Nokia Takes On Digital Health with Smart Hairbrush
1/26/2017 - Nokia has unveiled its new smart hairbrush, the Hair Coach, which offers personalized recommendations for hair care.

French Mass Transit and Nokia Trial of LTE on Paris Metro
8/9/2016 - France's Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) and Nokia complete successful test of LTE access on Paris Metro line 14.

Nokia and SK Telecom Unveil Portable Public Safety LTE System
8/5/2016 - One thing that has always been true in the communications industry is that public safety agencies have truly unique needs that rightfully should be addressed with purpose-built and dedicated networks. From the earliest days of walkie-talkie systems on radio spectrum allocated for use by police, fire and medical first response teams to today's highly sophisticated networks, making sure the right people have the right tools to act quickly during a crisis is the very definition of mission critical.

FCC Maps Offer a View of Broadband, Health in the U.S.
8/4/2016 - The FCC) now offers an array of maps that provide information on broadband availability and health within the U.S.

Stay Safe, San Diego: Nokia Bolsters Public Safety Systems
7/13/2016 - Nokia is helping San Diego, CA transform its public safety network to meet current and future demands for new and highly responsive services.

Most C-Levels Not Ready for Digital Changes
6/27/2016 - Juniper Research finds most information technology decision makers (ITDMs) and business decision makers (BDMs) are not ready for digital disruption.

Brandwidth Partnership with Nokia Enhances Marketing with Virtual Reality
6/21/2016 - UK-based Brandwidth will use Nokia OZO camera to make marketing campaigns more immersive experiences.

TIA Study: IoT Use May Have Reached Tipping Point
6/15/2016 - IoT Enterprise Survey by TIA finds more than half of enterprises using IoT capabilities with more in the pipeline.

Swissgrid Takes Delivery on Advanced IP/MPLS and Optical communications Network from Nokia
6/10/2016 - Patrick Langelaan, head of Global Enterprise & Public Sector, Central Europe, Nokia, said: "Our leadership in IP/MPLS and in agile optical networking allows us to deliver a robust, resilient and intelligent network for Swissgrid that will drive new efficiencies in their transmission network and meet the highest level of availability and security, which is essential in supporting smart grid applications."

Nokia Goes After Larger Presence in Cable Market with Gainspeed Acquisition
6/10/2016 - In what might be considered a keen grasp of the obvious - since communications infrastructures in all corners of the world are truly converging and moving toward being all IP-based - service providers of all stripes are positioning to be able to offer quadruple play services and regardless of where they come from. In short, distinguishing between the capabilities of transforming traditional telecom and cable providers based on service portfolios has become problematic to say the least. This is particularly true as the roadmap for next generation communications architectures become almost identical.

Nokia Launches Fourth IoT Open Innovation Challenge
6/8/2016 - In an effort to encourage development of innovative Internet of Things solutions, Nokia is again staging its Open Innovation Challenge.

Withings Acquisition Positions Nokia Well in Digital Healthcare
6/2/2016 - Withings acquisition opens a new chapter in history of Nokia as it positions to be major player in digital healthcare.

How HSMs Create Trust in the IoT Era
5/26/2016 - Hardware security modules (HSMs) are specialized devices designed to exacting standards (most often set by governments) and used to protect cryptographic keys at rest and in use.

Virtual Reality and the Network: The Perfect Storm
5/24/2016 - Nokia's Sue White explains that it is not just demand for video streaming that will break the network but also the rapid shift to more immersive content.

Five Key Pubic Broadband Policies Making Measurable Difference: Series Conclusion
5/11/2016 - This is our sixth and final installment of the multi-part series on the granularity of the recent comprehensive white paper done for Nokia by Diffraction Analysis, "Government broadband plan: 5 key policy measures that proved to make a difference. In the previous posting the focus was how inclusive and/or social offers impact broadband adoption. The last piece of the puzzle involves a brief look at the requirement of government involvement in enabling the transformation of the broadband ecosystem and the "toolbox of remedies" that can be employed by policy-makers to accelerate broadband deployment and service adoption.

How Inclusive and/or Social Offers Impact Broadband Adoption
5/5/2016 - As has been the case with the previous posting in this series, we start with a chart because visualization of the impact inclusive and/or social offers highlights a tilt on the phrase "If you build it they will come." As the chart shows, with the proper incentives if you build it and price it right they really will come.

Leveraging a Framework for Infrastructure Sharing to Speed Broadband Deployment
4/26/2016 - This fourth installment of the multi-part series on the granularity of the recent white paper done for Nokia by Diffraction Analysis, "Government broadband plan: 5 key policy measures that proved to make a difference. In the previous posting the focus was on public investment in access. This week the deeper dive focus is on a framework of infrastructure sharing.

