HKBN and Nokia Partner To Advance Deployment of Next-Gen high-speed Broadband By CIOTechOutlook Team

HKBN and Nokia Partner To Advance Deployment of Next-Gen high-speed Broadband

CIOTechOutlook Team | Wednesday, 05 June 2024, 09:02 IST

With the heightening transmission capacity interest from residential and enterprise customers, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited ("HKBN") has uncovered a strategic agreement with Nokia to speed up the sending of cutting edge ultra high velocity broadband, presenting a pivotal time of lightning-quick 25Gbps broadband services. By utilizing this cooperation, HKBN is at the very front of organization improvement, ready to lead customers towards another time of network and digital innovation.

William Yeung, HKBN Co-Owner, Executive Vice-chairman and Group CEO said, "Since 2004, HKBN has been the market leader in introducing Hong Kong's first fibre-to-the-home broadband service. With an unwavering commitment to innovation, we have joined forces with Nokia to achieve a groundbreaking upgrade, providing customers with a revolutionary 25Gbps broadband speed that meets their ever-increasing demands for network connectivity. Looking ahead, our company will continue to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, investing resources to expand network coverage and upgrade infrastructure. This will enable more households and businesses to benefit from our exceptional and high-quality services."

Geert Heyninck, Vice President of Broadband Networks at Nokia, said: "Nokia's technology enables HKBN to upgrade its existing fiber network quickly and efficiently, leveraging both passive and active assets. With Nokia's technology and HKBN 's citywide network, we're leading customers into a new era of seamless connectivity."

Home-level applications like Wi-Fi 8, 8K high-resolution video, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) will require greater bandwidth as new generation devices and strong demand for digital transformation accelerate the upgrade of broadband network technology.