Nokia announced that it signed a four-year contract extension with Orange France to upgrade its 5G radio infrastructure with Nokia’s energy-efficient AirScale portfolio.
According to the Finnish company, the new deal will enhance the customer experience with best-in-class speeds, capacity, and performance across Orange’s footprint in Southeastern and Western France.
Orange will also trial Nokia’s 5G Cloud RAN solutions to assess the transition of its network towards Cloud RAN technology.
“We are excited to continue our long-standing partnership with Orange France and contribute positively towards their network performance, sustainability goals, and commitment to net carbon neutrality,” said Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, in a press release.
Under the deal, Nokia will supply equipment from its O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale portfolio. This includes Nokia’s next-generation AirScale baseband solutions, lightweight, and high-output Massive MIMO Habrok radios, and Nokia’s Pandion portfolio of FDD multiband remote radio heads to cover all use cases and deployment scenarios.
Orange will also trial Nokia’s 5G Cloud RAN solutions. “This new contract extension with Nokia […] will support our pioneering efforts to drive superior customer experience further, reduce our environmental footprint, and make our network as energy efficient as possible,” commented Emmanuel Lugagne Delpon, CTO at Orange France, also in a press statement.
