ESPOO, Finland &nash; Nokia today announced that BT will test its FP5 network processing silicon, including its 800G interfaces. The collaboration is part of the companies' long-term strategic relationship to ensure the UK's largest network has the capacity, flexibility and reduced power consumption, to deliver the best possible customer experience for the future.

FP5 is the new heart of Nokia's IP service routing platforms, allowing service providers to address today's unrelenting requirements to efficiently scale network capacity, enable new higher speed IP services, and provide unmatched protection against escalating network security threats. Building upon four generations of industry-leading network processors, Nokia has raised the bar by adding support for high density 800G routing interfaces, new embedded line rate, flow-based encryption capabilities, and a 75% reduction in power consumption, which supports BT's sustainability objectives to run the most power efficient network in the UK.

BT operates the largest IP network in the UK with peak rates above 25Tbps, powered by Nokia's 77xx family of routers. With this trial, BT is the first in the UK to test the 800G interfaces on IP routers, helping to ensure the most cost-efficient scale and capacity where its future UK customer traffic demands.

Read the full press release here.

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