Nokia and Wipro partner to develop 5G use cases for accelerating technology adoption in India; 5G end-to-end live network trial in Indonesia
At the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC 2019) in New Delhi, Finland headquartered Nokia announced it has partnered with Indian IT services company Wipro to develop 5G use cases for telecom operators and enterprise customers. Nokia said it is testing several 5G use cases at its research and development lab in Bengaluru (previously known as Bangalore) India, while Wipro is expected to provide domain-based solutions required for this new 5G ecosystem.
The collaboration will explore technical and operational feasibility of use cases, such as augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR)-based immersive learning experience, as well as drone-based applications for agriculture, public safety energy, and utilities, using real-time network analytics, life cycle operation management and edge computing. While Nokia will provide a live 5G end-to-end system, including radio, core and devices in its lab, Wipro will integrate its application solutions for 5G use cases that include software solutions and user devices along with key system integration and delivery capabilities. The turnkey solutions are expected to help operators and enterprise customers realize full value from their 5G investments, Nokia said in a press release.
“We are thrilled to be an open-innovation partner to Nokia to work on innovative and creative 5G use cases,” K R Sanjiv, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro, said in a statement. “With Nokia’s expertise and leadership in 5G, we are confident that we will create more useful 5G use cases in the future, which will help the operators in the rapid adoption of the technology and faster realisation of their 5G investment,” Sanjiv added.
As part of the partnership, Nokia will provide a live 5G end-to-end system, while Wipro will integrate its application solutions for 5G use cases that include software solutions and user devices along with key system integration and delivery capabilities. Several enterprise use cases, tested by Wipro in a live 5G network at Nokia’s Bengaluru lab, are being showcased at India Mobile Congress 2019 here.
Nokia and Wipro have already conducted lab tests of two 5G use cases – drone-based transmission line monitoring within the utility domain and in immersive entertainment experiences for large scale events, such as sports championships, aimed at enhancing the user experience. These use cases will be further developed and validated, along with other new use cases that can be rapidly executed for field trials for mass adoption, once the 5G spectrum is available, Nokia said.
“Globally, Nokia is at the forefront of developing the 5G ecosystem. Our state-of-the-art Bengaluru R&D centre is working with several partners to do just this, and we are committed to supporting Indian operators in their 5G journey. Our work with Wipro is a crucial step in this direction. The initiative also supports the Indian government’s plans to fast-track the development of use cases that will be socially beneficial and unique to India” said Randeep Raina, Chief Technology Officer at Nokia India.
Nokia said its network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI)-based secured edge cloud comes in handy for low-latency use cases whereas its internet of things (IoT) impact platform-based device management to host and manage the lifecycle support 5G use cases in different industry verticals.
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The companies have already conducted lab tests of two use cases – drone-based transmission line monitoring within the utilities domain and in immersive entertainment experiences for large scale events such as sports championships, aimed at enhancing the user experience. The companies are looking to further develop and validate other use cases that can be rapidly executed for field trials for mass adoption.
India’s central government is planning to conduct 5G spectrum auctions by the end of this year. Indian Union minister for communications and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said earlier this week that reforms are expected in the pricing of the 5G spectrum.
Source: Business Insider Intelligence
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Separately, Nokia and Hutchison 3 have completed the first 5G end-to-end live network trial in Indonesia. The trial, which was conducted on a Nokia network on millimeter wave frequencies, demonstrates the 3ID network’s ability to support end-to-end 5G deployment.
Multiple tests were conducted on the 28 GHz spectrum, obtaining the highest data download speeds of up to 1.62 Gbps with 11ms latency while upload speeds of 75.9 Mbps were measured. The trial also included a voice call test, which was initiated on the 5G trial network and realized over VoLTE (voice over existing LTE network) to demonstrate how basic telephony services would be handled in 5G.
The trial, which also involved the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, was conducted at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) in Surabaya, East Java. It focused on education-related use cases, utilizing 5G technology to enable a public lecture conducted in real-time between two major cities, Surabaya and Jakarta. During the trial, ministry officials and academics from the ITS delivered a public lecture, with a representative from the Indonesia 5G Forum joining them via a live stream holographic projection from Jakarta.
The tests were conducted over a Nokia-built network, including radio, core and transport, providing high, unfettered download and upload speeds with low latency. They demonstrated how 5G technology can be used to give students remote access to learning materials that may be difficult to access due to physical distances. The trial also showed how the learning experience can be made more immersive while helping students compete with their academic peers in other locations. It also confirmed the ability of 5G to go well beyond simple connectivity in supporting economic and social development in Indonesia.
