Nokia and Vodafone will cooperate to develop and promote 5G-An and explore 6G in the future.

CTOnews.com, October 10, according to Nokia Bell, Nokia recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Vodafone to develop and promote new applications supported by 5G and 5G-A, paving the way for the future of 6G and developing new and exciting use cases for consumers, enterprises and industry customers.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the partnership, Nokia announced that it has signed an innovation-focused cooperation agreement with Vodafone of New Zealand to use Nokia's advanced mobile network technology capabilities to jointly develop new applications and services, bringing broader opportunities to Vodafone's 4G / 5G network. The two sides will also jointly explore the ability to use 5G-Advanced and 6G networks in the future.

CTOnews.com learned that Nokia and Vodafone will increase their R & D investment in technology verification, demonstration and field testing to further promote network innovation and develop business opportunities and future use cases in many areas, such as network slicing and private networks. to industrial automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing and 6G enablement.