will replace Huawei in parts of BT's radio access network after expanding the terms of its contract with the UK phone incumbent. The Finnish equipment vendor currently accounts for about one third of BT's radio access network (RAN), mainly covering less densely populated areas, with Huawei supplying the rest. But the operator is under pressure to comply with a 35% cap on Huawei in its 5G RAN by January 2023 as a result of measures introduced this year by the Boris Johnson-led gover...

Viavi Solutions Inc. | September 15, 2020

Viavi Solutions Inc. today announced that Nokia has validated its coherent optical modules using the VIAVI ONT 800G FLEX DCO Module, which tests pluggable (CFP2) Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) modules. Nokia utilized this test capability as a beta customer, providing valuable feedback, and ultimately purchased the first ONT 800G FLEX DCO Module upon release. Communications service providers (CSPs) are striving to gain more efficiencies from their transport networks as they deploy faster technolog...

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DISH | July 20, 2021

LITTLETON, Colo. and DALLAS, announced today the signing of a transformative, long-term strategic Network Services Agreement (NSA) with AT&T, making AT&T the primary network services partner for DISH MVNO customers. Through this agreement, DISH will provide current and future customers of its retail wireless brands, including Boost Mobile, Ting Mobile and Republic Wireless, access to best-in-class coverage and connectivity on AT&T's wireless network, in addition to the new DISH 5...

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TM500 Family,VIAVI | June 17, 2021

VIAVI Solutions Inc. introduced TMLite, a simplified version of its flagship TM500 Network Tester, which is used by almost every wireless base station manufacturer worldwide. This new solution allows vendors to enhance engineering performance and rapidly identify software errors by implementing focused functional test tools in the development cycle by delivering features, software environment, and user experience consistent with TM500 on a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) server. It also allows s...