Designed for mid-sized deployments, the MF-8 provides exceptional capacity, six-nine reliability and sub-millisecond latency, the telecoms giant revealed.
As a result, Nokia claims the tool, powered by the Quillion chipset, is ideal for both residential and mission-critical Industry 4.0 services, ensuring no single point of failure.
Meanwhile, its versatile design allows it to be deployed in various locations, including cabinets, central offices and data centres.
The MF-8 expands Nokia’s multi-gig fibre portfolio, which ranges from the smaller MF-2 to the larger MF-14, capable of delivering extensive 25G PON services.
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Nokia, vice president of broadband networks, Geert Heyninck, said: “With the new Lightspan MF-8, we are bringing all the great features of the Lightspan family, including unmatched six-nines availability - which is unique in the industry.
“In addition, the Lightspan family matches up with our new Altiplano domain controller, designed to help operators move towards autonomous networks.
"The combination of 25/50/100G readiness, mission-critical availability, and automation ensures that our customers are ready for the future of broadband, now.”
Omdia, principal analyst, Jaimie Lenderman, said: “Demand for more reliable, higher-capacity broadband services continues to grow across operator networks.
“Solutions like Nokia's MF-8 demonstrate how adaptable technologies are enabling next-gen PON deployments to meet a wide range of subscriber and application needs, reflecting the industry shift toward future-proof network solutions in a variety of scenarios."
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