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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

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The urgent imperative of community broadband Broadband access is essential for connecting people with each other, and with the digital world. The US government wants to build a sustainable gigabit future for all Americans and has made nearly $100 billion in funding available through various programs such as BEAD, RDOF and ARPA. But time is of the essence – the digital divide continues to widen for the unconnected and for that reason federal and state funding programs come with ambitious timelines.

Bringing high-speed connectivity to households or communities is an intricate process that can challenge even the most experienced broadband network builders.

Beyond planning, investment and technical expertise, operators need to be able to source a wide range of components and networking equipment all while ensuring their quality and compatibility.

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Additionally, global supply chain complexities, compounded by factors like changes in supply, demand and geopolitics, lead to procurement bottlenecks and price fluctuations that can all impact costs and deployment times.

Nokia’s Network-in-a-box program drastically simplifies this process by providing everything you need to deploy a broadband network as a single bundled solution.

Building your network

Deployment flexibility

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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Building your network

Deployment flexibility

Buy America, Buy Nokia

Home controller

High-capacity OLTs

What is Network-in-a-box?

Network-in-a-box is a unique program that draws on Nokia’s decades of network experience. It includes all the essential building blocks needed to deploy and scale broadband networks, providing a comprehensive toolkit for network operators designed to eliminate risk, accelerate deployments, and reduce costs. Network-ina-box is broadband, simplified.

Nokia leads the world in top-quality and highlycompatible networking equipment. We have a Build America, Buy America solution manufactured in the US. And our Network-in-a-box solutions are ready to ship directly through Nokia or our network of channel partners. Network-in-a-box can be customized to address any broadband project, from small greenfield fiber networks, to large overbuilds, and everything in between.

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Fixed Network services Premium OLTs

IP domain controllers

Aggregation routers

Small form factor OLTs

IP networks services

Broadband Network Gateway

Broadband edge

Access domain controller

Pre-aggregation OLTs

Aggregation

WiFi Beacons

Sealed OLTs

Fiber ONTs

Fiber access

Home devices

The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Building your network

Deployment flexibility

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End-to-end thinking, that’s just right for your community In many cases, communities require an all-new network. With that comes the opportunity to think end-to-end and plan for a brighter broadband future.

Network-in-a-box includes software-defined access networking (SDAN) for an open, Multivendor solution. This allows you to drive new services across your network and guarantee a better user experience from the core of the network to a Wi-Fi connected device in a subscriber’s home. When you need help, Nokia professional services are available as part of Network-in-a-Box to provide the expertise to help you solve any challenge.

We’ve used our experience to put together proven product combinations to fit many build scenarios. But Network-in-a-box can be configured to address your unique deployment. As such, Network-in-a-box can be used to build, upgrade, complement, or complete a network.

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The imperative of community broadband

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Building your network Beacon 2

OSP cabinets

Build or grow your network with NIAB

Broad range of OLTs for every deployment scenario from cabinet to stand mount GPON and XGS-PON ONTs with integrated Nokia WiFi or data only

Beacon 6

Beacon G6

Gateway ONTs Lightspan FX

Extend fiber speeds to every corner of the home with a range of WiFi Beacons

Lightspan MF-2

7250 IXR-X

Data and voice ONTs Lightspan DF-32 7250 IXR-e

7750 SR-1

Nokia Network-in-a-box comes with everything you need to get started.

Components include: IP routing Fiber-optic line and network terminals WiFi Beacons All necessary software Professional services Domain cloud controllers

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VSR-a

Broadband edge

Lightspan SF-8M

Aggregation

Fiber Access

Home Devices

The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Building your network

Deployment flexibility

The IP network Our IP network products and solutions deliver scalable, secure, and reliable IP network services. They allow you to evolve your network efficiently and sustainably without compromising service quality, all with modernized network operations.

Broadband edge

Broadband aggregation

The Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) is an essential network demarcation function between the broadband access and the IP core network . It manages subscriber access to network-based services such as the internet and content delivery networks.

The Nokia 7250 IXR product family offers purpose-built IP routers for broadband access and aggregation.

The Nokia Multi-Access Gateway (MAG) offers you a scalable and versatile BNG for delivering a seamless user experience over fiber or other access technologies that you may choose as part of your initiative.

