Nokia at Mobile World Congress: Delivering on its strategy to lead in 5G, IoT and cloud, tap new growth markets #MWC17
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
26 February 2017
Barcelona, Spain - Nokia today outlined how the rapid execution of its new
strategy is delivering industry-leading innovation for communication service
providers in network speed, agility and efficiency, while broadening the
company's footprint in faster-growing areas including software and the utilities
and transport markets.
On the eve of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Nokia's launches of
solutions covering 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), software and cloud
underscored the breadth and strength of a product portfolio bolstered by the
acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016.
"Nokia comes to Mobile World Congress this year with a bigger and fully end-to-
end portfolio to sell, and with groundbreaking innovations to share," Nokia
President and CEO Rajeev Suri said.
"All of this is underpinned by an organization squarely focused on the execution
of our strategy to lead in high-performance networks with communication service
providers, expand to new verticals, build a strong standalone software business
and create new business and licensing opportunities in the consumer ecosystem,"
he said.
New products like 5G FIRST, announced today at the company's press and analyst
event in Barcelona, show Nokia's innovation strength to deliver differentiated
products that connect not only millions of users but interconnect billions of
things to create what Nokia calls the 'global nervous system,' Suri added.
Showing the way in 5G and IoT
5G FIRST, the industry's first commercial 5G product and comprised of Nokia's
AirScale radio access platform, helps customers prepare for 5G-ready
architectures that cover core, software-defined networking, cloud and more.
Nokia and Intel will collaborate on commercial deployments later in 2017 using
the Intel® 5G Modem. 5G FIRST cements Nokia's strong position with communication
service providers, helping them transition to new applications that will benefit
from the low-latency and high data rates offered by 5G.
Reflecting those transition efforts, Suri announced at the press and analyst
event that Nokia had won a three-year contract from Telefonica to boost the
performance of its 4G network in London as data demand grows. The deal includes
Nokia 4.5G Pro technology, powered by the Nokia AirScale Radio Access portfolio,
Nokia Flexi Zone small cells, the Nokia NetAct network management system, Nokia
Traffica real-time network analytics and Nokia Global Services.
Nokia's recent launch of WING, the worldwide IoT network grid, is aimed at
providing a full-service model offering IoT connectivity across different
technologies to manage a client's IoT connectivity needs and assets, such as
connected cars, as they move around the globe. It follows the launch of a new
wireless router to bring electricity distribution networks into the IoT era and
help utilities reliably and securely connect and manage the proliferation of
field devices as more smart power grids are deployed.
Those efforts show how Nokia is expanding into vertical markets like energy,
transportation, public safety and Webscales (big Internet companies). Furthering
the momentum in the vertical space, Suri cited a contract win with
Infraestruturas de Portugal to provide a mission-critical communications network
to the country's national railway infrastructure operator; a high-speed fiber
optic network win with Xiaomi; and a demonstration with Qualcomm and GE of a
private LTE network for the Industrial Internet of Things market.
Momentum in Cloud, software, and licensing
Nokia's recently launched Cloud Packet Core enables fixed and wireless
technologies to be used together or individually to drive ultra-broadband and
IoT service delivery in multiple verticals, including enterprise. Nokia has also
enhanced its Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things platform,
or IMPACT, with new IoT features such as video analytics.
The improved offering highlights Nokia's progress in delivering on its third
strategic focus area of building a strong standalone software business and
taking its largely network-agnostic software assets beyond mobile customers and
into fixed, cable, and new vertical markets. Earlier this month, Nokia announced
plans to buy Comptel to boost its software portfolio and go-to-market
capabilities.
At MWC Nokia will demonstrate recently acquired Deepfield analytics technology,
which further bolsters its software offering to communication service providers,
cable operators, cloud, Webscales and technological extra-large enterprises.
Using automation, Deepfield technology can identify and track around 30 000
popular cloud applications and services to help networks quickly adapt to
changes in application demand and traffic patterns.
Nokia's efforts to create new business and licensing opportunities in the
consumer space - the fourth pillar of its refreshed strategy - are also leading
to fresh and important developments. HMD Global, Nokia's exclusive brand
licensee for phones and tablets, will be making announcements later today.
Nokia at MWC
Nokia's presence at MWC involves the launch of 22 products and services, along
with over 60 product and service demonstrations at the Nokia Experience Center
in Hall 3, stand 3A10. The demonstrations include several related to 5G, some
involving racecars and robots. Nokia and China Mobile, the world's biggest
mobile operator by subscribers, will have a joint demo of tele-health services
and show how 5G products and services can be integrated in different vertical
industries.
Nokia will also give its perspective on a variety of important issues, including
a keynote speech by Suri on enabling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Nokia
Chief Strategy Officer Kathrin Buvac will discuss the path from 4G to 5G; and
Marcus Weldon, President of Nokia Bell Labs and Corporate Chief Technology
Officer, will discuss the future of technology and how the 5G era will transform
many dimensions of human life. Be sure to follow the events, speakers and
launches via social media on Twitter (at)Nokia and #MWC17.
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About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader innovating the technologies at the heart of our
connected world. Powered by the research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we
serve communications service providers, governments, large enterprises and
consumers, with the industry's most complete, end-to-end portfolio of products,
services and licensing.
From the enabling infrastructure for 5G and the Internet of Things, to emerging
applications in virtual reality and digital health, we are shaping the future of
technology to transform the human experience. www.nokia.com
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