Nokia has successfully completed a network slicing trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in partnership with telecom and digital services provider du.

The trial, which is the country’s first live transport slicing project, will allow the companies to offer a variety of network services whilst remaining within the existing network infrastructure.

Network slicing allows operators to flexibly allocate resources for optimal performance and quality within each slice.

The process will allow the two companies to deliver a wide range of services such as ultra-reliable low-latency communications for gaming and video streaming to massive machine-type communications that can be used for IoT devices.

Nokia said network slicing will ultimately result in improved utilisation of the network.
Additionally, as network slicing improved network management, overall energy consumption is reduced lowering the carbon footprint of the network.

“Network slicing automates the creation, assurance, and optimisation of transport slices to facilitate dynamic services with specific requirements in terms of bandwidth, latency and reliability,” said Rima Manna, vice president of network infrastructure sales, Middle East and country director of UAE at Nokia. “After investing considerable time in building such automated services, we are confident that this will significantly benefit not only du, but also all its end users.”

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