Nokia introduces the Nokia D500 next generation multiservice broadband access platform

Nokia today announced the availability of the Nokia D500 next generation multiservice access platform. The Nokia D500 is a high capacity, future-proof access node that allows service providers to begin the transition from their current multiple access networks into an ALL-IP network architecture.

The Nokia D500 allows service providers to not only offer today's current fast Internet services more cost efficiently, but it will also help future-proof service providers' broadband access investments.

The Nokia D500 offers unequalled backplane capacity, throughput, scalability, multiservice support and seamless upgradability from ATM to IP to support operator network evolution plans. Thus carriers and service providers will be able to introduce voice and multimedia services such as Video on Demand, Pay per View, interactive gaming, video-conferencing, real-time broadcast TV, interactive TV and streamed audio in line with market needs.

In addition, service providers can evolve their networks to IP to allow enhanced support for the new services mentioned above at a lower cost point than possible with the current network implementations based on ATM.

"The Nokia D500 offers the most attractive balance of performance, density and scalability in the industry, allowing carriers and service providers to truly scale their networks for the mass provisioning of thousands of subscribers," says Mark Slater, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Nokia Broadband System, Nokia.

"In practical terms, a single D500 will be able to provide hundreds of residential homes with
full-service access to video, voice and data services to TV and PC, or provide up to 912 residential homes with fast Internet access at 10 times the rate of dial-up, approximately twice the density of the current Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) market leader," adds Slater.

To enable service providers to evolve to IP-centric broadband access and truly personalized multimedia services, the Nokia D500 will support features such as IP Multicast and IGMP, thus enhancing the full range of DSL services (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Single Pair High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (G.SHDSL) and Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL).

The Nokia D500 has an architecture capable of meeting future traffic requirements generated from a full range of data, voice and video services from thousands of subscribers. The design emphasis helps ensure the long-term economic life of the system in IP networks, thus meeting the demands of next-generation users. This allows carriers to deploy the D500 solution with confidence in their long-term network investments.

The platform provides a high port density of 912 ports per shelf, providing up to 2,736 ports per seven-foot rack. This, in addition to its advanced IP capability, differentiates it from existing access multiplexers deployed today. For example, with remote site solutions, more than 250 users connected to a single cabinet or basement installation can receive multimegabit bandwidth enabling up to three to six Mbit/s video channels per user.

Carriers and service providers can accommodate a variety of "go to market" strategies, services - both current and future - and network evolution plans, confident in the knowledge that their investment in the Nokia D500 platform will be a long term one due to its industry-leading multiservice capabilities, backplane capacity, line density, multi-protocol support and seamless upgradeability.

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.

Further information:

Global Communications Department, Nokia Networks
Tel. + 358 (0) 7180 38195
Email nokia.networks@nokia.com

www.nokia.com