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New Zealand’s Spark taps Nokia to expand 5G services nationwide

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New Zealand’s largest telco Spark has tapped Nokia to accelerate the roll-out of 5G services as well as to upgrade the 4G mobile network across the country, the Finnish firm said in a press release on Wednesday.

“We’re also pleased to be upgrading parts of our 4G network to support the unprecedented increase in demand for data we are seeing each year. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with our partner, Nokia on this exciting next phase of our 5G rollout,” said Rajesh Singh, General Manager of Value Management at Spark New Zealand.

The collaboration will see Spark leveraging Nokia RAN equipment to upgrade parts of its mobile network using products from its latest ReefShark -powered AirScale radio portfolio. Nokia ReefShark System on Chip (SoC) enables high performance, capacity and energy efficiency.

These products have the capability to help deliver up to 10x faster data speeds to Spark’s mobile and wireless broadband customers while consuming much less energy than previous generations.

In addition, Nokia’s AirScale portfolio equipment is software upgradeable from 3G/4G to 5G which means Spark can remotely upgrade 4G sites to 5G, when required, making its network investment future proof while also lowering its total cost of ownership.

Spark aims to bring 5G to approximately 90 percent of New Zealand’s population by the end of the calendar year 2023.

Commenting on this collaboration, Rob Joyce, Chief Technology Officer of Australia and New Zealand at Nokia, said, “We’re proud to support Spark as it delivers the benefits of 5G to more of New Zealand. By helping Spark be 5G ready and reduce its total cost of ownership with our AirScale products, it can deliver 5G much faster and further than before, allowing its consumer and enterprise customers to reap the rewards of 5G in more and more places across New Zealand

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