Airtel dials Nokia for 5G, IoT applications

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 1

Facing intense competition from Reliance Jio, country’s largest telecom operator Airtel has joined hands with Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia for the creation of a strategic roadmap for network evolution to the 5G-technology standard and Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices.

In a statement issued today, Airtel said, “The 5G and IoT applications have tremendous potential to transform lives and we are pleased to partner with Nokia to enable these future technologies for our customers”.

The effort will build on 4G in the most efficient way in terms of power, operations, and cost effectiveness, and with the highest level of quality and reliability.

The upcoming 5G technology promises to enable dramatic improvements in peak data speeds, network latency, and agility, as well as the ability to enable new capabilities such as network slicing. This will allow operators to support a growing number of customers and potentially billions of connected IoT devices with the consistent quality of service, laying the foundation for smarter cities and rural communities, connected vehicles, industrial automation, remote healthcare and a myriad of business possibilities.