Nokia and NBN Co announced the deployment of Nokia's next-generation broadband platform and its Altiplano Access Controller to deliver a smarter, faster and greener nbn network. The deployment is the first for the Lightspan MF-14 in the Southern Hemisphere.  With unmatched capacity, space efficiency, low latency, intelligence, reliability and power efficiency, the MF-14 will help nbn address Australia's broadband needs well into the future and help the company realize their Toward Zero Carbon Ambition. Nokia's Altiplano Access Controller is a software-defined (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) tool used to drive greater automation and virtualization.

It enables innovation in the way the network is managed with an open API to automate and program the network. nbn recently welcomed the Australian Government's commitment to invest an additional $2.4 billion to roll out more fiber to communities across Australia. The new investment will enable an additional 1.5 million homes and businesses currently served by Fiber to the Node (FTTN) to upgrade to Fiber to the Premises (FTTP).

Coupled with the additional homes and businesses connected by fiber, nbn is evolving the FTTP technology platform to enable higher speed services and has recently successfully completed lab evaluations of 25Gbps FTTP technology. Full fiber connections will help deliver faster broadband speeds, better reliability and energy efficiency, as well as support additional data capacity for the nbn network. These upgrades will help ensure eligible customers can more effectively work from home and operate online businesses, participate in online education, engage in telehealth consultations, stream entertainment and connect with friends and family.

nbn will be the first operator in the Southern Hemisphere to adopt the MF-14 platform following announcements by US and UK operators in October 2022. Deployment will commence in 2023. Resources Lightspan MF-14, the world's first Gen 6 optical line terminal (OLT) The industry is entering a ‘fiber-for-everything' era.

Once operators have deployed fiber-to-the-home, their networks pass every other building in the street, as well as the homes, meaning they can connect businesses and other services. Fiber PON will be capable of supporting high bandwidth consumer services, industry 4.0 applications, business connectivity, 5G transport and smart city services. This creates more revenue opportunities, lowers TCO and significantly reduces overall power consumption.

This new broadband era, designated Broadband 6 by the World Broadband Association (WBBA), requires a new technical solution. Nokia's pioneering Lightspan MF-14 is the first Gen 6 optical line terminal (OLT) in the world. Based on new, advanced hardware and disaggregated software design, MF-14 is a generation leap in fiber access solutions and the only solution ready for mass delivery of 25G, 50G and 100G PON services.

4x higher capacity than previous generation, ensures smooth evolution to massive connectivity with 25, 50, 100. No single point of failures, ensuring the highest availability (six nines) in the market. This is important because consumers and business depend on broadband non-stop Sub millisecond latency for 5G transport and new array of industry 4.0 applications 20% higher power efficiency than the industry average so operators can decrease overall power consumption as they connect more points on fiber network and meet sustainability targets Modular software architecture for more agility for upgrading software and onboarding of new functionality, with much less effort and time.

SDN programmability and open APIs to enable control function by Nokia or 3rd party network control functions Fast telemetry and digital mirror in the cloud for enhanced network overview.