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Optical networks

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Optical networks that are scalable, simple and secure

Our optical network solutions deliver scaling without limits to enable network operators to deliver the foundational connectivity for your networked communications. Our solutions enable ever-greater scale to support new services and applications, while simplifying network operations and architectures, combined with secure network solutions from a trusted global supplier. 

We provide the solutions to scale from the network edge across metro, national, long-haul and subsea networks, while simplifying network operations to let you build smarter, more automated networks that streamline service delivery and lower network TCO. 

By enabling services such as 5G and packet services, supporting new service speeds of 400G, 800G and beyond, and the scale of C+L solutions to enable network scale with more efficient network architectures, we help you stay competitive and turn your optical networks into platforms that create value for your business and your customers.

Optical networking portfolio

Optical networking portfolio

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Infinera is now part of Nokia

Welcome to a new era of Nokia Optical innovation – now infinera times faster.

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Key technologies driving optical networks

Learn more about the key innovations and technologies that shape optical networks, delivering greater scale, simpler networks and robust security for the AI era and the cloud networked economy.

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Driving optical network scale

New innovations in optical networks will deliver further scaling in network capacity, while simplifying operations and architectures.

Quantum-safe networks

Quantum-safe networks

Making critical infrastructure quantum-safe.

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Optical network automation

Optical transport networks form the backbone of the global communications infrastructure.

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Network synchronization

Why timing and synchronization matter.

Explore our optical network solutions

Networks are more than the sum of their parts, and often rely on meeting specific and exacting features to meet stringent business or service requirements. Nokia’s optical network solutions leverage a broad range of platforms, technologies and unique features working together to provide differentiated solutions for your specific application.

Solution

Integrated Packet Transport (IPT)

Deliver superior carrier Ethernet services via a packet-optimized WDM/OTN network

Solution

Metro-edge solutions

Optimized end-to-end optical networking solutions for metro and edge applications

Solution

Open Optical Networking

Unleash your optical network with accelerated automation, faster innovation and improved performance

Solution

Optical Anyhaul

Connect anything, anyone, anywhere with anyhaul mobile transport

Solution

Optical Data Center Interconnect

Implement business-critical data center interconnect to support your enterprise private/hybrid cloud.

Solution

Quantum-safe optical networking

Protect data from intrusion and theft through quantum-safe encryption, key management and intrusion detection

Solution

Subsea terrestrial networks

Differentiated and optimized SLTE and solutions for end-end subsea and terrestrial networks.

Our highly scalable optical transport platforms provide flexibility and performance to optimize your core networks across metro, national or continental distances. Our solutions for core fiber optic networks provide massive scale in application-optimized platforms, and helps you offer the latest high data rate services while minimizing total cost of network ownership and maximizing revenue.

Product

1830 Flexible Intelligent Line System (FlexILS)

A flexible and scalable open optical line system ideal for long haul and subsea networks.

Product

1830 Global Express (GX)

A flexible, scalable, compact modular transport platform for edge to core optical DCI applications.

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1830 Photonic Service Interconnect – Modular (PSI-M)

A compact modular platform that delivers scalability and flexibility to optical networking and DCI applications.

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1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS)

Scalable optimized end-to-end optical transport solutions for DCI, metro, regional and long-haul networks.

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1830 PSS-x P-OTN Switching

Scalable and efficient P-OTN switching for multi-protocol wholesale services

Product

1830 PSS/PSI-L Optical Line Systems

ROADM and C+L solutions for reconfigurable and scalable WDM networks

Product

1830 Security Management Server (SMS)

How can you protect your layer 1 transport network from a quantum computer attack?

Other products

1830 mTera packet-optical transport

1830 Express Transport (XT)

1830 Express Transport Cross-Connect (XTC)

7100 packet optical transport

Our application-optimized access and metro transport solutions enable scale made simple out to the network edge. Compact platforms deployable in in both telco and CPE environments provide scalable, flexible, efficient and reliable transport from the core to the edge and helps you keep pace with new service and traffic demands.

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1830 Express Transport Metro (XTM) Series

A flexible and scalable packet optical transport platform for metro and edge aggregation.

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1830 Global Express (GX)

A flexible, scalable, compact modular transport platform for edge to core optical DCI applications.

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1830 Optical Network Extender (ONE)

Multi-service P-OTN, transport and ROADM optimized for metro and access

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1830 Photonic Service Demarcation (PSD)

Customer-located network demarcation and optical transport for Ethernet and wavelength services

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1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS)

Scalable optimized end-to-end optical transport solutions for DCI, metro, regional and long-haul networks.

Product

1830 Security Management Server (SMS)

How can you protect your layer 1 transport network from a quantum computer attack?

