Nokia, STL team up to target government-driven connectivity projects in India

STL-Nokia partnership in India

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has joined hands with India’s STL to develop enterprise connectivity solutions. The partnership will also focus on government-driven connectivity projects by capitalising on Nokia’s B2B technology portfolio and STL’s system integration capabilities.

STL will offer connectivity solutions for the core infrastructure and managed services, while Nokia will offer next-generation networking solutions for IP and optical fibre networks.

“This partnership with STL is aligned with our commitment to accelerate digital transformation across industries and governments. With STL's extensive expertise in end-to-end network solutions and Nokia’s experience in deploying mission-critical networks, we are well-positioned to redefine enterprise connectivity in India,” Vinish Bawa, head of enterprise and webscale business in India at Nokia, said in a joint statement.

The collaboration will also accelerate the Industry 4.0 revolution and its transformative potential for enterprises. By leveraging these solutions, businesses can gain a competitive edge and drive transformation with disruptive technologies.

“STL's extensive experience in connectivity solutions, coupled with Nokia's technological strength in 5G and IoT, creates a synergy that has the potential to redefine enterprise connectivity and transform industries. Together, we envision empowering enterprises to reach their full potential,” Praveen Cherian, CEO of Global Services Business at STL, said.

The companies said they would address the enterprises' emerging requirements across multiple industry verticals to focus on use cases for a superior customer experience like multi-service premise edge connectivity, intelligent premises, and predictive operations.

The combined solutions will strengthen enterprise networks, providing high-speed, high availability, low-latency connections for applications such as 5G, IoT, augmented reality, data centre interconnect, supply chain efficiency, real-time data analytics, and Gen AI use cases.