{"id":88439,"date":"2023-03-08T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4046271"},"modified":"2023-03-08T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:43:18","slug":"ibm-and-nokia-announce-plans-for-a-private-5g-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudnewshub.com\/?p=88439","title":{"rendered":"IBM and Nokia announce plans for a private 5G service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Communications service providers will be able to operate and observe private 5G environments in a unified management stack. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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IBM and Nokia will join forces on a \u201cseamless, simplified\u201d private 5G managed service using IBM Cloud Satellite, the two companies announced at Mobile World Congress 2023<\/a>. With this plan, IBM and Nokia are following the trend of major collaborations and territory-staking among 5G enterprise providers.<\/p>\n

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IBM and Nokia collaborate on managed 5G service<\/h2>\n

The new offering will be a private 5G managed service on IBM Cloud Satellite for enterprise customers. Nokia will handle the private wireless side with its 5G Cloud RAN, while IBM will provide expertise in automation, AI and hybrid cloud. The plan is to provide enhanced resiliency, performance, security and compliance capabilities for clients building out connectivity at the edge.<\/p>\n

Together, IBM and Nokia will build a unified management stack on which enterprises can \u201cdesign, automatically build, instantly connect, as well as operate and observe their private 5G environments,\u201d IBM announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Increasing demand for 5G network connectivity<\/h2>\n

IBM Consulting\u2019s systems integration team will handle the transition. The new private 5G service will also include IBM\u2019s Cloud Pak for Network Automation solution, which automates and orchestrates network operations for communications service providers. A 5G cloud network provides the speed and reliability that always-on enterprises look for in their digital transformations, IBM said.<\/p>\n

SEE: <\/strong>5G vs 6G: What\u2019s the difference?<\/strong><\/a> (TechRepublic)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The service could also enable communications service providers to connect across multiple private 5G environments over numerous geographic locations. The partnership aims to look forward and plan for the increasing demand for connectivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnterprises are navigating a hyper-distributed application environment spanning multiple public and private clouds and on-premises environments, scattered user bases and remote\/hybrid employees, as well as massive amounts of data being generated from many different data streams,\u201d according to IBM\u2019s MWC press release.<\/p>\n

Building on 2020 5G cloud partnership<\/h2>\n

This plan builds on a 2020 partnership that initially hooked IBM Cloud technology to Nokia\u2019s telecommunications services. At that time<\/a>, the companies combined 5G Cloud RAN with IBM\u2019s hybrid cloud platform and validated IBM Cloud Satellite to run on Nokia\u2019s Open Edge hardware platform.<\/p>\n