Hrvatski Telekom and Nokia announce API pilot projects to expand 5G
application development in Croatia
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Hrvatski Telekom and Nokia announce API pilot projects to expand
5G application development in Croatia
- Pilot projects to use Nokia’s
Network as Code platform with developer portal to enable developers
to leverage Hrvatski Telekom’s 5G network capabilities and create
high-value applications.
- The agreement highlights the
increased collaboration and progress among Nokia’s open and growing
network of API ecosystem partners, such as Infobip, the global
cloud communications platform, and Elmo, a leader in teledriving
technology, to utilize network capabilities beyond
connectivity.
- Nokia has 27 partners in Europe,
North and South America, and Asia that utilize its platform.
31 October 2024
Espoo, Finland —Nokia and Hrvatski Telekom (HT), the largest
operator in Croatia and part of Deutsche Telekom Group, are
collaborating on pilot projects that connect Nokia’s Network as
Code platform with developer portal to HT’s network assets. The aim
is to enable developers to harness and monetize the operator’s
market-leading 5G network assets and capabilities through the
creation of new consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications
for Hrvatski Telekom customers in Croatia and other parts of
Europe.
5G-era software-based networks are programmable and monetizable
beyond connectivity through Application Programming Interfaces
(APIs), which provide developers standardized access to network
functions, without having to navigate the complex underlying
network technologies. Removing that burden allows developers to
create new value and applications faster for their customers.
The pilot work highlights the increased collaboration and
progress among Nokia’s open and growing network of API ecosystem
partners, such as Infobip, the global cloud communications
platform, and Elmo, a leader in teledriving technology, to utilize
5G and 4G network capabilities and generate new revenue
streams.
Growing API ecosystem
Connecting Nokia and Infobip API platforms to Hrvatski Telekom’s
5G network gives developers access to a wider array of network and
CPaaS APIs, allowing them to develop new use cases more easily.
Infobip’s market-leading cloud Communications Platform as a
Service (CPaaS) provides developers with APIs for integrating
real-time omnichannel communications features such as SMS, voice,
and video into their applications. Nokia’s Network as Code platform
offers developers APIs for using 5G network capabilities like
Quality of Service on Demand.
Through Hrvatski Telekom’s 5G network, Elmo uses Infobip's
communications API and Nokia’s Quality of Service on Demand
capability to ensure flawless video connections for the safe,
secure, and reliable delivery of Elmo’s teledriving technology.
Teledriving, an emerging use case, entails the remote operation
of a vehicle via software, cameras, and sensors, in which a human
driver controls the vehicle to a destination point in situations
where safety, accessibility, or efficiency is a concern. Elmo has
conducted several such remote driving tests successfully in Europe,
some involving hundreds of kilometers across national borders
between the driver’s location and the car.
Developers using Nokia’s platform can access 5G and 4G network
capabilities through Software Development Kits (SDK), which give
them the technical ingredients to create new applications easily.
Nokia SDKs support functions such as Network insights, Quality of
Service on Demand, and Device location.
Nokia currently has 27 partners in Europe, North and South
America, and Asia that utilize its platform, including operators
such as BT, DISH, Orange, Telefonica, and Telecom Argentina.
Nokia’s partnering expands well beyond the operator base to include
hyperscalers like Google Cloud, CPaaS platform providers, large
system integrators, and vertical Independent Software Vendors
(ISVs).
Boris Drilo, CTIO, at Hrvatski Telekom said:
“Through collaboration on piloting projects, with Nokia and other
partners, we are exploring the great opportunities that could arise
from unlocking the full potential of connecting new platforms with
5G network capabilities. Ensuring high-performing networks,
foundational for the launch of new use cases across industries and
businesses not only Croatia but across the globe, is essential for
developers in creating new game-changing applications.”
Matija Ražem, VP of Business Development, at Infobip
said: “Offering a simplified developer experience is key
to making network APIs commercially attractive. The strong
partnership between Nokia, Hrvatski Telekom and Elmo is yet another
demonstration of how the growing ecosystem of APIs is producing
tangible solutions for providers and end users. Infobip is playing
a key role as a CPaaS platform by offering APIs to enrich the
services available in the market."
Enn Laansoo, Jr., Founder and CEO, at Elmo
said: “Through tremendous collaboration with Nokia,
Infobip, and Hrvatski Telekom, we are overcoming network
challenges, such as peak time overload which can degrade video
quality, to ensure the flawless connectivity required for remotely
and securely operating Elmo vehicles, even during periods of high
network traffic.”
Shkumbin Hamiti, Head of Network Monetization Platform,
Cloud and Network Services, at Nokia
said: “With Nokia’s Network as Code platform and open and
growing ecosystem of API partners, Hrvatski Telekom will benefit
from having more choice, flexibility, and extreme automation to
create new value for its customers. As a B2B technology innovation
leader, Nokia is driving the next evolution of networking to unlock
new network applications with our platform.”
About Nokia
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act
together.
As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering
networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across
mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with
intellectual property and long-term research, led by the
award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.
With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any
ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities
for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and
partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and
sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital
services and applications of the future.
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