Nokia used this week’s Fiber Connect conference to announce a “network-in-a-box” fiber to the home (FTTH) kit aimed at rural broadband service providers. Nokia’s Broadband Relief Kit builds a town network of up to 1,000 homes. Nokia said that it’s set aside 25 of these kits for broadband providers, in total.
Nokia said it created the kit to address telecom supply chain deficits issues that are particularly affecting rural operators, while there’s plenty of money in the pipeline, thanks to the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to make those buildouts happen.
