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Nokia selected as nationwide supplier of 5G RAN by Elisa Finland
Nokia has announced that it has been selected by leading Finnish mobile operator , Elisa , as the nationwide supplier of 5G RAN . Nokia , which will provide its AirScale 5G RAN portfolio , will deliver enhanced ultra-fast , low-latency mobile broadband services to both consumer and enterprise customers .
Avaya Spaces collaboration app enables better video conferencing experiences with NVIDIA AI
The deal continues Nokia ’ s long-standing partnership with Elisa into the 5G era and will focus on Elisa ’ s efforts to digitise Finland and make it a leading global 5G market .
To support digitalisation in Finland , Nokia will supply its flexible AirScale 5G Radio Access portfolio for enhanced mobile connectivity , as well as additional use cases such as Massive IoT and Ultra-Reliable Low Latency services ( URLLC ).
This strengthens the partnership Nokia and Elisa have in other areas such as Core and IP Networks , as well as in Telco Cloud and IT domain .
The project will also focus on mobile network technology migration so that new radios will serve both 5G and 4G subscribers across the country . Elisa plans to decommission its 3G network by 2023 to support its move to 5G services .
The deal demonstrates Nokia and Elisa ’ s commitment to sustainability , with Elisa being the first operator to have installed a commercial liquid cooling 5G base station . The solution reduces the potential energy expense of the base station by 30 % and CO 2 emissions by approximately 80 %.
Avaya , a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration , is integrating powerful cloud AI solutions from NVIDIA to increase the impact and value of visual , audible and collaborative experiences through the Avaya Spaces app . Avaya Spaces is an all-in-one video collaboration app for the digital workplace that changes the way work gets done . Avaya Spaces is used by businesses , schools , governments and organisations in nearly 100 countries to bring together distributed groups of people instantly with immersive work spaces where they can message , meet , share content , manage tasks and collaborate in the cloud . Announced separately by NVIDIA , the NVIDIA Maxine cloud-native streaming video
AI platform features a broad collection of cloud-based audio video and conversational AI software that enhances the video conferencing user experience .
“ Millions of users around the world rely on Avaya ’ s award-winning unified communications and collaboration solutions to deliver exceptional customer and employee experiences ,” said Anthony Bartolo , Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer , Avaya .
“ With NVIDIA ’ s leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Avaya ’ s 20 years of innovation , we ’ re able to deliver AI from the cloud and cost-effectively scale to help address the rapid growth in meetings and collaboration in a workfromwanywhere world .”
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