Nokia launches flexible 50G/25G/10GPON solution to accelerate AI-ready fiber broadband
Key Highlights
- ➤Nokia launches 16-port line card supporting GPON, 10G, 25G and 50G PON on every port
- ➤Nokia’s Quillion-based solution enables flexible fiber upgrades and mass-market speeds up to 50Gbps
- ➤General availability planned for 2027
- ➤Solution delivers up to 4x lower upstream latency and quantum-safe encryption
Expert Statements
Maryam Chaudry, SVP & GM, Fixed Networks, Nokia
“The future of broadband is becoming harder to predict. AI is reshaping traffic patterns and creating new expectations for bandwidth, latency, security and reliability. At the same time, operators must make investments in next generation PON that will serve them for years to come. With our new line card, operators do not have to bet everything on a single path. They can deploy the PON technology their market needs now; add additional technologies on the same port and same fiber as the need arises; and easily mix and match PON generations to capture multiple revenue streams.”
Jeff Heynen, vice president, Broadband Access and Home Networking at Dell’Oro Group
“As operators prepare their networks for AI-driven applications and higher-speed broadband services, flexibility is becoming just as important as performance. Nokia's ability to support multiple PON generations on every port gives operators a practical, lower-risk path to evolve their fiber networks as demand develops.”
Nokia launches flexible 50G/25G/10GPON solution to accelerate AI-ready fiber broadband * Nokia is the first vendor with a 16-port line card solution that supports GPON, 10G, 25G and 50G PON on every port, enabling operators to evolve their networks with greater flexibility and lower risk. * Built on Nokia’s Quillion chipset and multi-PON optical modules, the high-density line card unlocks mass-market deployment of fiber access speeds up to 50Gbps. * Nokia’s industry-first multi-PON solution enables instant, high-performance, quantum-safe connectivity to meet the demands of the AI era, with general availability planned for 2027. 12 October 2026 Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced a new 50G/25G/10G/GPON line card that gives operators the flexibility to evolve their fiber network at their own pace and be ready for the demands of the AI era.
As AI transforms how consumers, businesses and industries use networks, richer content, greater cloud interaction and growing upstream traffic are increasing requirements for capacity, low latency, security and reliability. The solution enables operators to adapt their existing fiber networks as these demands grow. Earlier line cards could limit operators to a narrower set of PON technologies, requiring them to commit capacity in advance or add hardware as market needs changed. Nokia’s new multi-PON line card supports multiple generations on every port, allowing operators to introduce higher speeds when and where demand develops.
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