Nokia forms key partnership alliance to drive 5G enterprise solutions in Japan

Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia has formed the ‘Nokia Local 5G Technology Partnership’ strategic alliance with Conexio, Hitachi Kokusai, Nippon Steel Solutions, Omron, and Sharp to drive 5G-based enterprise industry solutions in Japan.

The alliance partners will jointly work on areas such as industry, device, applications, cloud, and 5G expertise to create industry-specific solutions for use cases such as remote control, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, and automatic guided vehicles.

“Integrating Nokia 5G private wireless at the concept and design phase will ease solution development, speed implementation and contribute to faster returns on investment for the customer,” said an official statement from Nokia.

“This new alliance boosts the local 5G private wireless ecosystem, bringing together many of the key players who are central to driving Industry 4.0 adoption in Japan. It recognizes that hyper-fast, highly reliable, and secure 5G connectivity has a crucial role to play in enabling the digital transformation necessary for Industry 4.0 use cases,” said Donny Janssens, Head of Nokia Enterprise Japan.