Nokia has announced that its partner ecosystem is preparing to introduce local 5G and private LTE wireless solutions for industrial and government customers in Japan.
The spectrum allocated for local 5G will be made available for enterprise use by the end of December. Nokia plans to accelerate IoT adoption across Japanese industries by offering an end-to-end, industrial-grade private wireless portfolio. The Japanese government has committed to releasing 5G spectrum specifically for enterprises and local authorities to support dedicated private networks.
To support these deployments, Nokia has built a partner ecosystem with five prominent companies across different segments: Hitachi Kokusai Electric for smart social infrastructure and smart city video solutions; NS Solutions for factory IoT; Internet Initiative Japan for Full MVNO services; Equinix for multi-cloud and global data center integration; and Marubeni for global IoT initiatives. These strategic partnerships enable enterprise customers to pursue reliable, secure, low-latency end-to-end connectivity powered by Nokia’s technologies and solutions.
In a related move, Nokia and AT&T launched an innovation studio in Germany aimed at accelerating global adoption of current and next-generation Internet of Things solutions. The studio provides a venue for businesses to collaborate with experts to develop practical solutions addressing international business challenges.
Sanjay Goel, President of Global Services at Nokia, stated: “This collaboration helps lay the groundwork for the evolution to global 5G and network slicing, enabling a single physical network to be partitioned into multiple virtual networks that deliver tailored capabilities to specific IoT customers without affecting the broader network.”
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