How Nokia & T-Mobile are utilising the full potential of 5G
In a long-standing collaborative partnership , Nokia and T-Mobile are utilising the true potential of 5G through innovation for a wide variety of use cases
Nokia and T-Mobile ’ s partnership is one of extensive collaboration .
“ Nokia and T-Mobile have been close partners for a very long time . In the case of 5G , we started working together at the very beginning ,” explains Timo Naalisvaara , Customer CTO at Nokia . Now in his 30th year at the company , Naalisvaara ’ s responsibility is to drive strategic direction between the companies .
“ Our collaboration ranges from day-to-day business – developing , deploying , and optimising networks – to exploring new industry-shaping technologies , ideas and services ,” he explains . “ Now , the focus is shifting from building 5G to fully utilising the potential of 5G through innovation for a wide variety of use cases .” Earlier this year , Nokia refreshed
its company brand to reflect its new strategy . As Naalisvaara explains , part of that strategy is focused on the implementation of advanced technologies . “ We use cloud-based technologies , in-house developed chipsets , analytics , automation , AI and machine learning to enhance and optimize networks . So while , in the traditional sense , we build networks , in a wider sense we utilise new technologies to extract the best value out of those networks .”
For Nokia and for Naalisvaara , the future of the partnership with T-Mobile will explore how 5G networks can be made more consumable across consumers , enterprises , and industries . “ As more experiences are provided through AR , VR , and XR , more data is created and quality-of-service requirements get more demanding . All these experiences require that the overall network continues to evolve .”
Recently T-Mobile launched its first ever 5G Network Slicing Beta for developers – to which Nokia has been integral . Similarly , Nokia is working on initiatives such as Network as Code : the company ’ s concept of extreme simplification of network capabilities to make them part of applications for developers .
“ In both of these examples , the role of developers as customers utilising the network is very important . We are excited to see where all these new possibilities and opportunities will take us .”
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