- Strategic collaboration between Corning and Nokia brings future-flexible, high-performance local networks to businesses across EMEA and APAC regions.
- The collaborative optical fibre solution simplifies network operations, reduces energy consumption and cabling needs, and offers scalable, high-speed connectivity for modern applications and IoT devices.
- The collaboration will focus on industries such as hospitality, healthcare, and education.
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced a strategic collaboration to provide enterprises with seamless, end-to-end FTTE (fibre to the edge) and optical LAN (local area network) solutions. The powerful, one-stop, end-to-end collaborative solution features Corning’s passive components and Nokia’s active elements. Corning and Nokia’s collaborative optical fibre solution will address the growing demands of enterprises for scalable, future-flexible, and efficient LAN infrastructures that are tailored to modern application needs and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems.
Today, most enterprise LANs still rely on copper-based infrastructure, which often requires point-to-point cabling to support Wi-Fi, cloud, IoT, video, and other bandwidth-intensive services. This approach can lead to increased complexity and costs, excessive cabling, and overcrowded equipment rooms. It also often requires frequent upgrades to keep up with technological demands. Optical LAN replaces this legacy model with a high-speed connectivity infrastructure that converges all services onto a single network.
Corning and Nokia’s collaborative optical LAN solution features a long-reach, high-speed fibre network that provides enterprises with higher bandwidth and lower latency. Through this solution, businesses can significantly reduce operational costs and offers a future-ready, scalable network, supporting everything from in-room entertainment to smart building automation.
Key benefits of Corning’s and Nokia’s joint offering include:
- Future-flexible infrastructure: Scalable architecture supporting speeds from 1Gbps to up to future 100Gbps to handle evolving bandwidth demands.
- Optimised performance: Centralised management and robust quality of service ensure reliable connectivity for applications and IoT devices.
- Simplified operations: Reduced cabling, space-saving design, and intuitive management tools streamline network deployment and maintenance.
- Sustainability: Composite cable material reduces the linear metres of cable by up to 70%, resulting in up to 88% reduction of embodied carbon compared to traditional category 6A cabling.
- Synergy: Corning’s innovative passive optical components, like ActiFi® Hybrid Cable and 10G HPoE Media Converters, complement Nokia’s active components, like the Aurelis Optical LAN.
- Efficiency: Decreased cabling needs by up to 70%, reduced total cost of ownership by up to 50%, and increased network lifespan up to 50 years.
- Remote power: Ability to remotely power optical network terminals and edge devices at distances of up to 600m, which removes the need for local power in the network.
“The collaboration with Nokia demonstrates our shared commitment to revolutionising enterprise networks,” said Piers Benjamin, EMEA Market Development Manager, Enterprise at Corning Optical Communications. “By combining Corning’s expertise in optical connectivity with Nokia’s LAN solutions, we’re enabling businesses to deploy infrastructures that are intelligent, high-performing, and adaptable to emerging technologies such as Wi-Fi 7 and advanced IoT applications – delivering seamless data and power all the way to the edge of the network.”
“Optical LAN is really a no-brainer for enterprises. Cutting overall total cost of ownership by up to half and removing the need to ever replace cabling is a game-changer. We’re pleased to join forces with Corning to bring this solution to market,” said Mathieu Roberty, Enterprise & Partner Director at Nokia.
Corning’s collaboration with Nokia focuses on the sectors where the demand for modernised and sustainable networks is rapidly expanding. The combined offering is already available across multiple market segments – including hospitality, healthcare, education, and real estate – in the EMEA and APAC regions.