Product

1830 Time-sensitive Packet Switch (TPS)

Carrier-grade Ethernet time-sensitive networking supporting real-time, ultra-low latency business, residential and mobile services

Other products

1830 Cloud Express (CX)

7090 Packet Transport Platforms

7100 packet optical transport

Nokia’s vertically integrated optical engines power our optical transport solutions for access, metro, long-haul and subsea applications.  Our family of Photonic Services Engine (PSE) and Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE) coherent optics enable the industry’s most scalable and high-performance super-coherent optics, and our PSE and ICE-X pluggable coherent transceivers enable low-power connectivity in standard transceiver formats in optical transport and IP routing platforms.  Our transmitter/receiver optics include both InP and silicon photonics for integration with DSP ASICs in Nokia and 3rd party optical modules.

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CSTAR Silicon Photonics

Optical front ends for coherent optics powered by silicon photonic integrated circuits

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ICE-D intra data center optics

Ultra-low power and scalable optical connectivity solution optimized for intra-data center connectivity in the AI era.

Product

ICE-X 100G/400G

A suite of flexible intelligent coherent pluggable optics enabling cost- and power-efficient network scalability.

Product

ICE-X 800G ZR/ZR+

The industry’s first multi-haul pluggable intelligent coherent transceiver with multi-vendor-interoperable probabilistic constellation shaping.

Product

ICE6 800Gb/s high performance coherent optics

Minimize optical costs with industry-leading performance over any network with 800Gb/s.

Product

ICE7 1.2Tb/s high-performance coherent optics

Cost-effectively and efficiently expand your optical network’s capacity with the industry’s most flexible DWDM networking solutions.

Product

Integrated Coherent Transmitter Receiver optical sub-assemblies

Cost effectively and efficiently expand your optical network’s capacity with the industry’s most flexible DWDM networking solution.

Product

PSE 100G/400G pluggable coherent optics

How pluggable coherent optics bring performance and low power to industry standard transceiver module formats

Product

PSE-V family

The latest generation of coherent optics optimized for metro, long-haul and subsea applications

Technology

PSE-6s: A new frontier in scale, performance and sustainability

The latest generation of 1.2Tb/s high-performance coherent optics reduce network power use by up to 60%

Our network automation solutions help communication service providers (CSPs), webscale companies and enterprises grow revenues, accelerate service deployment, and build more programmable, responsive, efficient and reliable IP and optical networks. 

Product

Transcend Network Automation Suite

Simplified network control with practical automation

Product

WaveSuite applications

Optimize, scale and monetize your optical transport network.

Service

Optical network services

Let us help you build scalable networks with ease through our professional services and rich eco-system of collaboration partners.

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Building automated intelligence and analytics in optical networks

Build a network foundation for success

Find out how we've helped organizations like yours

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Nokia selected by Telehouse America to upgrade NYIIX peering exchange infrastructure in the US

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Nokia powers Netrouting cloud interconnection and peering in the Netherlands

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Nokia helps signetbreedband evolve business services driven by advanced routing capabilities

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Nokia and Megacable achieve 1.1Tbps Latin American optical transmission speed record

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lyntia, Nokia, OFS| Furukawa Solutions and Digital Realty are world pioneers in the implementation of hollow core optical fiber

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Nokia PSE-6s picks up honors for super-coherent optics by Lightwave Innovation Reviews 2024

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Cherry & White partners with Nokia deploying the latest communications technologies

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ACOnet enhances broadband connectivity by implementing Nokia's IP network solution

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Verizon and Nokia hold “Innovation Day” at the Verizon Headquarters

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Proximus and Nokia demonstrate future of network security with Europe’s first live hybrid quantum encryption trial

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Laser Light Communications and Nokia partner to deploy and accelerate optical global network starting in Australia

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GlobalConnect and Nokia demonstrate record 1.2Tb/s coherent transmission over a single wavelength on live network in Europe

Customer Successes

Orange, V.tal and e& support Nokia launching next gen coherent optics to reduce network power consumption by 60 percent​

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CUC and Nokia trial 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution based on Nokia’s converged Multi Access Gateway in Guangdong

Latest optical news

2 May 2025

EXA Infrastructure selects Nokia to expand international connectivity network capabilities

31 Mar 2025

Nokia modernizes Vodafone Idea’s optical network to enhance 4G services and support 5G rollout

25 Mar 2025

Nokia to showcase latest optical innovations to network the cloud for the AI era at OFC50

17 Mar 2025

Nokia and Hetzner enhance hosting infrastructure for scalable, automated, and sustainable services across Europe

28 Feb 2025

Nokia completes acquisition of Infinera to create innovation powerhouse in optical networks, with the scale to power the data center revolution

3 Feb 2025

Nokia selected by DE-CIX to upgrade New York’s largest Internet Exchange backbone

8 Jan 2025

Nokia and stc Group set Middle East record with 1Tbps data center connectivity across 850km network

27 Jun 2024

Nokia enters into an agreement with the French State regarding the sale of leading submarine networks business ASN

Learn more about optical networks

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A history of beating optical limits is our best hope for the future

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This optical researcher is on the hunt for the most efficient transmission of information

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Nokia and Honeywell join Numana: A leap toward quantum security in North America

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Network automation with Nokia Transcend Software Suite

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Seamless deployment and operation of pluggable optical engines in any network platform

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Gijima and Nokia secure prestigious SKAO business opportunity

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