Nokia unveiled its new Aurelis Optical LAN platform, a fiber-based solution engineered to replace legacy copper-based LAN infrastructure across enterprise campuses, offices, and public venues. The new solution offers significant reductions in cabling and power requirements—up to 70% less cabling and 40% less energy usage—while promising long-term cost benefits with fiber that can last over 50 years. Targeted at hotels, hospitals, airports, and universities, the solution is already deployed at more than 700 sites globally.
The Aurelis platform supports current speeds of 1Gbps, 10Gbps, and 25Gbps, with an upgrade path toward 50Gbps and 100Gbps, making it suited for high-bandwidth services such as Wi-Fi 7 and digital workplace applications. Nokia says its open APIs and advanced automation enable seamless integration into existing IT environments, while built-in redundancy and six-nines reliability make it a robust choice for mission-critical enterprise use cases. Nokia positions the solution as a scalable, future-ready LAN foundation for organizations seeking to simplify network infrastructure while minimizing total cost of ownership.
As enterprises move toward digital-first operations and demand for high-throughput, low-maintenance network infrastructure increases, optical LAN is emerging as a viable alternative to copper Ethernet networks in greenfield and retrofit environments. Nokia’s focus on longevity, energy efficiency, and ease of integration puts Aurelis Optical LAN in direct alignment with enterprise sustainability and modernization goals.
- Nokia launches Aurelis Optical LAN, a fiber-based in-building networking platform.
- Reduces LAN cabling by up to 70% and power usage by 40% compared to copper networks.
- Supports 1G/10G/25G speeds with roadmap to 50G and 100G; six-nines availability and open APIs.
- Over 700 deployments globally across education, healthcare, hospitality, and transportation sectors.
- Fiber-based LAN architecture offers 50+ year lifespan and up to 50% TCO savings.
“Aurelis Optical LAN delivers the simplicity, reliability, and scalability enterprises need to succeed in a digital-first world,” said Geert Heyninck, General Manager of Broadband Networks at Nokia.