

According to the Finnish vendor, the move will allow TOP-IX to introduce more network automation and improve "time to market" for its customers. Nokia is supplying its 400GE IP routing platforms to TOP-IX, an Italian Internet exchange provider, to help it scale up its regional interconnection and peering infrastructure.The operator is working with Nokia and Ericsson on upgrading its towers for the rollout. By 2025, the operator says, the entire mobile network of Telenet and its subsidiary BASE should be equipped with 5G. During 2022, coverage will be expanded to the major Flemish cities and along the country's motorways. The spectrum is granted at 3.6GHz and 3.8GHz. For the initial rollout, Telenet is using the provisional spectrum license granted by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) last year.

Belgium's Telenet is launching 5G services, with the first switch-on next week in Leuven, Antwerp and the coast.Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia supplies 400GE kit to Italy's TOP-IX TIM connects cars in Turin T-Systems validates vaccination certificates.
