Verizon completes Nokia certification to boost licensed private 5G offerings

NEW DELHI: Verizon Business has completed the first phase of certification to add the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) to the list of private network platforms supported by the US telecom operator’s licensed 5G spectrum.

“Verizon has completed the first phase of certification to add Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) to its list of supported offerings in private networks that use Verizon’s licensed spectrum,” the company said in a joint statement Thursday.

Further, the Nokia DAC will be also used to enhance the indoor coverage for the telco’s consumers and enterprise customers.

If Nokia is fully certified, Verizon will add the Finnish gearmaker's DAC platform which would then be used in the telco's innovation labs for enterprise customer trials.

Nokia DAC combines plug-and-play 4.9G/LTE and 5G industrial-grade network connectivity with on-premise mission-critical industrial edge (MXIE) to provide data management and processing to support real-time applications for smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, remote operations and many other applications.

These expanded capabilities will further fuel additional private network growth and support more robust use cases beyond what previous CBRS-only (or unlicensed spectrum) generations were capable of.

“Private Wireless Networks have become an integral part of digital transformation for modern enterprises, and we are committed to developing new offerings and advancing the technology that enables Private 5G Networks to drive efficiency and profitability for our customers,” said Praveen Atreya, Vice President of Technology and Planning at Verizon.

David de Lancellotti, Vice President of Enterprise Campus Edge Business at Nokia, said, “After many successful years working with Verizon on dedicated and unlicensed (CBRS) spectrum implementations in Europe and the U.S., we are excited to expand our partnership to include licensed spectrum implementations in North America and leverage our Nokia DAC private wireless and digitalization platform to accelerate the proliferation of 5G and industry 4.0’s transformation.”