Nokia has agreed to provide Tele2 business customers with IoT services using the Nokia worldwide IoT network grid (WING). The agreement, signed for five years, will enable Tele2 to rapidly introduce IoT services to enterprise customers in transport, healthcare, smart city and utilities. The company is aiming to launch the new offering in the the third quarter, enabling customers to manage their connectivity needs and assets, such as connected cars or connected freight containers, around the globe. Under the deal, the two companies will also partner on other advanced technologies such as 5G, Narrowband IoT (NBIoT), LTE for machine-to-machine (LTE-M), Sim management and analytics.
The new Tele2 services will benefit from low latency, regulatory compliance, advanced enterprise onboarding and 24x7 troubleshooting offered as a managed service. Companies will be able to develop their own global mobile IoT systems and a flexible long-term connectivity strategy for their IoT deployments. They will be able to have their own core network for IoT, delivered as-a-service. Nokia WING is a 'one-stop-shop' IoT managed service that includes a pre-integrated global IoT core network, connectivity management as well as dedicated IoT operations, billing, security and data analytics, along with an application ecosystem.
