Nokia And Dell Technologies Agree To Partner To Develop Personal 5G Network

Nokia and Dell Technologies are partnering to develop a private 5G and cloud network. (photo: x @nokia)

JAKARTA - Nokia and Dell Technologies have agreed to partner to help implement a private 5G network and adjust it to the cloud, they said in a joint statement on Thursday, February 15.

Private 5G networks tend to be owned, operated, or leased by individual organizations.

Customer Nokia AirFrame, a data center business focused on the cloud from the telecommunications equipment manufacturer, will later migrate to Dell's PowerEdge server which is "built specifically for the workload of modern telecommunications networks," they said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Nokia's Digital Automation Cloud (NDAC) will become Dell's personal wireless platform for certain needs of the company's customers.

The companies will expand existing partnerships and work to integrate NDAC with Dell's NativeEdge software platform, as they seek "to advance open network architecture in the telecommunications ecosystem and personal 5G use cases among businesses," they said in a statement.

Open network architecture is an approach in computing and communication that allows products, such as software programs, to be compatible with other products such as cell phones, even though they are created by different vendors.

"Our continued collaboration with Dell will help address the future needs of our customers faced by increasing demand on the network and providing solutions to help communication service providers expand modern networks to the cloud," said Nishant Batra, chief strategy and technology officer Nokia.

The companies will also continue joint research and development efforts, including testing platforms and apps at the Dell Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab, they said in a statement.