Nokia signs new multi-year contract extension with IIiad Group

Nokia (NOK) announced that it has signed a new multi-year contract extension with IIiad Group to support the operator’s 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile networks across France and Italy. The deal, which also includes the operator’s footprint on the French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Islands, will see the continuation of both companies’ long-standing strategic partnership which began in 2010. Under the deal, Nokia will supply solutions from its AirScale portfolio including baseband, Massive MIMO radios, Remote Radio Head products and Core solutions. Nokia’s cloud-native 4G/5G Core and IMS Voice Core will enable Iliad to quickly and securely deploy new network services without limitations in multi-cloud environments at scale.