SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Digital, Nokia
and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced that the companies
have successfully demonstrated a private LTE network for the
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market; meshing together each
party's platforms and technologies. In addition, the companies have
announced plans to further research and conduct live field trials
throughout 2017 based on this demonstration, designed to advance
the digitization of industrial processes.
Industrial companies often have local connectivity needs and
operate in remote locations or temporary sites, such as mines,
power plants, offshore oil platforms, factories, warehouses or
ports—connectivity for these environments can be challenging. A
standalone LTE network to serve devices and users within a
localized area can help improve performance and reliability for
these industrial settings.
Private LTE-based networks utilize LTE-based technologies in
shared/unlicensed/dedicated-licensed spectrum. This demonstration
utilizes LTE-TDD in the US 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band also known
as Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). With MulteFire™,
unlicensed spectrum bands can be used to create private LTE-based
networks, such as the 5 GHz band available globally.
As part of the collaboration and technology demonstration,
Qualcomm Technologies will provide the wireless technology and
device chipsets. Nokia will be providing base station
infrastructure plus the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud service to
run the network as an on demand private network. GE is
integrating these new types of connectivity into its Predix
platform – an open-architecture operating system for the Industrial
Internet – to help industrial companies better manage their assets
and operations, often found far from the public communications
networks.
Further, the agreements between the parties include the
installation of a private LTE network at GE Digital's headquarters
in San Ramon, Calif., which GE
will use to further develop its Predix platform.
"Industries such as factories, warehouses, container ports and
airports are increasingly dependent on wireless connectivity to
efficiently operate as they continue to utilize more wireless data
and connect countless IoT devices to their networks," said
Michael Wallace, senior vice
president and general manager, Emerging Business, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. "With this collaboration, we are providing
companies in the Industrial IoT space the ability to leverage the
core advantages of LTE including full mobility, high data rates and
coverage, predictable latency, quality of service and ease of
deployment."
"Connecting the world's machines to an industrial operating
system like Predix is vital to unlocking the data and insights
necessary to both increase efficiency and drive adoption of
emerging technologies, such as machine learning and computer
vision, in industry," said Peter
Marx, Vice President, Advanced Concepts, GE Digital.
"Bringing LTE-based networks that use shared and unlicensed
spectrum to our customers operating in remote and unpopulated
locations is a powerful advancement beyond what is available
today."
"Private LTE networks bring an entirely new level of advanced,
low latency and robust wireless connectivity solutions into
verticals and industries," said Stephan
Litjens, GM Digital Automation, Nokia. "This allows
companies to significantly increase the level of automation and
analytics in use by adding more sensors, IOT devices, robotics and
in general use wireless connectivity for their business and
production critical processes. With this collaboration, Nokia
accelerates the promise of automated industry by supporting a 'plug
n play' private LTE ecosystem. The combination of capabilities from
GE, Qualcomm, and Nokia is ideal to bring the promise of analytics
in end-to-end industrial IoT solutions to life."
Private LTE-based networks will enable industries and
enterprises to own and manage their own LTE network without
requiring licensed spectrum and still enjoy the high-performance
benefits from LTE with a strong roadmap to 5G. Private LTE-based
networks also offer the ability to customize the dedicated LTE
network for the company's specific applications, such as optimizing
for capacity, quality-of-service, or guaranteed latencies.
The demonstration will be on display at Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona from February 27 through March 2 at Qualcomm booth in
Hall 3, Booth 3E10.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm's technologies powered the
smartphone revolution and connected billions of people. We
pioneered 3G and 4G – and now we are leading the way to 5G and a
new era of intelligent, connected devices. Our products are
revolutionizing industries, including automotive, computing, IoT,
healthcare and data center, and are allowing millions of devices to
connect with each other in ways never before imagined. Qualcomm
Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast
majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with
its subsidiaries, all of our engineering, research and development
functions, and all of our products and services businesses,
including, our QCT semiconductor business. For more information,
visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
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
About GE Digital
GE Digital connects streams of
machine data to powerful analytics, providing industrial companies
with valuable insights to manage assets and operations more
efficiently. World-class talent and software capabilities drive big
gains in productivity, availability and longevity. For more
information, visit the Web site at www.ge.com/digital.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
Nokia Media Enquiries:
Communications
Phone: +358 10 448 4900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
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