Lufthansalla on todella kiinnostava setup, kuten aikaisemminkin ollaan oltu tietoisia. Huomio siis siihen mitä Lufthansa valitsee jatkossa: Vodafone Ericssonin kanssa vai Nokia.
As a twin-set, they were organised differently, too: one with a traditional mobile operator in place (Vodafone, with no mention yet of the kit vendor), and the other without an operator at all (just Nokia, as the key supplier). These twin campus setups, using the 3.7-3.8 GHz band in Germany, captured the intrigue in the market, at the time, around the likely role of traditional telcos in the new 5G-geared Industry 4.0 era.
As a subtext, they also looked to bring the perceived Nokia-vs-Ericsson channel gamble on private cellular into relief, about whether to stick with old carrier compadres, or twist on direct sales, going straight to enterprises instead. Lufthansa said it had scoured the market for practical examples of industrial 5G, and come-up empty-handed. Even late-2019 ‘5G’ installations by the likes of Osram, and other European industrialists, were either bigged-up or made-up, and flattered-to-deceive.
His commentary on the two setups, with Nokia and Vodafone, was interesting. Lufthansa managed the network in both cases, with these others taken on for kit supply and early hand-holding. The first, with Nokia, has allowed the firm to test engine parts with customers, remotely, over a 5G video-link. Customers don’t need to leave their workshops; the parts can be shipped to Hamburg, and the review and fixes can be beamed back home.
Lisätyötä Nokialle.