Public Investment in Access Pays Big Dividends
4/20/2016 - It is time for the third installment of the multi-part series on the granularity of the recent white paper done for Nokia by Diffraction Analysis, "Government broadband plan: 5 key policy measures that proved to make a difference. In the previous posting the focus was on public investment in backbone and aggregation. This week attention turns to public Investment in access.

Public Investment in Backbone and Aggregation Makes a Difference
4/12/2016 - As promised last week in the initial posting of what is to be a multi-part series, we are taking the first of several deep dives into some of the granularity of the recent white paper, "Government broadband plan: 5 key policy measures that proved to make a difference, done for Nokia by Diffraction Analysis. This is a valuable resource to keep handy as it looks at the efficiency of five critical public policies regarding the acceleration of broadband deployment.

What does 'Your business. Your communications. Your way.' Really mean to the Enterprise?
4/11/2016 - How Nokia Rapport private cloud-based solution enables enterprises to control the features and functions employees receive.

Five Key Pubic Broadband Policies Making Measurable Difference
4/6/2016 - This will be the first of a multi-part series that looks at the efficiency of five critical public policies regarding the acceleration of broadband deployment. It is based on an insightful white paper done for Nokia by Diffraction Analysis, appropriately titled, "Government broadband plan: 5 key policy measures that proved to make a difference.

Vodafone NZ Demo Shows What's Possible Using LTE for Public Safety
4/4/2016 - Vodafone New Zealand recently demonstrated Nokia Network in a Box, part of Nokia's end-to-end LTE solution for public safety.

Mind SCADA Integration When Planning Your IP/MPLS Transformation
4/4/2016 - Recommendations on how legacy SCADA systems can be successfully migrated during utility IP/MPLS transformations.

5G's 'Mission Critical' Objectives
3/30/2016 - It would be easy to say that the reasons solutions vendors are stoking the flames of 5G is based mostly on the desire to assure long-term revenue streams for themselves and in theory those of their customers' new 5G-based services. Yet, optimal monetization is only part of the story. It is an end and not a means.

Smart Cars Need Smart Highways Based on Next Generation Communications Networks
3/23/2016 - Whether it is at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, or on the Web -where articles about smart automobiles and road hogs on the cyber super highway aka the Internet, it is hard to escape the impact next generation communications networks will play on how we all get around. And, while stories about connected cars tend to sizzle because they are and will be so high-touch, realities are smart highways are equally if not as, important.

Nokia 1830 PSS Gives Power Utilities a Noteworthy Tool for Secure Networks
3/21/2016 - Power utilities using optical solutions need to be mindful of security, bandwidth availability, reliability and manageability.

How Insurance Companies can Transform to Better Meet Customer and Operational Needs
2/8/2016 - Second in two-part series on the need for insurers to undergo digital transformation with a sense of urgency.

Eight Keys for Successful Airport Network Transformation
2/8/2016 - Eight keys that airports should keep in mind when evaluating deployment of a converged network that's service-aware.

Smart Cities are less about technology than they are about people
2/8/2016 - Nokia IoT subject matter experts recommends 10 best practices for creating smarter cities.

Why Insurance Companies Need to Undergo Digital Transformation
2/2/2016 - Nokia while paper addresses the need for insurance companies to adopt digital technologies or put themselves at risk.

A Look at the First Episodes of 'New Guy' Season 2
1/19/2016 - There is a lot that is new for members of the Next Generation Communications Community, and not just the change in the calendar year. As readers are aware, there is also the new Nokia, thanks to the completion of its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. And, while we are in the early stages of what changes will be taking place as the new Nokia reveals its structure, one thing that is both new and old is that the "New Guy" series is in the midst of its rollout of its second season.

Seamless Cloud Networking
1/18/2016 - Final in four-part series on data center networking looks at SDN as glue for seamless networking of data center and branch.

The Benefits of Data Center Interconnect for the Cloud
1/11/2016 - This is the final in a series on data centers and data centers and data center interconnect (DCI), based on interviews and white papers provided by Gary Holland, IP Routing and Transport (IPRT) Marketing with Alcatel-Lucent (soon to be part of the new Nokia) and his team.

Bringing the Cloud to the Branch
1/11/2016 - Third in four-part series on data center networking looks at software-defined networking (SDN)for branch locations.

Getting Cloud Balance and Data Center Interconnect Right
1/6/2016 - In my recent posting on the top four trends in data centers and data center interconnect (DCI), as articulated by Gary Holland, I noted that a deeper dive into the future of this critical area for large enterprises was forthcoming. In what will be the first in a two-part examination of Alcatel-Lucent's perspectives on the benefits of DCI amplification, the focus here is on achieving the right cloud balance.

