Nokia today announced a strategic contract with E.ON SE, one of Europe’s largest energy companies, to modernize its mission-critical communications infrastructure. The renewal starts across Germany and creates an optimized, highly automated telecommunications network for distribution system operators (DSO), which can be a model for other E.ON affiliates in Europe.
E.ON plays a key role in Germany’s energy transition. Its distribution grid already connects 1.4 million renewable energy plants, hence making the performance, flexibility and sustainability of its communications infrastructure critical. A key pillar, among others, is the IP, optical and fixed access part of its DSO telecommunications network.
With the new Nokia-powered network and its market leading chipsets, E.ON will benefit from significantly reduced energy consumption of up to 50% compared to its existing IP and optical infrastructure, while improving scalability, operational flexibility, responsiveness, and service continuity. Nokia’s fixed access fiber solutions offer a future-proof, flexible alternative that is easy to upgrade to 25G PON and beyond.
The new infrastructure will enhance both security and resilience, aligning with KRITIS (critical infrastructure) requirements and increasing E.ON’s ability to respond quickly to service incidents without interruption. Nokia’s full-stack delivery across optical, IP and fiber domains also lays the foundation for future advancements, including support for quantum-safe networks.
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