Nokia and Tele2 sign strategic partnership to provide global IoT services
February 19 2018 - 2:01AM
Press Release
Five-year contract covers the provision of Nokia worldwide
IoT network grid (WING)
- Enables Tele2 IoT to offer innovative and global IoT
connectivity services to large enterprises
- A joint innovation and collaboration program to accelerate IoT
adoption
19 February 2018
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Tele2 IoT have signed a five-year
agreement to enable the delivery of IoT services to Tele2
enterprise customers based on Nokia's worldwide IoT network grid
(WING).
Nokia WING will allow Tele2 IoT to rapidly and cost-effectively
provide complete IoT services to its enterprise customers in fields
including transport, healthcare, smart city and utilities to manage
their connectivity needs and assets, such as connected cars or
connected freight containers, around the globe. Access to a
worldwide IoT network enables Tele2 IoT's enterprise customers to
benefit from low latency, regulatory compliance, advanced
enterprise onboarding and 24x7 troubleshooting offered as a managed
service.
Nokia WING is a 'one-stop-shop' IoT managed service that
includes a pre-integrated global IoT core network, connectivity
management as well as dedicated IoT operations, billing, security
and data analytics, along with an application ecosystem.
The offering is completed with innovative solutions based on
Tele2 IoT technology. The combination of these cutting edge
technologies from Tele2 IoT and Nokia WING enables a new paradigm
for global IoT connectivity services.
The scope of the agreement also includes the collaboration and
partnership on various advanced technologies such as 5G, Narrowband
IoT (NB-IoT), LTE for machine-to-machine (LTE-M), SIM management
and analytics to further accelerate the global IoT ecosystem.
Rami Avidan, CEO of Tele2 IoT, said: "Nokia WING is a
unique concept for worldwide IoT enablement which will allow us to
serve our enterprise customers better and differentiate our
offering on a global scale. We are excited about the prospect of
helping our customers to easily deploy IoT services, driving new
revenue growth opportunities."
Ankur Bhan, head of WING at Nokia, said: "Nokia WING will
enable Tele2 IoT to offer its enterprise customers a global service
with flexible control, low latency and high levels of efficiency
and enterprise automation. Together we will work on enabling new
IoT solutions that can be adopted in various industries to deliver
seamless, reliable and efficient processes to help businesses run
more intelligently."
Nokia WING has been nominated for a Global Mobile
Award for the 2018 Mobile World Congress in the 'Best Mobile
Network Infrastructure'. In 2017, it was recognized as the winner
in IoT leadership at the TechXLR8 Awards and also won the Global
Telecoms' highly commended' award in the category 'IoT initiative
of the year'.
Resources
- Webpage: Worldwide IoT network grid as a service (WING)
- Webpage: IMPACT IoT Platform
- Press Release: Nokia eases IoT market entry for mobile
operators
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