Nokia, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to research in 5G, 6G communications for transportation, logistics
NEW DELHI: Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to pursue research and development in the areas of transportation and logistics in India.
Nokia said on Monday that the pact was signed at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, and senior officials.
Vaishnaw, also the Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, said, “This important collaboration has very significant potential to leverage advances in the telecommunications sector for the entire transportation and logistics sectors.”
Nokia and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya will collaborate on research opportunities in 5G/6G communications targeting air, land and sea transportation use cases, as well as standards development, smart factory and automation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Generative (GenAI) labs.
The companies will particularly focus on Nokia’s Network as Code platform with a developer portal, and digital twins for transportation and logistics sectors, fiber sensing and AI, and optical network planning.
“We are extremely pleased to collaborate with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya University to create efficiencies in the logistics and transportation sectors. This agreement reflects how Nokia is driving its strategic focus of leveraging the broader B2B digital ecosystem,” said Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services at Nokia.
“Nokia is honored to collaborate with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya University to research and jointly develop use cases to solve India’s unique logistic and transportation challenges. The network will be at the heart of India’s transportation ecosystem, and Nokia is committed to supporting India’s ambitions as a global powerhouse for transportation innovation,” said Nishant Batra, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer at Nokia.
“The collaboration with Nokia will further accelerate the technology-enabled progress in the transportation and logistics sector as well as advance the telecommunications sector,” said Manoj Choudhary, Vice chancellor, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.
GSV, a central university created by the Act of Parliament, operates under the Ministry of Railways with a mandate to cover the entire transportation and logistics sectors in India for multidisciplinary education, research, skilling and executive education.
Source : telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
