Telecom network and software giant Nokia announced its core router deal with China Unicom to cover 10 provinces in the country.
China Unicom leverages Nokia 7950 XRS core router to address surging Internet traffic and national broadband initiative.
Espoo, Finland-based Nokia said its technology helps China Unicom improve speed and response times to meet future capacity demands and support the country’s national broadband plan.
China Unicom initially deployed 7950 XRS into metro networks in six provinces – Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai. This year, China Unicom plans to add four provinces including Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhejiang and Hunan to improve speed and response times for the fixed and mobile broadband subscribers.
Broadband China initiative announced in 2013 with an investment of $182 billion is expected to boost the speed and quality of Internet services. The aim of the broadband project is to reduce the digital divide by providing businesses and urban and rural citizens with national broadband coverage by 2020.
“Leveraging Nokia 7950 XRS platform, China Unicom gains bandwidth, flexibility and programmability to manage its growing networks and to better meet the needs of the country’s ambitious broadband strategy,” said Mike Wang, head of the joint management team of Nokia Networks China.