Powered by our industry-leading service routers provides you with a state-of-the-art broadband edge that maximizes your investments in fiber and 5G fixed wireless access.

A range of platforms with advanced security and quality of service capabilities is available to ensure that you can meet the increasing traffic demands for years to come with exceptional network performance and reliability.

7750 SR-1 service router

VSR-a virtualized service router

IP network management The Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) helps you automate your IP network to simplify operations, respond quickly to fast-changing demand, get the most from your resources and ensure maximum service performance and reliability. NSP is an open programmable platform to ensure that it can adapt to your evolving automation and operations demands as they emerge.

7250 IXR-x1 aggregation router

7250 IXR-e2 aggregation router

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The imperative of community broadband

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Building your network

Deployment flexibility

Fiber access solutions Nokia is a global leader in fiber broadband and Network-in-a-box includes our latest fiber broadband technology. Our multi-PON optical line terminals (OLT) leverage our industry-leading Quillion silicon to support GPON, XGS-PON, or a mix of both. And they are ready for 25G PON whenever you are!

High-capacity OLTs

Sealed OLTs

Nokia Lightspan FX series of high-capacity access nodes are ideal for central office or remote cabinet environments.

They deliver uncompromised performance and SDN programmability for residential, mobile and business users.

The Nokia Lightspan SF is a high-capacity, sealed, passively cooled fiber access node suitable for standalone outdoor deployments.

Premium service OLTs The Nokia Lightspan MF is the industry’s first family of software-defined fiber access nodes designed to provide non-blocking delivery of massive scale, high-speed broadband services with 25G PON, 50G PON and beyond.

Lightspan FX

Access network controller The Nokia Altiplano Access Controller is an SDN domain controller with open APIs, FCAPS tools and virtual network functions to visualize, optimize and enhance the fixed network. The cloud-native platform supports automation tools and flexible programming.

Lightspan MF-2

Small form factor OLT The Nokia Lightspan DF nodes are mini-OLTs designed for distributed or disaggregated access network architectures.

With stackable deployment options, Lightspan DF OLTs enable cost-effective network evolution today and in the future.

Lightspan DF-32

Lightspan SF-8M

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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Deployment flexibility

Building your network

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Wi-Fi Beacons

In-home broadband devices The in-home network is crucial for delivering a great broadband experience. After all, there’s little point delivering premium fiber broadband to the home if it’s completely undone by poor Wi-Fi connectivity within the home. Nokia broadband devices are powered by Corteca, an end-to-end software suite that delivers an exceptional experience for subscribers, while helping you reduce costs and create new revenues.

Network-in-a-box includes elements from our market-leading fiber optical network terminals (ONTs), 5G fixed wireless access gateways, and WiFi Beacons.

Fiber Optical Network Terminals

Beacon 2

Beacon 6

Beacon G6

Gateway ONTs

An extensive portfolio of optical network terminals designed to deliver gigabit services to the premises in a wide variety of deployment scenarios. Product solutions range from cost-efficient Layer 2 ONTs to cutting-edge, fully integrated Layer 3 gateways with Wi-Fi 6.

WiFi Beacons Nokia Wi-Fi Beacons create a mesh Wi-Fi network that is self-healing and self-optimizing. They constantly monitor the environment and work around any interference issues in real-time. And with Wi-Fi 6 they deliver fiber speeds to every corner of the home.

Home device management The Nokia Corteca home controller is a multi-vendor platform managing Nokia WiFi Beacons, ONTs and FWA gateways and third-party devices. It gives helpdesk agents real-time visibility of the in-home network, devices and traffic, while proactively managing radio resources.

XGS-PON

GPON

Data and voice ONTs

GPON and XGS-PON variants

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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

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Professional services You only get one chance to get it right the first time. And as technology innovation cycles accelerate, it can be hard to keep up. Network-in-a-box includes Nokia professional services where we act as your network partner, bringing experience to complement your own in-house capabilities and expertise.

Prepare We simplify the process of introducing new technologies and products, turning them quickly into revenue-generating services. Our patented business and technology modeling tools help you build viable and accurate business cases, with the right technology and strategy to move to Gigabit and software-defined access.

