Nokia bags broadband gear deal from homegrown wireline ISP Netplus

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has bagged a deal with India’s wireline internet service provider (ISP) Netplus to supply its Multi-Access Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) application for access management.

The Nokia BNG application will be hosted on the FP5-based 7750 SR, and the 7250 IXR, which provides “high-density aggregation, to scale Netplus’ broadband services throughout Northern India”, Nokia said in a statement Monday. Netplus provides its services in over 400 cities and towns in several states in Northern India, with its biggest footprint being in Punjab.

In addition, Netplus will also deploy Nokia’s 7750 SR Extended Services Appliance (ESA) to scale support of Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT), which Nokia said will help the ISP solve the challenges faced by increasing demand for connected endpoints.

Netplus will also be working with Nokia’s IP Networks services team to support the deployment of the Nokia products and applications to deliver the new residential broadband services to its subscriber base of one million plus across Punjab.

“Our partnership with Nokia will help us achieve our goals of a world-class broadband experience for our customers and last-mile broadband expansion with the benefit of added capacity,” said Arshdeep Singh Mundi, Executive Director at Netplus.

“Our Multi-Access Gateway BNG, hosted on our 7750 SR platform, and 7250 IXR offers a scalable and high-capacity infrastructure to enable ISPs like Netplus to build a foundation for rapid broadband access growth across India,” said Vach Kompella, Vice President, IP Networks Division at Nokia.