Private Wireless - 2020, the year everything changed
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Release Date: 12/08/2021
The ROI and business benefits of Industrial digitalization
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Early adopters of private wireless networks report strong performance on ROI and strategic benefits Many enterprises are aware of the potential advantages of deploying private wireless network solutions – but remain hesitant about pushing ahead with deployment. They feel they need more clarity around the business case, specifically with regard to the benefits that will be delivered, and the likely return on investment (ROI). Nokia, in conjunction with GlobalData, surveyed 79 industrial enterprises around the world in verticals including manufacturing, transportation, and energy....
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Accelerate your factory digitalization with a private 4G/5G network solution
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Is the manufacturing sector ready for private wireless networks? Many companies across a variety of industries are now testing and validating private wireless technology through proof of concepts and field trials to understand its benefits. Nokia, in conjunction with ABI Research, recently conducted a survey of more than 1,000 senior executives in organizations across manufacturing segments including automotive, machinery, metal fabrication, electronics, consumer goods, chemical and oil and gas. More than 90% said they were considering 4G/5G as part of their mission-critical, control,...
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How to use the power of Wi-Fi and private wireless to boost digital transformation
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Private wireless networks based on 4.9G/LTE or 5G are gaining increasing traction in asset-intensive industries. Nokia is currently providing private wireless solutions to more than 450 customers. However, Wi-Fi has a role within Industry 4.0, even as digital transformation advances on a broad front. Most of those customers are enterprises with brownfield campuses, which means they have legacy wireless connectivity in place, such as Wi-Fi, that cannot simply be switched off. They may also be using Open RAN, and balancing licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Clients using Wi-Fi...
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Why enterprises are embracing private wireless
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Pace of private wireless network adoption is set to accelerate dramatically Now that the concept of private wireless networks has been accepted, Nokia is seeing enormous acceleration in its deployment. The company has delivered enough networks to be confident that the economics for an enterprise are excellent compared to Wi-Fi. The ability to address use cases that used to be out of range commercially is increasing. Nokia’s outstanding expertise in this field ensures that a wider range of enterprises, from complex environments to small retail units, can enjoy the benefits of private...
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Five tips for using private wireless to digitalize mining operations
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
How mining demonstrates the positive impact of private wireless Few industries showcase the benefits of a private wireless network more vividly than mining. This is a sector in which driverless 300-tonne trucks with wheels two meters wide can be operated from a control center hundreds of kilometers away. Health and safety is a critical concern in an environment that features monster vehicles and giant machines – and frequent blasts inside a pit. Underground, the challenges are even more significant. There are thick rock walls, narrow corridors and a constantly...
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Choosing the right private wireless network partner
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
How can an industrial site make the right choice of private wireless network? Several varieties of private wireless networks are available – and there is also a choice of the types of provider that can deliver such a service. Our analysis of the sector has generated insight on the process facing a business or industrial site looking to make a decision on the best way to proceed. What types of private wireless coverage are available? Essentially, there are three options available to any commercial organization that is weighing up the desirability of private wireless: Local area: Ideal when...
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Top six private wireless network trends in 2022
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
What trends will shape the future of the private wireless 4G/LTE and 5G market in 2022? The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the enterprise world. Not least because it has acted as a wake-up call regarding the importance of accelerating digital transformation. Everyone in the enterprise market, from vendors to the enterprises themselves, now understands that such a transformation is increasingly the result of a combination of innovative technologies. These include IoT, edge, 5G, AI and ML. In this pandemic-affected world, enterprises accept they must use any technology...
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Open up your private wireless network today with MulteFire
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
How MulteFire is creating and supporting opportunities in private wireless
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Key issues for enterprises looking to deploy private wireless solutions
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
Is your enterprise contemplating deploying a private cellular network? There could be many reasons for doing so. Maybe you require dedicated bandwidth for large amounts of data, or need high speeds and reliability and low latency.
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4G vs. 5G private networks
Nokia Private Wireless Podcast
The industry’s first commercial, 5G SA private wireless solution.
info_outlineFor one thing, traditional #CSPs realised it was important for them to create a strategy and an offering in the private wireless space. Nokia has partnered with AT&T and Verizon, large CSPs in the US, and others in Europe.
Many companies that rely on a CSP for nationwide #connectivity would prefer to source a private wireless #network through their trusted CSP.
#Industry4.0 projects tend to be substantial in scale and, for them to be executed well, an enterprise’s IT and OT teams need to come together. We are seeing increasing evidence that the IT/OT divide is being bridged.
Previously, the OT needs of asset-heavy industry were driven by the OT team. But following the transformation from analogue to #digital that came with the end of Industry 3.0, the involvement of IT became essential.
2020 was the first year in which we saw this happening. Increasing numbers of company-wide Industry 4.0 #projects are now taking place where the OT and IT teams come to the table together to define a project and work towards a common goal.
This is a very important trend that will help to accelerate the adoption of private wireless in today’s market.
However, it would not be accurate to say that private wireless has become a mass market yet. This is despite the fact that Nokia estimates that the potential market could benefit up to 15 million #commercial venues, and that increasing numbers of enterprises are making new private #LTE and #5G deployments.
It is clear that private wireless is a concept that people in our industry now understand. It is also clear that many stakeholders are starting to pay close attention to the potential that mobile technology has for transforming the industry – in the same way that #mobile phones have transformed consumers’ lives in the last 30 years.
But it will take many years before this is a mass market, even though there are obvious signs of acceleration in #adoption. Between 2015 and the end of 2019, Nokia secured about 120 customers in this space. In 2020 alone, that number almost doubled.
Now tune into our podcast to hear more.