Nokia has upgraded its worldwide internet of things (IoT) network grid (WING) managed service with 5G and edge capabilities.
Nokia said the service allows operators to offer 5G IoT and to capture early IoT market share without having to make investments in infrastructure. 5G services allow IoT enterprise operators to get the benefits of ultra-low latency, high security and high bandwidth.
The WING service will apply to leverage new business models and industries such as connected cars, critical public services, healthcare and real-time industrial monitoring and control. Nokia said these use cases will demand low latency and high bandwidth for data and security, which is what 5G is promising to allow.
Nokia has invested in its 5G WING lab in Dallas, Texas, to begin testing 5G IoT use cases. Additionally, the distributed WING infrastructure can be enhanced with multi-access edge computing (MEC) technology that improves support for IoT services such as augmented and virtual reality maintenance and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) use cases. Network slicing can also be introduced via WING’s cloud native architecture, the company said.
“5G holds great promise but the cost and complexity of building a dedicated, global 5G infrastructure to support IoT services is a major obstacle for CSPs,” said Brian Partridge, vice president for applied infrastructure and DevOps channel at 451 Research. “The features and performance of 5G can help digitally transform industries like transportation, healthcare and manufacturing over the next several years and CSPs are eager to establish new value chain positions in these markets. We expect such managed services that demonstrate success in accelerating the ‘time-to-value’ or de-risking 5G investment for both enterprises and CSPs will generate strong demand.”
