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FILE PHOTO: An Ericsson logo is pictured at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China June 28, 2019. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Swedish telecoms gear maker Ericsson<\/a> said it has opened a ‘Global Utilities Innovation Center’ at its facility in Plano, Texas, to speed up 4G and 5G solutions development for utilities.

The facility consists of a purpose-built operating lab and demo environment locations that will allow utilities to engage with Ericsson and its partners to solve real-world connectivity challenges, the company said in a media release.

“Private cellular networks are principal catalysts for utilities in their digital transformation journey to address multiple use cases, and utilities can now leverage our Global Utilities Innovation Center to experiment with different 4G and 5G use cases and co-create with our ecosystem partners,” said Koustuv Ghoshal, Vice President and Head of Utilities, Energy & Industrials at Ericsson North America.

The Global Utilities Innovation Center is integrated with Ericsson’s device testing lab, where utilities and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) partners can test the interoperability of their field and
Internet of Things<\/a> (IoT) devices over mission-critical networks in a “safe and secure environment”, Ericsson said.

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Nokia looks at India for its global 6G standard efforts: Nishant Batra<\/a><\/h2>

“...we find that the competence in India is severely underestimated in terms of what they can deliver to us. So we are increasing peer resources, including for global standardization, because we feel we can drive a lot of 5G advanced standards and 6G standards coming out of India competence,” Nokia’s chief technology and strategy officer Nishant Batra told ET.<\/p><\/div>

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FILE PHOTO: An Ericsson logo is pictured at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China June 28, 2019. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Swedish telecoms gear maker Ericsson<\/a> said it has opened a ‘Global Utilities Innovation Center’ at its facility in Plano, Texas, to speed up 4G and 5G solutions development for utilities.

The facility consists of a purpose-built operating lab and demo environment locations that will allow utilities to engage with Ericsson and its partners to solve real-world connectivity challenges, the company said in a media release.

“Private cellular networks are principal catalysts for utilities in their digital transformation journey to address multiple use cases, and utilities can now leverage our Global Utilities Innovation Center to experiment with different 4G and 5G use cases and co-create with our ecosystem partners,” said Koustuv Ghoshal, Vice President and Head of Utilities, Energy & Industrials at Ericsson North America.

The Global Utilities Innovation Center is integrated with Ericsson’s device testing lab, where utilities and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) partners can test the interoperability of their field and
Internet of Things<\/a> (IoT) devices over mission-critical networks in a “safe and secure environment”, Ericsson said.

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Nokia looks at India for its global 6G standard efforts: Nishant Batra<\/a><\/h2>

“...we find that the competence in India is severely underestimated in terms of what they can deliver to us. So we are increasing peer resources, including for global standardization, because we feel we can drive a lot of 5G advanced standards and 6G standards coming out of India competence,” Nokia’s chief technology and strategy officer Nishant Batra told ET.<\/p><\/div>