AirScale baseband solutions

Baseband solutions for investment-protecting scaling

AI-ready and O-RAN-compliant AirScale baseband solutions provide industry-leading processing power and cell capacity, future-proofness and energy efficiency, scaling up processing power for consumer and enterprise use cases.

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Processing power for consumer and enterprise use cases
Baseband solutions for CSP and enterprise needs
Outdoor baseband portfolio
Fast and sustainable radio site deployments
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Capacity for new use cases

AirScale baseband cards double capacity while reducing energy consumption.

Energy efficiency

Latest AirScale baseband cards use up to 90% less energy.

Future-proofness

Advance to 6G with AirScale baseband, powered by ReefShark SoC.

Scale up processing power for consumer and enterprise use cases

Stay ahead of traffic growth with superior performance and energy efficiency

As mobile traffic continues to surge, operators need high-performance, scalable baseband solutions to manage growth efficiently while enhancing energy efficiency to reduce costs and environmental impact.

Our baseband products significantly improve energy efficiency, enabling greener, more sustainable networks. Additionally, our modular and scalable AirScale baseband System Module offers flexible deployment options and optimized total cost of ownership (TCO).

Capacity cards with 12 X high-bitrate fronthaul interfaces, enabling 3X larger site configurations.

ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) technology.

Ready for 5G advanced and beyond.

Maximizing Base Station Potential with AirScale Dual Boost

Nokia’s AirScale Dual Boost technology takes base station performance to the next level, leveraging our advanced AirScale portfolio with new ReefShark SoCs to deliver breakthrough uplink and downlink processing for Massive MIMO (mMIMO).

This innovation enhances end-user experience while empowering CSPs to maximize and monetize their base station hardware and software assets more efficiently.

AirScale Dual Boost base station technology

Maximize Base Station potential with AirScale Dual Boost technology.

AI-optimized AirScale: Future-Ready for intelligent RAN performance

AI-powered AirScale base stations optimize RAN performance, leveraging Nokia ReefShark SoCs with advanced AI engines for intelligent network enhancements.
AI-ready and future-proof, the AirScale base station is designed to integrate seamlessly with evolving AI capabilities.
Modular and scalable, the AirScale baseband enables effortless expansion of AI computing power, as the number and complexity of AI-for-RAN tasks grow.

AirScale baseband solutions for CSP and enterprise needs

Exponential scalability, flexibility and optimized TCO

Modular & scalable AirScale baseband

AirScale Modular baseband Indoor & outdoor

Double capacity while reducing energy consumption by up to 90%

Ultra-performance baseband capacity & control cards

AirScale baseband capacity and control cards

Compact baseband for all use cases

Compact outdoor baseband products 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Small to medium & high capacity Macro & small cells deployments

AI-ready to scale up AI compute

AirScale base station is AI ready

Future-proof

Network evolution from Advanced 5G towards 6G

Investment protecting scaling

AirScale System Module – Indoor and Outdoor

Our AirScale baseband solutions are engineered for unmatched performance and energy efficiency, ensuring seamless network evolution while protecting operator investments.

The modular AirScale System Module enables a lean, scalable approach, decoupling computing power for radio access network (RAN) layers 1, 2 and 3, alongside integrated transport functionality. This flexibility is crucial for adapting to evolving 5G use cases and traffic demands.

Simplify multi-band deployment

Supporting 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G, the AirScale System Module optimizes multi-site baseband hotels and maximizes the benefits of latest plug-in cards—all while ensuring low acoustic noise, enhanced serviceability and innovative cooling.

Additionally, the new modular AirScale outdoor baseband delivers high capacity in a compact form factor, offering network scalability, deployment flexibility and a future-proof foundation for long-term network evolution.

Nokia’s baseband products are inherently flexible, facilitating straightforward network evolution and protecting investments.

AirScale outdoor modular baseband

AirScale indoor modular baseband

AirScale baseband cards: Unmatched performance with up to 90% energy savings

To ensure a profitable 5G evolution mobile networks must support immersive user experiences and advanced enterprise applications.

Our latest AirScale baseband plug-in cards set a new industry benchmark for capacity, efficiency and scalability.

Levante

Ultra-performance 4G/5G capacity card doubles the number of supported cells while reducing energy consumption by up to 80%, enabling larger site configurations and exponential scalability.

Lodos

High-performance 4G/5G capacity card offering enhanced scalability and reducing energy consumption by up to 50%.

Ponente

Ultra-performance 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G control card, designed for baseband control-plane functions and high-speed transport connectivity, doubles throughput capacity while cutting energy consumption by up to 90%, ensuring a future-proof 5G evolution.

Compact outdoor baseband portfolio: Tailored for both macro and small cell deployments

We continuously enhance our baseband portfolio, enabling operators and enterprises to flexibly optimize their networks for evolving traffic and capacity demands.

Scalable solutions for small- to medium-capacity sites

Our Tuuli baseband solutions provide seamless expansion and adaptability:

Tuuli 12: A versatile TDD and FDD solution designed for diverse deployment scenarios.
Tuuli 6: Optimized for small cells, delivering efficient performance in compact environments.

Compact outdoor baseband portfolio with high-capacity variants

Our advanced baseband solutions double cell capacity while reducing power consumption, significantly improving uplink throughput to support next-generation, uplink-intensive mobile services.

Tuuli 24: High-capacity 4G and 5G solution for network capacity and coverage deployments.
Tuuli 26e: A highly versatile solution for site modernization, delivering high-capacity 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G support across all radio generations.

RAN Energy solutions: Energy-efficient, fast and sustainable radio site deployments

Optimized for Nokia’s baseband products with reduced footprint and fast installation
Pre-integrated all-in-one power cabinet solutions for streamlined deployment
MantaRay Network Management for remote management.
RIC Virtual Power Plant controller for energy orchestration and additional revenue
Solar-powered zero-footprint sites for sustainable, cost-effective operations
Lower maintenance costs with optimized energy efficiency