AT&T Selects Nokia’s WING Platform for Enterprise IoT
Nokia scored a major win in the IoT world. AT&T announced it will be using the company’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) for enterprise IoT customers. The deal includes the core network, dedicated IoT operations, billing, security, and data analytics.
AT&T is considered one of the top operators globally in IoT. In the first half of 2017, analyst firm Berg Insights ranked AT&T No. 4 in the world with 36 million cellular IoT connections on its network. China Mobile was ranked No. 1 with 150 million IoT connections followed by Vodafone with 59 million connections. China Unicom was ranked No. 3 with 50 million connections.
For AT&T, one advantage to using WING is that the platform’s core network assets are expected to be available in more than 20 countries by the first quarter of 2020. That means the company’s enterprise IoT customers will be able to manage connectivity across all those networks.