Nokia has unveiled Broadband Easy, a digital platform designed to streamline and automate fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rollouts. The solution helps operators cut deployment times by 20%, lower costs, and extend broadband access to underserved communities.
Accelerating Fiber Rollouts with AI & Automation
The demand for high-speed fiber broadband is growing rapidly, but deploying fiber in rural and underserved areas remains a challenge. According to McKinsey, digitalizing fiber rollouts can yield 10-25% cost savings through automation and AI-driven efficiencies.
Nokia’s Broadband Easy addresses these challenges by:
- Providing full visibility & control over fiber deployment
- Automating fiber design & field operations for efficiency
- Using AI to enhance network quality & reduce errors
- Optimizing subcontractor management to prevent delays
By leveraging real-time data exchange and AI-powered verification, the platform improves installation accuracy and ensures efficient fiber certification.
Lower costs and broader connectivity
With 74 million homes still awaiting fiber connectivity in Europe alone, cost-effective deployment is critical. Nokia’s solution reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) by:
- Optimizing field operations to minimize manual errors
- Supporting any outside plant vendor or subcontractor
- Pre-integrating with Nokia Altiplano Access Controller & Design Center
Operators can offload fiber rollout management to Nokia’s design and deployment services, further simplifying the process.
Industry experts weigh in
Roland Montagne, Principal Analyst at IDATE, highlighted how Broadband Easy addresses key FTTH deployment challenges said, “The Nokia Broadband Easy platform leverages advanced AI to help operators tackle key FTTH deployment challenges, especially subcontractor management and fiber network certification. This tool will help to accelerate FTTH rollouts, with 74 million homes still to be connected across Europe."
Sandy Motley, President of Fixed Networks at Nokia, emphasized the impact on global broadband expansion:
"With Broadband Easy, we’re making fiber deployment easier, faster, and more cost-effective for operators. By combining our deep expertise in fiber network design and deployment with cutting-edge automation and AI, we’re helping operators significantly cut costs and rollout times—making high-speed internet access a reality for more communities, sooner."