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  • DB Netz has awarded contracts for the modernisation of its GSM-R network to Nokia and a consortium of Siemens Convergence Creators and Huawei (Photo: DB/Hartmut Reiche).

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    Nokia launches ‘industry-first’ 5G radio to support FRMCS migration

    2025-09-02T12:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Nokia has launched what it says is the industry’s first commercial 5G radio for the 1 900 MHz band as part of its work to support railways’ transition to the emerging FRMCS telecoms standards.

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    Nokia and ProRail agree GSM-R cloud investment plan ahead of FRMCS adoption

    2025-08-06T10:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: ProRail has awarded enterprise telecoms specialist Nokia a contract to migrate its existing 2G telecoms assets to a cloud environment as part of preparations for the roll-out of FRMCS in the next decade.

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2022-06-03T05:00:00Z

    This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.

  • Delhi - Meerut RRTS train impression (Image: Alstom)

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    Nokia to supply Delhi RRTS communications network

    2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Nokia is to provide a LTE/4·9G private wireless communications network to support the ETCS Hybrid Level 3 signalling which Alstom is to deploy for the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System commuter rail project. The 82 km railway will be India’s first ...

  • ProRail has appointed Nokia to operate its GSM-R network, while Cellnex has been awarded a contract to install and operate telecoms masts (Photo: NS)

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    Nokia and Cellnex awarded ProRail telecoms contracts

    2021-05-04T05:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has appointed Nokia to operate and maintain its GSM-R voice and data communications network, while Cellnex has been awarded a contract to install and operate telecoms masts. The 10-year agreement with Nokia which runs from September 2022 ‘represents a major step forward ...

  • The Digital S-Bahn Hamburg agreement to automate operations on a section of the city’s suburban rail network was signed by the mayor, Deutsche Bahn and Siemens on July 12.

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    Nokia to trial 5G in Hamburg S-Bahn automation programme

    2019-12-12T12:12:00Z

    GERMANY: DB Netz has selected Nokia to trial what the telecoms group calls the first ‘standalone 5G system for automated rail operation’.

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    Nokia to supply ‘first’ LTE-R network

    2016-11-15T13:21:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Telecoms group Nokia is to supply Korea Rail Network Authority with what it says would be the ‘world’s first’ LTE-R mobile broadband network to support railway operations. The contract announced on November 14 covers the 120 km Wonju – Gangneung route which is under construction ...

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    Nokia to operate Berlin S-Bahn telecommunications

    2016-09-20T09:34:00Z

    GERMANY: Nokia announced on September 19 that it had concluded a multi-year agreement with DB Netz to manage telecommunications systems serving the 326 km S-Bahn network in Berlin. Nokia had previously supplied Internet Protocol/Multi-Protocol Label Switching technology which hosts a CCTV system supporting train dispatch. The IP/MPLS ...