Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leading provider of
mobile satellite voice and data services, today announced its
partnership with Nokia. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
sweeping steadily across the African continent highlights the
increasing need for solutions that are tailored for, and compatible
with, the digital transformation journey of enterprises across many
vertical domains. The need for high capacity, low latency and
secure connectivity that is easy to deploy in multiple sites, and
often across national borders, poses a real challenge. One of the
key enablers is spectrum for local deployments combined with an
appropriate automation platform.
Globalstar and Nokia have developed an innovative solution,
which allows enterprises to deploy intelligent network applications
in a dedicated spectrum band. It is based on Nokia’s
industrial-grade private wireless Digital Automation Cloud platform
together with Globalstar’s 3GPP Band 53 spectrum. The solution will
be showcased at the Globalstar stand at AfricaCom, at the Cape Town
International Convention Centre on 12 – 14 November 2019.
“Providing private LTE/4.9G solutions to organizations and
countries require spectrum, and this is where we come in,” says
Barbee Ponder, Globalstar General Counsel and Vice President of
Regulatory Affairs. “We have globally-harmonized spectrum that we
utilize for our Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), and we are
currently obtaining administration-specific authorizations globally
to provide terrestrial LTE services in this band – which happens to
be a perfect fit for Nokia’s private LTE/4.9G offering.”
Both companies successfully collaborated on the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) process to standardize this specific
band of spectrum, which has been designated as Band 53. Their
strategic alliance further expands the opportunities for both
Globalstar and Nokia in terms of development, innovation and
application across countries, industries, and use cases. Nokia is
already offering Band 53 access points and User End Devices (UED’s)
such as modems, ruggedized handsets and tablets.
In its bid to develop a harmonized utilization of Band 53 for
terrestrial private LTE/4.9G deployments across the African
continent, Globalstar has secured rights from the authorities in
South Africa, Mozambique, Gabon, Botswana, and Rwanda.
“In Africa alone, our terrestrial authorizations span more than
1.1 million square miles of territory, covering a population larger
than 100 million people,” says Ponder. “We have obtained
terrestrial LTE authority over our entire 16.5 MHz of S-band
spectrum with permissible power limits for both macro and small
cell deployments.”
The Globalstar MSS solutions provide complementary connectivity
to end-user assets and employees when outside of the Nokia Digital
Automation Cloud network in remote areas, such as mining
installations, or oil, gas, and energy sites. This ideal 4IR/IoT
partnership allows both companies to introduce powerful
digitalization solutions to the African market, that can be adapted
for use across multiple industries. Band 53 enables the deployment
of comprehensive solutions that can cover all operational
requirements regardless of location.
“We are delighted to collaborate with Globalstar in order to
support the digitalization of business in Africa, helping them
connect more things than ever before, such as sensors, cameras,
drones, tablets, and phones, and apply real-time analytics to their
data. High capacity data transfer and on-premise computing
capabilities ensure efficient and secure digital automation, for
large and small enterprises, indoors and outdoors, and in both
urban and remote areas,” says Shkumbin Hamiti, Head of Ecosystem
and Partnerships, Nokia Digital Automation.
As the partnership evolves, Globalstar and Nokia anticipate the
expansion of their commercial relationship to create new
opportunities for business. As they continue to pursue
harmonization in Band 53, customers will be able to deploy a device
ecosystem that operates seamlessly across locations, which will
redefine the communications landscape for 4IR.
“Now that Nokia has become an authorized value-added reseller
(VAR), they will be able to tailor solutions for individual
customers and provide critical connectivity for assets and people
when operating also outside of the secure private wireless coverage
provided by Nokia,” concludes Ponder.
About Nokia
We create the technology to connect the world. We develop and
deliver the industry’s only end-to-end portfolio of network
equipment, software, services and licensing that is available
globally. Our customers include communications service providers
whose combined networks support 6.1 billion subscriptions, as well
as enterprises in the private and public sector that use our
network portfolio to increase productivity and enrich lives.
Through our research teams, including the world-renowned Nokia
Bell Labs, we are leading the world to adopt end-to-end 5G networks
that are faster, more secure and capable of revolutionizing lives,
economies and societies. Nokia adheres to the highest ethical
business standards as we create technology with social purpose,
quality and integrity. www.nokia.com
About Globalstar, Inc.
Globalstar is a leading provider of customizable Satellite IoT
Solutions for customers around the world in industries such as oil
and gas, transportation, emergency management, government, maritime
and outdoor recreation. A pioneer of mobile satellite voice and
data services, Globalstar provides businesses to streamline
operations by connecting people to their devices, supplying
personal safety and communication, and automating data to more
easily monitor and manage mobile assets via the Globalstar
Satellite Network. The Company's Commercial IoT product portfolio
includes the industry-acclaimed SmartOne™ asset tracking products,
Simplex satellite transmitters and the SPOT® product line of
personal safety, asset and communication devices, all supported on
SPOT My Globalstar, a robust cloud-based back office solution.
Completing the satellite product suite are Duplex satellite data
modems, the innovative Sat-Fi2® satellite Wi-Fi hotspot, and the
Sat-Fi2 Remote Antenna Station with all product solutions offering
a variety of data service plans. Learn more at Globalstar.com.
Note that all SPOT products described in this press release are
the products of SPOT LLC, which is not affiliated in any manner
with Spot Image of Toulouse, France or Spot Image Corporation of
Chantilly, Virginia. SPOT Gen3 is a trademark of Spot LLC. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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