Nokia announced on Thursday that O2 Czech Republic has deployed its cloud-native 5G standalone (SA) core software that will enable the telco to offer advanced 5G services such as network slicing to deliver a better customer experience.
O2 Czech Republic – which is the first telco in the Czech Republic to deploy 5G SA – said the rollout strengthens its network with greater reliability, security, energy efficiency for better mobile battery life, and near zero-touch automation for managing workloads.
The 5G SA rollout also aligns with O2 Czech Republic’s cloud-first strategy, said O2 network director Jakub Votava.
“This rollout allows us to deliver new 5G services faster, with even lower latency, and without vendor lock-in for our data and analytics, producing an optimized network with a host of operational efficiencies,” Votava said in a statement.
Erez Sverdlov, Nokia’s VP of Cloud and Network Services Market Leader for Europe, added that Nokia’s cloud-native 5G Core portfolio, including its Packet Core solution, allows O2 Czech Republic to provide new network services in multi-cloud environments, while doing so quickly, securely, and at scale.
“This deployment enables O2 Czech Republic’s core network infrastructure and applications to be fully cloud-native, and provides a more advanced, secure and reliable network experience for its subscribers,” Sverdlov said.
Nokia says it had 125 5G Standalone core CSP customers at the end of Q1 2025, with 52 now running live 5G SA services.
