BT to test 800G capabilities of Nokia’s FP5 IP routing silicon
Nokia said it will support BT tests of the technology provider’s FP5 network processing silicon, including its ability to support 800G. The tests come in the context of BT’s use of Nokia’s 77xx family of routers on its IP network in the UK (see, for example, "BT deploys Nokia 7750 SR-s router platform").
Nokia unveiled its fifth-generation FP5 IP routing silicon last September (see “Nokia unveils FP5 fifth-generation routing silicon for 800GbE support”). In addition to its support of 800G transmission, the silicon also supports new embedded line rate, flow-based encryption capabilities, and a 75% reduction in power consumption, according to the company.
“With FP5, Nokia continues to innovate to ensure IP networks have the scale, flexibility, and features to help us manage increasing demand from our residential, mobile, and business customers. We’re eager to trial its capabilities as we grow our network capacity – part of our Best Network strategy for meeting our customers’ future needs,” commented Neil McRae, managing director and chief architect at BT.
“This FP5 trial is an extension of the strong partnership and collaboration between BT and Nokia to build the multiservice network that runs the UK now and in the future. Key to this trial will be FP5’s capability to support high-density standards based QSFP-DD 800 ports, which are immediately available with the FP5 and a real differentiator for Nokia,” added Rafa de Fermin, vice president network infrastructure at Nokia.
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