Deploy We help you reduce time to market by ensuring that the right skills, tools and methodologies are applied to the deployment process. We offer deployment support in several important areas, including customer self-installation technologies and network build control management.

Operationalize We enable you to migrate services flawlessly, execute smooth upgrades and leverage analysis to keep your network in shape. We have available several optimization options, including legacy broadband migration, network software upgrades, and network assessments and health checks.

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Building your network

Deployment flexibility

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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Building your network

Deployment flexibility

Buy America, Buy Nokia

Deployment flexibility Sized for any community

Greenfield use case

Scale

Your network might span multiple communities with different needs or just a single small community. No matter. Network-in-abox can be sized for small networks, large networks, or anything in between. The key is to ensure what you select today can be scaled to meet future needs as your community grows.

There are a lot of moving parts in Network-in-a-box but it’s actually quite simple. The Greenfield network illustrated below is an example of this. With our appropriately sized network elements, Network-in-a-box can get you up and running with a network sized to connect 1 to 1000 homes.

Get started with pre-planned solutions: • Up to 20,000 subscribers • 20,000 - 64,000 subscribers • Over 64,000 subscribers

Altiplano Access domain controller

Virtualized Service Router VSR-a

Aggregation

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Lightspan DF-32

Fiber access

GPON XGS-PON 25G PON

XGS-PON ONT (XS-230-A) Beacon G6

Home devices

The imperative of community broadband

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Deployment flexibility

Brownfield networks Migration Nokia Multi-PON optics combine XGS-PON and GPON on the same optics module making it a convenient choice for greenfield areas served by the same OLT. This is all enabled by the use of a Coexistence module which combines GPON, XGS-PON and 25G PON wavelengths enabling your complete fiber network for fiber for everything use cases such as Enterprise services, mobile backhaul and Industry 4.0.

If you’re already deploying fiber networks with GPON or other technologies, you may be looking to upgrade to higher speeds. With Network-in-a-box you can easily start deploying XGS-PON over your existing GPON network without disturbing existing services. This overlay then allows you to add XGS-PON subscribers as needed to support multi-gigabit and enterprise services on that PON.

OSS/BSS integration is key which is why the Nokia Altiplano Controller uses open APIs to work in a multi-vendor environment. And our work with OSS/BSS partners ensures readiness to integrate into existing networks.

Nokia MPM Optics (GPON + XGS-PON)

GPON ONT Lightspan OLT XGS-PON ONT GPON / XGS-PON / 25G PON

Existing GPON ONT Existing GPON OLT

Coexistence module

Fiber access

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WiFi Beacons XGS-PON ONT

Home devices

The imperative of community broadband

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Building your network

Build America, Buy Nokia The U.S. government Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requires that federally funded infrastructure projects — such as the BEAD program — use American-made iron, steel, construction materials and manufactured products. The goal is for taxpayer dollars funding U.S. infrastructure projects to be invested back into American jobs and manufacturing.

We owe it to our rural communities to build networks that secure their broadband future now. It starts with fiber infrastructure. Fiber is the most future-proof and greenest way of bringing high-speed broadband to the masses, and fiber infrastructure can serve your community’s needs today and the next 50 years.

Nokia is proud to be the first telecom equipment vendor to manufacture fiber-optic broadband products in the U.S. for use in the BEAD program.

Multi-rate optics

Lightspan FX

Lightspan FX

ONT XS-230X-A

Lightspan DF-32

Aggregation

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Fiber Access

Home devices

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The imperative of community broadband

Nokia Network-in-a-box

End-to-end thinking

Let us put the depth of Nokia’s experience and the breadth of our solutions to work for you. With Network-in-a-box, you can effectively navigate the broadband funding opportunities and build a deployment plan that will serve you well into the future.

We’ve helped service providers across the US use their infrastructure to deliver innovative broadband services – creating new revenue streams for the providers and new growth opportunities for the communities they serve.

We can provide you with planning, guidance, solutions and trusted expertise to help you offer new carrier-grade broadband services while improving the reliability and effectiveness of your broadband network.

To learn more about Nokia solutions for community broadband please visit nokia.com/networks/rural-broadband/

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