Nokia announced it will deploy the Altiplano cloud platform for fiber access in Metrotel’s network. This deployment enables Metrotel to deliver high-speed broadband and related services to users across Argentina.
Metrotel has built 4000 km of fiber networks, spanning Greater Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba, Mendoza and Neuquen. Metrotel will be deploying Nokia Lightspan fiber access nodes to provide cheaper and faster connectivity to 40,000 customers across these regions.
Metrotel will use the solution to support corporate customers in sectors including financial services, media, hospitality and government. Flexible control and easy integration allow Metrotel to tailor its offering to individual market segments. Nokia’s high-capacity Lightspan FX access nodes provide the required scale.
Metrotel aims to become a broadband wholesaler, providing connectivity and support services to virtual network operators who serve the residential market. The network will also support 5G mobile backhaul services, helping to accelerate rollout of 5G capabilities across Argentina.
The Altiplano Access Controller will enable Metrotel to improve its network customization and management, through open programmable interfaces and closed-loop automated operations.
Nokia Cloud Acceleration Professional Services provide system integration services to integrate Altiplano cloud platform in Metrotel cloud infrastructure. Altiplano customization services provide customer specific intents to support Metrotel’s requirements for their business customers.
German Garay, CTO at Metrotel, said: “We chose Nokia for their comprehensive but also highly dynamic solution; new and scalable PON technologies; software oriented around shorter innovation cycles; and an architecture based on microservices, automation and virtualization.”
Sandra Motley, president of Fixed Networks at Nokia, said: “Nokia’s Altiplano cloud platform and fiber access solutions will enable Metrotel to deliver high-speed broadband and related services to its users across Argentina.”