KP Goh, Head of Indonesia at Nokia, said: “Completing the first 5G end-to-end trial in Indonesia is an important milestone. 5G is going to change just about everything – every industry, every business, and every experience – including the student experience. With Nokia’s end-to-end 5G technology, Indonesia is ready to support 5G deployment now and Indonesian students are able to reap the benefits of faster connections with lower latency. With 48 commercial 5G contracts and more than 100 customer engagements, we are pleased to see the pace of 5G progress accelerating across the globe – including Indonesia.”
Cliff Woo, Chief Executive Officer at Hutchison 3 Indonesia, said: “This trial, powered by Nokia’s end-to-end capability, showcases how 5G technology can help students across Indonesia to have equal opportunities and compete with their peers in other countries – by connecting them to sources of knowledge from all across the world. Nokia is one of our key technology partners in Indonesia. We are pleased to have completed this important trial with Nokia. It will pave the way for the 5G journey to serve the Indonesian people and industry.”
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References:
https://www.digianalysys.com/nokia-and-wipro-to-develop-5g-use-cases/
https://nokiapoweruser.com/nokia-and-wipro-joined-hands-to-develop-5g-ecosystem-in-india/
https://www.nokia.com/networks/5g/
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Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia are shifting to India for 5G manufacturing
Telecommunications networking suppliers Ericsson and Huawei plan to manufacture 5G radios in India, producing enough equipment to meet demand in India and export to other countries, the Economic Times reported this week. Nokia also plans to increase its existing production of 5G radios in India, from which it already exported over 20,000 5G radios to the US and Europe.
Networking companies are gravitating toward India as its government prepares to auction 5G spectrum by the end of 2020, paving the way for a massive network buildout. There will be 88 million 5G connections in India by 2025, according to a GSMA Intelligence report. And it could sustain explosive growth well after that, as the projection assumes 5G will only constitute 7% of India’s installed base of over 1.3 billion connected devices in 2025.
Telecommunications suppliers have increasingly moved production to India, responding to import tariffs. The Indian government raised duties on communications and technology products from 15% to 20% in 2018. This created further incentive for major suppliers to shift manufacturing to the country. For instance, Samsung opened a smartphone factory in India in 2018, allocating 49.2 billion rupees ($688 million) to expand operations over three years, according to Reuters.
The South Korean company started assembling phones in India in 2007, but the influx of capital was intended to increase Indian production for exports, rather than just meeting domestic demand. Similarly, Foxconn, a major Apple supplier, promised to mass-produce iPhones in India by the end of 2019. Apple will export these devices to Europe, just as Nokia did with its India-produced 5G radios.
To gain access to consumer populations in emerging markets, telecommunications companies will need to increasingly rely on regionalized supply chains. Following China’s template, India enacted policies that leverage market access as a bargaining chip to attract domestic manufacturing investments from multinational corporations. Other countries with developing economies and large consumer bases — including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines — have implemented similar strategies.
This creates attractive investment opportunities for global telecommunications companies, but they should heed an important lesson from manufacturing in China: Overreliance on manufacturing in any particular region can have major fallout. In response to US-China trade tensions, Nokia and Ericsson had to scramble to set up new supply chains outside of China. By moving production closer to a handful of regions with significant demand, telecommunications companies can retain access to major markets, while also hedging against geopolitical risk.
https://www.businessinsider.com/huawei-ericsson-nokia-eye-india-for-5g-manufacturing-2019-10
Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei may suffer badly with Indian telcos set to curtail capex
They added that with balance sheets of the two telcos likely to be further weakened, existing tenancies and future growth of telecom tower companies like Bharti Infratel could be at risk as well.
Telecom gear makers such as Europe’s Ericsson and Nokia, and China’s Huawei could be staring at significant growth challenges with the Supreme Court’s ruling on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) likely to force their main clients Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL) and Bharti Airtel to curtail capex plans, say analysts.
With the balance sheets of the two telcos likely to be further weakened, existing tenancies and future growth of telecom tower companies like Bharti Infratel could be at risk as well, they said.
Rajiv Sharma, the co-head of research at SBICap Securities, said all vendors would be affected except Samsung (the Korean company sells equipment only to Reliance Jio Infocomm in India, and the country’s newest telecom operator isn’t affected by the judgement) because telcos’ capital expenditure plan would take a back seat.
“A sharp cut in the capex deployments over the next 12-18 months at the least is expected, and it could be prolonged. VIL will find it hard to do meaningful capex if they were to pay, and Airtel will also be selective,” Sharma added.
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/ericsson-nokia-huawei-may-suffer-badly-with-indian-telcos-set-to-curtail-capex/71761382
Value of 5G in India higher than advanced countries: Cisco Asia chief
“The value of 5G in India, in many ways, is higher than in advanced countries as it enables India to jump straight to smart infrastructure, and that comes at a lower cost but with faster delivery,” Cisco Asia president Miyuki Suzuki told ETTelecom.
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/value-of-5g-in-india-higher-than-advanced-countries-cisco-asia-chief/79016210