Nokia, Telefónica partner to accelerate digital transformation for enterprises in Latin America
Nokia and Telefonica teamed to drive digital transformation for businesses across parts of Latin America by deploying private networks across verticals including ports, mining, energy and manufacturing. The companies will jointly supply its private wireless equipment with features including low-latency, high levels of predictability and security credentials.
Juan Vicente Martín, director for B2B at Telefonica Movistar Empresas Hispanoamérica, says “In this unprecedented alliance, the benefits of LTE & 5G private wireless will enable Industry 4.0 across industries. With our strategic partner Nokia, we provide the best connectivity, enable greater optimisation of operations, achieving important productivity and efficiency rates and contributing to the digitalisation of the industrial sectors throughout Latin America.”
Néstor González, head of customer team for Telefonica Corporate, Nokia, says “We are thrilled to partner with Telefonica, combining our leading Industrial-grade private wireless solutions with Telefónica Hispanoamérica’s growing B2B solutions and services footprint, to jointly reach a wide variety of enterprises and industries throughout the region. We are very excited to be at the forefront of digital transformation for enterprises in Latin America which have tremendous potential for productivity gains from Industry 4.0. We thank Telefónica Hispanoamérica for their confidence in Nokia and we are looking forward to jointly deploying many new networks”.
Nokia has deployed networks to more than 2,600 enterprise customers in the transport, energy, large enterprise, manufacturing, webscale, and public sector segments around the globe. It has also extended its footprint to more than 595 private wireless customers worldwide across an array of industrial sectors and has been cited by numerous industry analysts as the provider of private wireless networking worldwide.
According to a recent survey by Nokia and GlobalData with 79 multinationals that have deployed Nokia industrial-grade private wireless solutions, nearly 80% of survey respondents expected to achieve ROI (return on investment) within six months of deployment.
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