Nokia's smart city expertise to help make western China's TianFu New Area a science and technology hub
May 03 2017 - 7:01AM
3 May 2017
Espoo, Finland - The Tianfu New Area Chengdu Administrative
Committee and Nokia have signed a strategic agreement (MoU)
regarding digital city development. Under the agreement, both
parties will collaborate on the establishment of the new digital
city including the construction of the data center and related
telecom infrastructure, the deployment of the trial network for
internet of things (IoT), the incubation of IoT applications and
devices, big data, and the deployment of an end-to-end optics
network in Tianfu New Area. Mr. Luo Qiang, Mayor of Chengdu,
attended the ceremony and witnessed the signing.
This agreement builds on Nokia's ongoing engagement in smart
city projects around the world, and follows the launch in late 2016
of the Smart City Playbook, a strategy report commissioned by Nokia
that documents best practices for smart cities. The deal also
highlights the progress in Nokia's strategy of expanding its
customer base outside of the traditional telecommunications sphere,
a key focus for the company.
Nokia's commitment to Chengdu stretches back to December 2015,
when the company announced plans for a global R&D center there
focusing on next-generation telecom networks, IoT, big data and
Cloud technologies. Operations at the center have since started,
employing hundreds of R&D personnel.
Mike Wang, president of Greater China for Nokia, said:
"The TianFu New Area development project presents an exciting
opportunity to build a smart city - or actually a smart region -
from the ground up. The communications network will serve as the
brain and nervous system of the smart city, and we welcome the
opportunity to apply Nokia's technology and know-how to the
challenge of building the digital infrastructure that will support
this groundbreaking effort."
Yang Linxing, Director of the Tianfu New Area Chengdu
Administrative Committee, said: "With Nokia's expertise in
smart city development, and its extensive technology and services
portfolio around broadband, internet of things (IoT), cloud and big
data technologies, we're confident that the digital city initiative
will help promote the Tianfu New Area as the new growth center in
Chengdu, and improve the whole city's capabilities as a national
level center city."
Resources:
- Website: Nokia Smart City
- Website: Nokia Internet of Things
- Website: Nokia IMPACT IoT Platform
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