August 24 (SeeNews) - Finland-based communications and information technology company Nokia is expanding its 5G radio and core contract with Austrian telecom A1 into the Bulgarian, Serbian and Slovenian markets, Nokia said.
The multi-country single vendor deal will see Nokia provide 5G RAN solutions from its comprehensive AirScale portfolio to all three markets and 5G Standalone core network to Serbia and Slovenia, Nokia said in a statement on Monday.
The deployment is already underway in Bulgaria and is expected to start imminently in all other markets, it added.
Nokia also said it will support A1 in their efforts to cover all major populated communities as well as main roads within the next five years.
Nokia is a long-standing partner of A1 and had worked collaboratively to introduce 3G and 4G mobile networks, as well as Austria's largest fiber-optic network and multiple private wireless campus installations.