Nokia announced its cable network deal with Netia, a regional telecommunication operator in Poland, to deploy its Unified Cable Access solution to increase the network capacity.
Netia will be initially targeting the cities of Warsaw and Krakow to deploy Europe’s first virtualized Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA) cable network.
Nokia said its Unified Cable Access solution is based on a virtualized Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA) which delivers greater space and power savings, as well as superior architectural flexibility, compared to traditional DAAs.
Netia will use Nokia’s Unified Cable Access to establish a distributed and virtualized access architecture that can support Gigabit and IPTV services over great distances.
Netia engineers will be able to move cable access layer functions in its headend and hub sites to the access nodes that sit closer to customers to eliminate legacy cable-specific hardware. The result will be extension of its reach into new communities. It increases the performance to ensure a better internet experience for subscribers.
“Nokia is the only vendor that can provide an innovative approach and solution that allowed us to achieve huge capacity gains and expand into new areas without augmenting the metro network we had in place,” Andrzej Abramczuk, president of the board, general director at Netia said.
Netia will begin deploying Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution, including the Gainspeed Access Controller and Gainspeed Access Nodes, into its network in Q4 2018. Netia will be able to replace analog optical transmission with 10Gbps Ethernet, establishing an all-IP architecture capable of backhauling and transmitting digitized video over long distances.
This will help reduce the space and power costs in the hub while significantly increasing the network’s capacity, reach and signal quality, thus improving ultra-broadband services for its customers, Nokia said.
“DAA is a key transformation in next generation cable access networks, enabling cable operators to deliver higher bandwidths and new service offerings to residential and business clients,” Jaimie Lenderman, senior analyst at Ovum, said.
Nokia said its Unified Cable Access solution will enable Netia to deploy 1Gbps High Speed Internet (HSI) Services (DOCSIS 3.0) or 1+Gbps HSI-Services (DOCSIS 3.1) in combination with advanced Real Time Protocol (RTP)-based video services.
Subscribers need to purchase a new DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem in order to move from 1Gbps to 1+Gbps.