SDN for Cloud IT
1/4/2016 - Second of Nuage Network series on software-defined networking (SDN)with focus on necessary changes for business agility.

Top 4 Predictions on Data Centers and Data Center Interconnect (DCI) for 2016
12/30/2015 - As we ring out the old year for the new, it is customary to look both backwards and forwards in various market sectors. In this regard, there are few events in the tech world that more vibrant and exciting than the transformation process now underway in data centers around the world, be they public, private, virtual private or hybrid, and the momentum that has gathered for more and more of "E"verything moving to some type of cloud.

The Future of Data Center Networking has been Set
12/29/2015 - Software Defined Networking (SDN) is now set as the future of data center architecture and challenge is to choose right SDN.

The Cloud is 'Healthy' Solution for Healthcare Services Organizations
12/23/2015 - There can be little doubt that when it comes to dealing with the complexities of providing access to and protecting a growing amount of confidential data the healthcare industries and ecosystems are right at the top of vertical markets in terms of the challenges faced. Indeed, whether it is dealing with consumer demands for more access to their information in real-time, invoicing and online payments, expanding telemedicine interactions, meeting corporate governance and regulatory mandates, etc., healthcare IT professionals have their hands more than full.

What's on the Minds of Large Enterprise IT Decision Makers? Part Two
12/8/2015 - As promised, this is the second installment of my exploration of the extremely worthwhile white paper, A window into large enterprise IT. For those who may have not had a chance to read part one of this series, it is based on a comprehensive survey of top U.S. IT decision-makers conducted by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), on behalf of Alcatel-Lucent.

What's on the Minds of Large Enterprise IT Decision Makers?
12/1/2015 - The old tag from the U.S. tabloid The Enquire, "Inquiring Minds Want to Know," is very appropriate these days. In fact, in many ways it is the justification for big data and sophisticated analytics as sellers seek to gain greater insights into consumer behavior to improve the targeting of their marketing. It is also critical in the business sector where the needs, desires and plans, particularly of the IT departments of large enterprise, are important to solutions providers.

Cable MSOs Need to Press their Wi-Fi First Advantages
12/1/2015 - For those of us who live in the U.S., it is hard not to notice that cable multiple system operators (MSOs) are pushing the fact that subscribers can access what are now described as "millions" of Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. Indeed, in the past several weeks my colleague Mae Kowalke has done two articles in what is a three-part series on the subject.

How LTE Can Help Address Growing Rail Communications Requirements
12/1/2015 - Alcatel-Lucent and French government are trialing 4G LTE as next generation rail communications foundation.

White Paper Notes the Benefits of SDN for Healthcare Organizations
11/23/2015 - Software-defined networking can help IT staff members at health care companies to save money on network management and more easily meet compliance requirements due to its ability to automate repetitive tasks and enable network agility.

Five Keys for Upgrading Branch Banks to the Future
11/23/2015 - It is undeniable that banking is changing. Customers now are just as likely to initiate a transaction or check a balance from their smartphone or laptop as they are to do so at a physical branch, and banks currently are in the process of making the adjustment to this new landscape.

Technology and the Future of Branch Banking
11/17/2015 - For those of us of a certain age, we can remember not necessarily fondly the days before there were ATMs and we actually walked inside banks to do all of our transactions. While those days are long gone, along with the associated long lines, realities are that the physical offices of financial institutions in general and branch banks in particular are poised to undergo a transformation that is no less profound than the one ignited by the now ubiquitous presence of those ATMs.

The 'New Guy' is Back - Season 2 of CIO Alex Warner's IT Transformation Quest Debuts
11/11/2015 - Roughly around this time last year Alcatel-Lucent released one of the most creative marketing vehicles for bringing attention to the challenges facing large enterprise CIOs. Titled "The New Guy", a series of videos chronicled the triumphs and set-backs of Alex Warner, a skilled CIO whose start-up was bought by the 60,000 person global enterprise Kromacom. Kromacom then handed Alex the overwhelming job to "fix" IT.

Cable MSOs Can Benefit from Wi-Fi First Trend, Part Two
11/3/2015 - The strategic value to cable operators of being first and fast in the market with enhanced Wi-Fi services.

10 Reasons Why LTE is a Good Solution for Airport Networks Today and Going Forward
11/2/2015 - Bell Labs Consulting analysis of future airport communications provides 10 recommendations for service providers.

Convergence is at the Heart of the Future Airport Network
10/19/2015 - Dynamic network management also is a key attribute for a good converged network, as is the flexibility to accommodate software-defined networking as the technology evolves.