Nokia has announced the completion of the nationwide Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network (NEWTON) for Swisscom in Switzerland.
Nokia deployed an Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) approach as part of the optical network modernization, with the goal of improving capacity and bandwidth efficiency across the Swisscom network. The NEWTON project included the deployment of 22 backbone sites as well as 560 metro sites.
The operation appears to have been completed ahead of schedule, indicating the start of the service migration, which will be managed collaboratively by the vendor and the operator.
All fixed and wireless traffic will be routed from customer-supplied equipment to metro access to the new optical network’s backbone. This will enable client services ranging from 1G to 400G, as well as aggregate and manage traffic from end-to-end and maximize fiber usage.
Nokia’s optical network hardware, software and professional services were chosen by the operator to modernize its entire optical network, ensuring high availability and bolstering network resiliency to business-critical fixed and wireless services.
The demand for such a “service-centric network” has arisen as Swisscom’s traffic has increased due to remote work, learning, as well as entertainment applications and cloud computing. The optical networking solution will handle the increased traffic by eliminating repetitive tasks, speeding up service delivery and lowering the overall cost of ownership. Another advantage is that the telco’s power consumption is reduced.
“The transformation of Swisscom’s optical network is essential for our future digitalization,” said Swisscom CEO Christoph Aeschlimann. “Through the partnership with Nokia, we have a network that can quickly adapt to changes and provide superior service to our customers while contributing to our sustainability goals. We are pleased to move to this next stage of service migration, working together with Nokia as our trusted partner.”
A 25% annual capacity growth can now be handled by the upgraded network with greater ease, and service level agreements can be upheld while maintaining high network performance.
“This is a showcase service-centric network, fully leveraging automation to streamline service delivery and minimize costs, even as it effortlessly scales to support surging customer traffic demands,” according to the President of Network Infrastructure at Nokia, Federico Guillén.
