The 1830 PSS-hc family includes the PSS-10hc and PSS-4hc shelves, which provide a smooth upgrade path for existing 1830 PSS customers. These shelves integrate seamlessly with current deployments without causing service disruptions. Designed for high-density applications, they feature support for higher power, front-to-back airflow, and the latest embedded and coherent optical engines. Each slot can deliver up to 12 Tb/s, offering operators an efficient solution to meet growing demand from cloud computing, AI, video streaming, enterprise applications, and mobile services.
Commercial availability of the Nokia 1830 PSS-hc shelves is planned for the second quarter of 2026, with customer trials starting in late 2025.
Vivek Gaur, Executive Vice President at Colt, said: “Nokia’s 1830 PSS-HC shelves are a natural evolution of the current 1830 family of products that we deploy today and hence we anticipate it to enable us to address the growing capacity demands in the network, leverage high-density embedded and coherent pluggable optical engines whilst retaining our existing operational framework.”
Ron Johnson, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Optical Networks at Nokia, added: “In the era of AI, operators need to scale bandwidth faster and more cost-effectively than ever. The 1830 PSS-hc shelves represent an important evolution of the 1830 PSS family, combining ultra-high density with greater capacity and the PSS rich set of carrier-grade features. With this evolution, operators can rapidly deploy high-speed services to keep pace with growing customer demand.”
The new shelves are designed to support the increasing bandwidth requirements driven by digital transformation and emerging technologies. By combining high density, efficiency, and carrier-grade features, the 1830 PSS-hc shelves help operators optimize their network infrastructure while minimizing operational costs and energy consumption.
The enhanced platform addresses both current and future traffic growth, providing network operators with a scalable and flexible solution to deliver high-speed services efficiently. With the ability to integrate into existing 1830 PSS deployments, service providers can upgrade capacity without disrupting ongoing operations, ensuring continuity for end-users.
Overall, Nokia’s 1830 PSS-hc shelves offer a robust, high-capacity, and energy-efficient optical transport solution that supports the rapid expansion of modern communication networks, helping operators meet growing connectivity demands across cloud, AI, enterprise, and mobile services.
