Nokia and Vodafone New Zealand team up to accelerate network innovation with 5G-Advanced and 6G

    

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Nokia and Vodafone New Zealand team up to accelerate network innovation with 5G-Advanced and 6G

• Strategic partnership signed to jointly collaborate on developing and driving new applications supported by 5G and 5G-Advanced
• Innovation focused collaboration builds on 30 year partnership between Nokia and Vodafone NZ and paves the way towards a 6G future
• Agreement will focus on development of new and exciting use cases for consumer, enterprise and industry
  
  

29 September 2022

 

Auckland, New Zealand – Nokia today announced it has signed an innovation focused Memorandum of Understanding with Vodafone NZ to collaborate on the development of new applications and services enabled by the capabilities of Nokia's advanced mobile network technology.

The collaborative agreement, which comes as the two organisations celebrate 30 years of partnership in New Zealand, will focus on accelerating the opportunities of Vodafone's extensive 4G/5G network.The companies will also look to explore the capabilities of 5G-Advanced and 6G networks in the future.

 

Through joint resource investment in technology validation, demos and field trials, it will seek to further ignite innovation in advanced networks, developing commercial opportunities and future use cases in areas from network slicing and private networks to industrial automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Edge compute and 6G enabled future. The collaboration will keep New Zealand at the forefront of global advances in network technology and enable it to play a key role in shaping how the next generation of technologies will be used to enhance peoples lives, the economy and the environment.

 

"Nokia has a proud 30 year history of bringing the world's best mobile technology to New Zealand with Vodafone, most recently helping Vodafone deliver a world class 5G network. This collaboration will pave the way forward to 5G-Advanced and ultimately 6G," says Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia. "New Zealand has a thriving and dynamic telecommunications environment, which provides a perfect backdrop to pioneer innovation - innovation that will enable incredible advances in connectivity, services and the associated digital transformation."

 

"At Vodafone we're helping customers unlock the magic of technology, and to do that, they need fast, reliable connectivity. We have invested extensively in our 4G and 5G networks with Nokia and the innovation collaboration announced today is an awesome next step", said Tony Baird, Vodafone New Zealand's Wholesale & Infrastructure Director. "A relentless focus on innovation - and bringing leading technology and expertise to Aotearoa - is how we help Kiwi businesses, industry and people realise the huge potential of advanced mobile networks in the short term, while putting us firmly on the path towards a 6G future in the longer term."

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

 

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

 

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia appoints Shaun McCarthy as President of North America Sales

    

• New hire brings extensive experience in modernizing sales organizations and developing digital sales channels
  
  

27 September 2022

 

Dallas, Texas - Nokia today announced that Shaun McCarthy has joined the company as President of North America Sales. Shaun will be responsible for leading all aspects of sales across the US and Canada, accelerating revenue growth, and helping customers to adopt transformative networking technologies that enable the next phase of digitization. Shaun will report directly to Chief Customer Experience Officer Ricky Corker.

 

Shaun brings more than 20 years of experience leading sales teams and driving go-to-market strategies in the telecom, hyperscale, and technology industries. He joins Nokia from Cisco where he was vice president of worldwide sales for the Mass-Scale Infrastructure Group. At Cisco, he was instrumental in building a world-class sales team, leading multiple strategic M&A activities, and incubating new solutions with lighthouse customers. He has also served in several leadership roles at a number of Silicon Valley companies, including Palo Alto Networks, Brocade, and Vyatta.

 

As President of North America Sales, Shaun's mission will be to help Nokia's customers build innovative new revenue generating services, grow existing revenue streams, and reduce their costs. Shaun's sales team will lead customers through major architectural evolutions, including the transition to 5G, broadband modernization, and the deployment of private wireless solutions across industries.

 

Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer of Nokia, said: "I am delighted to welcome Shaun to lead the North America sales team. Shaun has a proven track record of leading successful teams, building long-term relationships with customers, and helping customers in their digital transformation journeys. His extensive experience in modernizing sales organizations will ensure that we are engaging customers in new and interesting ways."

 

Shaun McCarthy, President of North America Sales at Nokia, said: "It's an incredibly exciting time to join Nokia. Nokia's end-to-end networking portfolio is firing on all cyclinders, the opportunities to help customers modernize their operations and accelerate growth are plentiful, and the time to close the digital divide is now. In North America, we need to create ubiquitous access to today's digital world, and no company is better positioned than Nokia to enable innovative, high speed, reliable, and affordable broadband access across rural and urban communities."

 

Nokia is supplying 5G technologies across its portfolio to the major service providers and leading operators, as well as hyperscalers, enterprises, and government organizations in the US. Nokia provides the critical networks the US counts on with decades of experience and investment in US infrastrucutre. The company has an unrivalled track record of innovation in the US, including Nokia Bell Labs, which pioneered many of the fundamental technologies that are being used to develop 5G and fiber broadband standards. Today, more than 90 percent of the US population is connected by Nokia network solutions while seven out of 10 fiber homes in the US are connected using Nokia fixed network equipment.

