Nokia is collaborating with solutions integrator Black Box to provide an OnGo private wireless/CBRS network for Industry 4.0. The adoption of the low-band wireless OnGo technology should provide manufacturers with private wireless connectivity at less cost than LTE.

“Nokia welcomes Black Box to our Global Partner Program to help meet growing demand for private 4G/5G campus networks,” said Vikas Trehan, vice president, channels and alliances for Nokia. “Black Box’s intimate knowledge and trusted relationships within these enterprise campus networks, combined with world-class products and services from Nokia, will help realise the Industry 4.0 vision.”

“Private wireless and emerging private 5G networks are poised to redefine the corporate wireless networking space. Large campuses and sites like airports and large logistics and distribution hubs are pushing current WLAN standards to their technological limits,” said Bill Holman, vice president and general manager of 5G technologies at Black Box. “Thanks to our partnership with Nokia, sites like those can now break free from the limitations of WLAN and get exactly the wireless connectivity they need.”