Telecoms company Nokia and France's Orange have extended their long-term partnership with a new 5G agreement, according to a press release.

The four-year extension covers the upgrade of 5G radio infrastructure with Nokia's Airscale portfolio. The agreement aims to provide improved customer experience for the whole of Orange in south-eastern and western France.

Orange will simultaneously test Nokia's 5G Cloud RAN solutions in evaluating the transition of its network to Cloud RAN technology.