In its efforts to provide improved broadband services to its residential subscribers, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (ADR) (NYSE:CHU) will be working hand in hand with Nokia Oyj (ADR) (NYSE:NOK). The two will together launch a live trial of Nokia’s Virtualized Services Router, which is targeting close to 5,000 broadband users. The initiative is expected to give a complete transformation of the metro service edge architecture.
The trial is also likely to offer a new, agile and flexible network, which will allow China Unicom to simplify and accelerate the delivery of its services. The province of Shandong will be the first location to have the trial before being rolled out to the other parts of the country.
The use of Nokia’s VSR as a virtualized broadband network gateway
The incorporation of Nokia by China Unicom into its launch is purposeful. The company expects to use Nokia’s Virtualized Services Router (VSR) as a virtualized broadband network gateway (BNG). It is worth noting that the evolution of the trial into the next phase will incorporate delivery of IPTV services.
The head of IP Routing and Packet Core business at Nokia, Sri Reddy describes this as a significant move citing, “The Nokia VSR provides delivery of broad and rich virtualized IP edge applications with superior performance and enhanced scalability.” The completion of the project will introduce increased operational efficiency. Remember every customer is yearning for a superior customer experience.
The industry-proven Nokia VSR will heighten operational competence
The trial of the Nokia VSR is expected to be successful given that its efficiency will enable creation and delivery of new services in a more rapid way. Besides, the Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) will offer management functions and superior service competence.
Another reason that the Nokia VSR is likely to be successful is that Nokia’s virtualized portfolio has been sanctioned by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC). All these are clear indications of how Nokia continues to set a new industry benchmark with its performance. In the meantime, China’s Unicom’s stock closed at $13.27 an increase of $0.06 or 0.45% while that of Nokia was trading at $5.43 witnessing an increase of $0.05 or 0.93%.
