Nokia confirms 42 commercial 5G deals across the globe

Nokia on Tuesday confirmed its position on 5G deals with 42 commercial deals in place with operators around the world, 22 with named customers such as T-Mobile, Telia Company and Softbank.

The company in an official release said that it has the highest number of 5G commercial deals – more than any other vendor has announced. Including these agreements, Nokia’s 5G deals, trials and demos come to a total over 100 5G customer engagements to date.

Since the announcement of the 30th commercial 5G contract at the end of March the company has seen an average of one major contract win each week, the Finalnd-based company said.

Early rollouts of 5G have been well publicized in North America, Korea and Europe and Nokia is looking forward to announcing its work with operators in emerging nations and regions such as India and Latin America over the coming months, the company stated.

“The pace of 5G progress is accelerating across the globe. We are delivering significant performance increases to operators and the power of Nokia’s end-to-end portfolio is being recognized,” said Nokia president and CEO Rajeev Suri.