Nokia to power optical network for China's world-biggest utility

• Nokia (NOK -2.7%) says it will power the grid for the world's biggest utility company: the State Grid Corp. of China.
• SGCC will deploy a programmable, agile optical network using Nokia solutions. That will cover new deployments in Hebei and Hunan provinces and Chongqing municipality, along with expansions in 10 other provinces.
• It provides power to more than 1.1B people across 88% of Chinese national territory.
• The optical network will provide a more reliable, faster and higher bandwidth network compared to traditional wire cable solutions. The deployment will use Nokia's WaveFabric optical solutions.