Nokia has announced that its 5G Standalone Core SaaS has been selected by Telia Finland as part of a European Union-funded innovation programme to give the operator a fully automated and scalable software model for delivering greater business agility and faster time to value in rolling out and monetising 5G network services.
Telia Finland, working in close collaboration with Nokia, aims to create an innovative 5G Standalone Core stack and to be the first operator in Finland to open its network to application developers for creating new software applications for industries such as transportation. Telia Finland is using European Union funding to help with the creation of 5G SA corridors among motorways and seaways for the innovation programme, Sirius.
The two companies also signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Sirius utilise Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal for enabling the creation of software applications for new enterprise, industrial and consumer use cases. It will also help the operator monetise this 5G network in new and innovative ways beyond connectivity in a SaaS first model.
Nokia Core SaaS moves operators and enterprises away from the legacy practice of deploying customised software run on private infrastructure. Using Nokia Core SaaS through a subscription avoids both upfront capital expenditure and the need to perform on-site software maintenance and updates.
Supporting the 5G SA innovation programme Sirius, Nokia’s platform will provide application developers with tools such as Software Development Kits and Network Application Programming Interfaces, which will give access to exposed functionality within Telia’s network and enable developers to build new use cases and capabilities for their customers.
The platform was launched in September, building on close collaboration with developers and operators.
Fran Heeran, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Core Networks, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: “We are delighted to deepen Nokia’s partnership with Telia Finland through our innovative telecom SaaS offerings. Nokia offers a complete, cloud native 5G Core solution which provides Telia with a more agile and customer-centric pathway for operating its network and rapidly delivering new 5G services.”
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