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United Group has selected Nokia to provide equipment for its next generation fibre networks across its southeastern European markets including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

[Recent reports by Reuters indicated that the Amsterdam-based firm was considering shunning Chinese-made network equipment in respect of US policy](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/operator-news/10844-united-group-mulls-stripping-huawei-kit-from-networks.html), and its selection of Nokia suggests that United is moving in this direction.

The group’s telecoms brands in the region include Nova, SBB, Telemach and Vivacom. In a statement, United Group pledged investment of over €500 million (US$596 million) across the next five years in a bid to improve the reach of its fibre networks in the region and overhaul its current network with10Gbps XGS-PON infrastructure.

CommsUpdate reported that United Group would also use Nokia’s WiFi-mesh-enabled equipment to improve in-building wireless internet experience.

United Group Vice President of Technology Zeljko Batistic said that the group was “helping to secure southeast Europe’s digital future by guaranteeing our next-generation network – already the region’s largest – is ready to support the future needs of our users both at home and at their places of business.”

 

 

   
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