FEATURE: LTE NETWORKS
NOEL KIRKALDY
Head of Vertical Solutions
Business Development, Middle
East and Africa, Nokia
DRAAS ON THE
OTHER HAND GIVES
ORGANISATIONS
THE LUXURY OF
CONDUCTING MORE
FREQUENT (BE IT
QUARTERLY OR HALFYEARLY) TESTING
WHICH INCREASES
THE LIKELIHOOD
OF EFFICIENT
AND SUCCESSFUL
RECOVERY IN CASE OF
A DISASTER
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releases 12 and 13. Standardization
efforts are underway to enhance
LTE standard for the distinctive
requirements of public safety.
partnering with local companies in the
telecommunications and public safety
sectors in the Middle East region.
Partnering to strengthen
public safety portfolio
Today, Nokia Networks is collaborating
with carefully selected partners to
enable concerned authorities to deliver a
reliable, secure and a robust public safety
system. A key partnership with Harris
BeOn enables Nokia to provide missioncritical communication application in
disasters or isolated areas.
Partnership is a key part of Nokia’s
strategy to bring the power of
broadband to public safety globally
with an ecosystem that offers bestin-class solutions. As part of overall
strategy, Nokia Networks is aiming to
strengthening partnerships with system
integrators in Middle East which has
great local expertise and presence in
the telecommunications and public
safety sectors.
Integration of Nokia’s Network In A
Box with Harris BeOn suite enables it to
offer public safety specific applications,
like group messaging, location
tracking, push-to-talk, at the edge of
the mobile network. Nokia is in the
process of getting more partners on
board to strengthe n its public safety
portfolio. Nokia Networks is open to
strengthening its Partner Portfolio by
Going forward, LTE is likely to become
a de-facto standard for public safety
communication systems. With its strong
legacy of offering secure and reliable
public safety systems, Nokia Networks
is best placed to assist the authorities
in the Middle East region to seamlessly
transition from traditional systems to
LTE-enabled end-to end public safety
communications system.
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