COUNTRY FOCUS: POLAND
With the move towards Digital
Transformation, Poland’s
infrastructure is fast developing.
Telecom companies are working to
enhance the country’s cabling and
networking services for example,
while others work to make progress
with Smart Cities.
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Telecom companies
take steps to modernise
Polish infrastructure
N
okia has announced that Netia,
one of the largest regional
telecommunication operators
in Poland, will deploy its Unified Cable
Access solution to significantly increase the
network capacity needed to support surging
bandwidth demands. Initially targeting the
cities of Warsaw and Krakow, the deployment
will create Europe’s first fully virtualised
Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA) cable
network and enable Netia to deliver enhanced
ultra-broadband services to residential and
business customers and quickly expand its
network into new service areas.
Annual data traffic growth of 40-60%
is placing enormous pressure on cable
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operators’ Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks
globally. To meet this growing demand,
cable operators are turning to software-
driven, all-IP Distributed Access Architectures
(DAA), which increase the capacity of
existing networks, reduce operating costs
and improve signal quality. Estimated to
be a US$1.6 billion market by 2022, DAA
architectures are becoming essential for
cable operators looking to rapidly deploy
new services and cost-effectively upgrade
their networks.
Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution is
based on a virtualised Distributed Access
Architecture (vDAA) which delivers greater
space and power savings, as well as superior
architectural flexibility, compared to
traditional DAAs.
Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution will
enable Netia to establish a fully distributed
and virtualised access architecture that can
support new, competitive Gigabit and IPTV
services over great distances.
By moving the cable access layer functions
in its headend and hub sites to the access
nodes that sit closer to customers, Netia can
eliminate some of its legacy cable-specific
hardware and significantly extend its reach
into new communities. It also can increase
the performance needed to ensure a better
Internet experience for subscribers.
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