Dell and Nokia have signed a pact which they claim will revolutionise the telecom ecosystem and private 5G for businesses.
The dynamic duo will share their expertise and solutions, including Dell’s infrastructure offerings and Nokia’s private wireless connectivity capabilities.
Grey box shifter Dell will become Nokia’s preferred infrastructure partner for its AirFrame servers, with the former rubber boot maker Nokia offering Dell technology as part of its telecom cloud deployments.
The companies have announced plans to gradually transition existing AirFrame customers to Dell’s infrastructure portfolio, which includes the tech firm’s PowerEdge servers for modern telecom network workloads.
Dell will pair Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud (NDAC) private wireless solution with its edge operations software platform, NativeEdge. This move provides customers with a comprehensive and scalable solution for enterprise use cases at the edge.
Dell’s Telecom Systems senior vice president Dennis Hoffman said: “Through our collaboration, Nokia and Dell Technologies will harness each company’s expertise and expanded distribution to simply and quickly scale modern telecom networks and private 5G use cases.”
In addition to the immediate developments, Dell and Nokia have announced plans to collaborate on application and platform testing in the Dell Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab and certify workloads on Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks that support Nokia Cloud offerings.
Nokia’s chief strategy and technology officer, Nishant Batra, said the expanded collaboration efforts will ensure that both companies are more flexible and better equipped to meet customers’ future needs.
“Dell’s digital transformation expertise and global scale, services and support will provide a seamless transition option for Nokia AirFrame customers, and Nokia’s vast experience in the design, deployment, and operation of high-performance public and private mobile networks will provide Dell’s customers with a comprehensive, scalable private wireless solution,” he explained.
