Nokia and Illwerke Vkw Announce Establishment of Advanced optical Transmission Network in Austria
Recently, Illwerke Vkw AG, a leading power utility and telecommunications service provider based in Vorarlberg, Austria, has chosen Nokia to deploy optical transmission solutions for its enterprise clients. The deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2024 and will provide ilwerke vkw AG with a new, flexible modern optical network capable of supporting 400G wavelengths and above.
Illwerke VKW AG is a leading energy service provider in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria, with its electricity coming entirely from renewable energy sources. The company provides energy to approximately 200000 customers and offers telecommunications services to mobile network providers (MNOs). Faced with rapidly growing capacity demands, Illwerke VKW AG has chosen to utilize Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and high-performance Nokia Photon Service Engine (PSE) technology to develop its existing network into a modern infrastructure that can increase network size, optimize performance, and ensure sustainable growth.
Nokia’s new optical network will span 15 sites in Vorarlberg, providing 10G, 25G, and 100G mobile backhaul and fronthaul transmission services to connect mobile operator cellular sites and central offices. Ilwerke VKW AG will also provide optical transmission services to other commercial customers in the region.
By adopting the Nokia 1830 Photon Service Switch (PSS), the new network will allow ilwerke vkw AG to effectively manage the wavelengths of the photon layer. It will also include optical channel protection to achieve maximum business resilience and support for all forward protocols, preparing the network to support multi generation radio (3G/4G/5G). This includes supporting high-performance synchronous allocation (frequency/time/phase) to meet the strict (ITU-T G.8273.2 Class B and C) timing requirements for backhaul and fronthaul services implemented through 1830 PSS and 1830 time sensitive packet switches (TPS), respectively.
The new optical network also adopts Nokia WaveSuite Network Operations Center (WS-NOC), which provides unified end-to-end optical management and support functions, including business distribution and business assurance.
We are delighted to collaborate with Nokia to develop our existing network infrastructure. The new fiber optic network will enable us to meet the growing capacity demands and provide high-quality telecommunications services to Vorarlberg’s mobile service providers and business customers, “said Christoph M ä rk, IT Director at Illwerke Vkw AG.
Matthieu Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Head of European Network Infrastructure Business at Nokia, said: “As Austria’s leading energy service provider, Illwerke Vkw AG stands out by utilizing renewable energy and expanding its network and expertise to provide telecommunications services to mobile network operators. Like our peers in the global energy and telecommunications industries, our customers are facing a ruthless demand for capacity, which requires significant network modernization. Nokia will provide a flexible and excellent optical transmission network that can support 400G wavelength and above, which will meet the current and future needs of Illwerke VKW AG customers.”