Speaking about the agreement, Anupam Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director at BSNL said, “Nokia is already one of our key partners in developing the 5G ecosystem, and now we are exploring use cases such as Industry 4.0 that can benefit tremendously with 5G.”
“This network deployment for Industry 4.0 at Nokia's Chennai factory that can be scaled to 5G demonstrates our preparedness to take advantage of new opportunities that will emerge with 5G and IoT in India,” he added. Industry 4.0 works on low-latency, high-reliability networks as well as capabilities in robotics and AI to drive new levels of automation and data exchange in manufacturing industries, resulting in improved operational efficiency and reduced costs. “Our collaboration with BSNL will enable us to leverage the latest technology advancements and continue in our efforts to build the increasingly digitized and connected factory of the future. It will pave the path to smart manufacturing in the 5G era,” informed Sanjay Malik, Vice President and Head of the India Market at Nokia.
The state-owned telecom major is already working with Nokia and Chinese player ZTE on a 5G technology roadmap. Earlier this year, both Nokia and BSNL inked a network modernisation deal to launch the 4G and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in western and southern regions of India.
(With agency inputs)