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

 

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

 

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia introduces new SaaS service, AVA Charging, to help CSPs drive 5G and IoT monetization

    

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Nokia introduces new SaaS service, AVA Charging, to help CSPs drive 5G and IoT monetization

 

• Nokia AVA Charging, delivered in SaaS delivery model, enables communication service providers and enterprises to launch new 5G and IoT services faster and achieve "time to value" quicker
• Nokia AVA Charging is Nokia's eighth telco SaaS service

20 September 2022

 

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today introduced its latest Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), AVA Charging, to help communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises quickly commercialize new offerings for 5G and IoT use cases.

Using software consumed on demand through a subscription-based model, Nokia AVA* Charging incorporates business intelligence derived from hundreds of customer engagements to enable fast monetization of 5G and IoT services. AVA provides "Intelligence Everywhere" through AI, machine learning, no code configuration, open APIs, multi-cloud orchestration, and digital ecosystems.

Nokia AVA Charging speeds up time to market for new CSP services through automation and no-code charging configurability; is highly scalable, supporting environments in excess of 150 million subscribers; and can be used by CSP's to monetize consumer services like cloud gaming, as well as enterprise services for vertical markets, including utilities, logistics and healthcare.

The new SaaS offering can be integrated with 5G Standalone core network functions in a multivendor environment to support new commercial charging models based on a variety of factors, including low latency, high throughput, device density, and location. It can be deployed quickly for CSPs and enterprises and avoids the hassle of on-site software maintenance and updates.

 It can also be supplied as part of the Nokia / Qvantel Digital Monetization Solution as a Service, which combines Qvantel's Flex BSS and Nokia AVA Charging. This provides a fast- track approach for CSPs to have a separate BSS stack to support new 5G opportunities and enjoy the faster time to market and agility enabled by no-code configurability.

Nokia AVA Charging is Nokia's eighth SaaS service, following launches earlier this year that included Nokia AVA Network Data Analytics Function and Nokia AVA for Energy.

*Automation, Visualization, and Analytics

 

John Abraham, Principal Analyst at Analysys Mason, said: "Nokia's timely offer of a SaaS based no-code charging solution will accelerate monetization for CSP's who realize the need to transform their charging systems for 5G, but hesitate due to lengthy BSS transformation cycles and 5G network integration complexities.

Mark Bunn, Senior Vice President, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: "This latest addition to our SaaS arsenal supports CSPs and enterprises in having a dynamic digital infrastructure through 5G network components delivered as SaaS; and provides them with the necessary pay-as-you-go, pay-as-you-grow commercial model to help them reach their desired business outcomes."

 

Resources

• Nokia SaaS webpage
• Charging SaaS service webpage

 

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

 

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

 

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia Weekly News Digest

    

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A regular publication featuring recent news and features published to the Nokia Newsroom.

16 September 2022

News in brief

Nokia and MEXT collaborate on 5G private wireless in Turkey

• Nokia to deploy 5G private wireless solution at MEXT Technology Center, connecting and enabling industrial use cases.
  
  

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Let's talk metaverses, plural

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Article

Recent releases

• Nokia and Flex to combine 5G SA private wireless and Industry 4.0 expertise for advanced manufacturing solutions in Brazil
• Nokia appoints Amy Hanlon-Rodemich as Chief People Officer and member of the Group Leadership Team
• Nokia deploys AVA AI software to help NTT DOCOMO enhance 5G network planning
• Nokia announces strengthened software portfolio focus in security, automation, and monetization

 

 

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About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

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Nokia Communications
Email: press.services@nokia.com

 

 

 

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Nokia Weekly News Digest

    

News Digest

A regular publication featuring recent news and features published to the Nokia Newsroom.

16 September 2022

News in brief

Nokia and MEXT collaborate on 5G private wireless in Turkey

• Nokia to deploy 5G private wireless solution at MEXT Technology Center, connecting and enabling industrial use cases.
  
  

Read more

 

Features and articles

Let's talk metaverses, plural

The potential number of metaverses is staggering, but we see them falling into one of three general categories: the industrial metaverse, the enterprise metaverse and the consumer metaverse. Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Nishat Bastra explores why the consumer metaverse, for the time being, will have to take backseat to industrial and enterprise metaverses, which are much further along the path to maturity.

Article

Recent releases

• Nokia and Flex to combine 5G SA private wireless and Industry 4.0 expertise for advanced manufacturing solutions in Brazil
• Nokia appoints Amy Hanlon-Rodemich as Chief People Officer and member of the Group Leadership Team
• Nokia deploys AVA AI software to help NTT DOCOMO enhance 5G network planning
• Nokia announces strengthened software portfolio focus in security, automation, and monetization

 

 

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About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

 

Media Inquiries

Nokia Communications
Email: press.services@nokia.com

 

 

 

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