Nokia and
Telia conduct
Industry 4.0
trial in Finland
NetNordic to accelerate
Norwegian cloud adoption
with Avaya
N
okia, Finnish operator Telia and Intel
have successfully conducted an
industrial trial leveraging the ultra-low
latency, high-bandwidth capabilities of 5G
to support time-critical applications and
enhance production and efficiency in a
manufacturing environment.
5G allows operators and businesses to connect
assets and take advantage of new flexibilities
and capabilities such as machine learning,
artificial intelligence (AI) and widespread
automation to efficiently transform operations.
The trial represents one of the first real-world
applications of ‘Industry 4.0’, the industrial
trend of automation and data exchange
in manufacturing technologies. Nokia and
Telia worked with Intel and Finnish software
startup, Finwe, at the Nokia base station
Conscious Factory in Oulu using a trial 5G
radio access network operating in the 28
GHz frequency band.
Nokia deployed the network, leveraging
its 5G AirScale and Multi-access Edge
Computing (MEC) platforms. In this
scenario, the Nokia AirFrame data centre
solution, equipped with Intel Xeon Scalable
Processors, delivered network edge and core
cloud flexibilities and capabilities, which
provide support for myriad applications in
the 5G environment.
The trial also utilised the Intel 5G Mobile
Trial Platform as the end-user device,
as well as an integrated video analytics
application from Finwe.
The use of Multi-access Edge Computing
together with 5G allows data to be
processed close to where it’s needed,
dramatically reducing latency. The Finwe
video application was used to monitor and
analyse a video feed of a process on one
assembly line. The application leveraged
machine learning to immediately alert the
assembly line operator of any inconsistencies
in the process, so they could be corrected
in real-time, ensuring high-performance,
reliability and quality.
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A
vaya Holdings Corp and NetNordic,
a leading Nordic enterprise
communications solutions and services
provider and Avaya Diamond Partner,
have announced the launch of Helo.
Cloud in Norway. Helo.Cloud delivers
Avaya’s unified communications and
contact centre solutions in the way that
best meets end-user customers’ needs.
With demand for cloud growing in
the Nordics, Avaya and NetNordic see
significant potential for cloud-based
offerings that provide the same rich
communication experiences customers
expect from its on-premises Avaya
solutions. NetNordic can offer a range of
options – fully hosted, hybrid cloud or on-
premises – and can manage its customers’
migration to the cloud at their own pace.
NetNordic will host and maintain Avaya
cloud services in its own data centre,
providing reliable Avaya cloud services
directly to customers in the region.
“As businesses continue to adopt
cloud-based solutions, we look for
reliable offerings that can deliver a
future-proof communication service
to our customers,” said Lars Johannes
Sørbo, Managing Director of NetNordic
Communication Norway. “By teaming
up with Avaya, we have the freedom to
continue to work with our customers in
a way that best meets their needs, while
having the assurance of working with a
market-leading vendor.”
According to Tom Darell, Managing
Director, Avaya Norway: “The mid-
market enterprise sector is the engine
room of the Norwegian economy,
but many vendors either focus on
larger enterprise customers, or provide
solutions that don’t deliver the
scalability, resiliency and flexibility most
smaller and medium-sized enterprise
customers are looking for. Helo.Cloud will
give companies working with NetNordic
access to a robust business-grade cloud
communications options, meeting
customers’ expectations for reliability,
security and rapid deployment,
synonymous with the Avaya brand.”
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