Eastlink to Enhance 5G Network Experience for Canadian Customers

Eastlink and Nokia have joined forces to enhance Eastlink's 5G network experience, utilising Nokia's AirScale technology for faster speeds, improved performance, and increased capacity.

Highlights

  • Eastlink partners with Nokia in a strategic 5G network enhancement deal.
  • Nokia's AirScale portfolio to bring faster speeds and greater network capacity.
  • First site powered by Nokia technology set to launch in August.

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Eastlink to Enhance 5G Network Experience for Canadian Customers
Eastlink has partnered with Nokia to enhance its 5G network across Canada. This partnership will see Eastlink modernizing its mobile network using Nokia's AirScale portfolio, including 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) technology, to deliver lightning-fast speeds, unparalleled performance, and expanded network capacity.

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Modernizing Mobile Infrastructure

According to the official release, Eastlink will use Nokia's energy-efficient AirScale solutions, including baseband, remote radio heads, and massive MIMO antennas, to enhance its Mobile Networks. These technologies will offer 5G capacity and coverage while ensuring seamless deployment and operation, thanks to the advanced ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) technology that drives them.

Eastlink delivers communication services, including high-speed internet, mobile, TV, phone, data, security, and 5G smart home solutions. It serves a diverse customer base, catering to residential, business, and public sector clients across seven provinces in Canada and Bermuda.

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Eastlink said: "We're so pleased to welcome Nokia as part of our dual supplier radio network strategy. We expect them to cover a sizeable portion of our mobile radio access network over the next few years. Nokia will be a key contributor towards helping us deliver the best mobile experience to our customers as we leverage their expertise of next-generation technology that focuses on energy efficiency and security."

Enhancing Network Capabilities

This collaboration includes expanding new sites and enhancing existing sites, with the first site expected to go live in August. This allows Eastlink to elevate its network capabilities, thereby allowing customers to harness the full potential of 5G connectivity.

Also Read: Ericsson Extends Partnership with Eastlink to Strengthen 5G Network on 3500 MHz Band

As per the official release, since its launch in 2013, Eastlink has invested a sum of half a billion dollars (USD 500 million) to expand its mobile services nationwide, with the most recent expansions taking place in New Brunswick and the Acadian Peninsula.

With the deployment of advanced technologies, Eastlink is set to reshape the digital landscape, offering Canadians seamless connectivity.

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