NBN Co Uses Nokia CPEs in $750M Fixed Wireless Upgrade – Hardware – Network – Telecom/ISP

NBN Co will sell Nokia customer premises equipment to $750 million expansion Fixed wireless network upgrade.

The vendor said late Tuesday it had been selected by NBN Co to supply 5G fixed wireless access mmWave customer premises equipment (CPE) under the program.

The CPE “supports high-frequency mmWave bands capable of gigabit speeds at facilities within a seven-kilometer radius of a radio base station,” Nokia said, claiming it was a “world first.”

NBN Co uses both cmWave and mmWave spectrum for the extension of fixed wireless networks. This will serve his 120,000 users who were previously in the satellite footprint.

This upgrade will also allow the network to handle speeds over 100Mbps.

Nokia said the range of its equipment is “up to 10 km to meet NBN Co’s stringent throughput and capacity requirements.”

“The CPE consists of an outdoor unit installed on the roof of the facility and an indoor unit that uses a 2.5Gbps Power over Ethernet connection to connect to the outdoor receiver and provide the user interface to the customer,” Nokia said. says.

Network operators are “faced with a gradual shift in broadband demand in rural and regional areas, and there is a growing need for It is estimated that the demand for data will increase by 300% over the next decade.”

“With Nokia’s 5G mmWave solution, NBN Co will be able to make better use of both sub-6GHz and 5G mmWave spectrum allocations to significantly extend the range, speed and capacity of existing fixed wireless networks and improve end user It can improve the experience,” Ashton said.

“This antenna design will be a key enabler for our fixed wireless upgrade program.”