Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia Tuesday said it has started the manufacturing of the next-generation 5G equipment, 5G massive MIMO, in India at its Chennai facility.
Nokia was the first to manufacture the 5G New Radio in India, and now it is now producing the Nokia AirScale maMIMO solution at the Chennai facility.
The equipment is already being exported to many countries in advanced stages of 5G deployment, said Nokia. “Nokia’s Chennai plant is a significant contributor to the government’s `Make in India’ initiative to boost domestic manufacturing designed to position India as a manufacturing hub for the latest telecom gear.”
India’s telecom sector, in the efforts of enabling policies including more quantum of the spectrum, is set to establish new benchmarks in the next-generation network deployments and service delivery.
Since it was established in 2008, Nokia has invested over Rs 600 crore(US$81.50million)in developing a leading manufacturing facility, spread over 140,000 square meters.
As per Nokia, the factory has manufactured more than 5 million telecom network equipment units over the years. The factory was the first to deploy India’s first ‘real-world’ application of Industry 4.0 including AR/VR, automation, and analytics, to enhance operational efficiency and productivity.https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
