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MC-IF names 2025-26 board of directors

The Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) has announced the results of its recent board elections, welcoming a group of industry leaders for the 2025-26 term. The newly elected board members represent some of the world’s most influential technology companies driving innovation in media coding: ● Aytac Biber (Qualcomm) ● Yi-Jen Chiu (Intel) ● Per Fröjdh […]

February 28, 2025

Broadband Forum realigns work areas

Broadband Forum has realigned its work areas to ensure every new project and specification focuses on enabling services-led and intelligent broadband that provides the applications and services most demanded by users. The Forum’s five work areas will cover topics including access networks, connected users and subscriber networks, network architecture, cloud and autonomous networks, and most […]

February 19, 2025

Nokia upgrades Orange Jordan’s broadband network gateway

Nokia and Orange Jordan have announced the successful upgrade of Orange Jordan’s Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) with Nokia’s 7750 Service Router (SR) platforms. This strategic initiative enhances broadband services across Jordan, delivering superior connectivity and operational efficiency. The deployment spans 76 sites across Jordan’s north, central, and southern regions, positioning Orange Jordan to meet growing […]

February 17, 2025

Hotard to succeed Lundmark at Nokia

Nokia has announced a leadership transition. Nokia’s President and CEO, Pekka Lundmark, has informed the Board that he will step down. The Board has appointed Justin Hotard as the next President and CEO of Nokia. He will start in his new role on April 1st. Hotard joins Nokia with more than 25 years’ experience with […]

February 10, 2025

Openreach, Nokia 50Gbps fibre test

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach and Nokia have successfully tested the UK’s first live 50 Gigabits per second (Gbps) broadband connection. The technology promises to deliver speeds twenty times faster than the fastest broadband services available today in UK. During a field test conducted from a residential property in Ipswich, the new Nokia ’50G PON’ […]

February 5, 2025By Colin Mann

Nokia extends Orange France deal

Nokia has signed a four-year contract extension with Orange France to upgrade its 5G radio infrastructure with Nokia’s energy-efficient AirScale portfolio. The new deal will deliver an enhanced experience across Orange’s footprint in Southeastern and Western France. Orange will also trial Nokia’s 5G Cloud RAN solutions to assess the transition of its network towards Cloud […]

February 5, 2025

Singapore: StarHub, Nokia upgrade fibre broadband network

Nokia has announced that StarHub has successfully completed its nationwide rollout of its XGS-PON network, connecting hundreds of thousands of homes across Singapore to 10 Gbps internet speeds. The upgraded broadband network provides immediate access to additional broadband capacity needed to support bandwidth-hungry applications such as AI, immersive gaming and advanced security. StarHub will use […]

February 5, 2025

Hammarén named President of Nokia Technologies

Nokia has announced the appointment of Patrik Hammarén as President of Nokia Technologies and member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team, effective immediately. Nokia Technologies is responsible for managing and monetising Nokia’s intellectual property, including the company’s patent portfolio. The business group licenses Nokia’s innovation and contributions to global technology standards to other companies. Hammarén […]

January 22, 2025

Nokia signs video tech licence deal with Samsung

Nokia has signed a multi-year patent licence agreement with Samsung covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Samsung’s televisions. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia. The new agreement is separate from Nokia and Samsung’s existing 5G patent licence agreement. The terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties. Arvin […]

January 15, 2025

Nokia wins Openreach deal

Network technology specialist Nokia has been chosen by UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach to build an open-access fibre network to serve millions of homes and businesses. Built using Nokia’s One Network Platform, the network will help Openreach support its target of connecting 25 million premises by the end of 2026, responding to the increasing demand […]

January 9, 2025By Colin Mann