In the Internet age, the importance of broadband connections is growing dramatically.
By 2015, we expect around five billion people to enjoy the benefits of being
connected, accessing the Internet via broadband connections. Nokia Siemens
Networks is one of the leading companies working to enable exciting services for
everyone, anywhere, anytime. At the Broadband World Forum Asia 2007, the new
company is presenting best-in-class solutions to allow carriers and service providers
to take their share of the broadband boom.
Unlimited bandwidth with FTTx
Optical fiber is growing in importance worldwide as a means for accessing the Internet with
data-hungry triple play applications combining high-speed Internet, Voice over IP (VoIP) and
video services. Nokia Siemens Networks is presenting at the Broadband World Forum the
most advanced access scenarios: FTTC (fiber to the curb) uses existing copper cables for
the last few meters to the subscriber to provide bandwidths of around 50 megabits a second
(Mbit/s); FTTB (fiber to the building) and FTTH (fiber to the home) permit a further increase in
the bandwidth to more than 100 Mbit/s. All FTTx architectures can be implemented using
different technologies: DSL (VDSL2), passive optical networks (PON) or pure Ethernet
solutions. Customized to the providers’ requirements and infrastructure, each solution
optimizes the installed base and prepares providers for growing revenues. In addition, these
scalable solutions are at the forefront of technological innovation and allow OPEX to be kept
to a minimum.
Also being showcased is how state-of-the-art mobile backhauling via xDSL or Carrier
Ethernet can help slash costs compared with leased lines. This cost-effective technology
from Nokia Siemens Networks supports increasing data traffic with mobile and fixed
broadband service bundles.
Radio evolution for 2G/3G supports the mobile broadband future
Nokia Siemens Networks highlights revenue-generating mobile broadband solutions enabling
service continuity for the mobile broadband future. Operators will benefit from the smart radio
network and site design enabled by Nokia Siemens Networks' base station innovations,
leading to the highest service quality. Operators can minimize network deployment and
operational costs with distributed base station architectures and the market leading Flexi
Base Station platform, the smallest and most efficient multi-technology base station in the
industry, with unique design and architecture. The Flexi Base Station delivers the benefits of
modularity and energy efficiency to GSM, WCDMA and WiMAX operators by optimizing the
total value of ownership, and underscores Nokia Siemens Networks’ commitment to
environmentally sustainable solutions for radio access networks.
Service continuity is ensured with our strong EDGE and EDGE evolution commitment, and
with the easy and smooth upgrade of our state-of-the-art 3G WCDMA networks to HSPA,
Internet-HSPA and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Flat network architectures will be enabled
by Nokia Siemens Networks' innovation, I-HSPA, which will provide a reduction in
operational costs and enable a smooth migration path to LTE. Nokia Siemens Networks'
LTE is the next evolution for mobile networks like GSM, WCDMA and CDMA, promising
delivery of new multimedia and rich call applications with full mobility and high data speeds.
Mobile WiMAX for wireless and mobile broadband applications
Nokia Siemens Networks’ mobile WiMAX solution shows how easy it is to extend broadband
access and add mobility to wireless broadband services as the business grows. Mobile
WiMAX will enable operators with appropriate frequency holdings to provide cost-effective
personal mobile broadband to their subscribers. The market-leading Flexi WiMAX Base
Station from Nokia Siemens Networks enables operators to build coverage where they need
it, since the base station can be installed anywhere and no dedicated equipment rooms are
needed.
TV – whatever, whenever, wherever: Mobile TV and IPTV
Nokia Siemens Networks showcases a combination of complimentary technologies (unicast
streaming, DVB-H, IPTV) to ensure a best-in-class personal TV experience.
Unicast streaming is presented live on Nokia devices (the N80 and N95), including a new
video center client. This is a pre-installed and easy-to-use application on Nokia devices such
as the N95. It enables mobile users to utilize a whole range of video services on their mobile
phones, e.g., daily news or YouTube videos. They can also view live TV streaming or video
playlists via the video center client.
Nokia Siemens Networks is convinced that DVB-H will be a leading standard for Mobile TV in
Asian markets and especially in China, and is therefore demonstrating DVB-H with four TV
channels on Nokia devices (the N77 and N92). A huge demand for Mobile TV services is
expected during the big 2008 Beijing event.
Nokia Siemens Networks’ new IPTV features demonstrate, among other things, how
effortlessly a user can share photos by sending snapshots to an Internet portal, which
another user can almost instantaneously download directly to a TV screen. Additionally,
users can access the Internet via their remote controls and browse directly on their TV
screens.
Nokia Siemens Networks is also demonstrating the personalization of interactive services
like live voting on music clips in combination with purchasing merchandise. This service is
available via Mobile TV and IPTV, proving the convergence of interactive applications. Users
can enjoy the same application with the same look-and-feel either on their mobile phone or at
home on their TV screen.
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The
company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network
infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service
professionals worldwide. The combined pro-forma net sales of €17.1 billion Euro in fiscal
year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications
infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries
and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia’s Networks Business Group and
the carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications.
