Nokia stands alone on ‘5G non-standalone’ standards

Nokia kicked off MWC 2017 with the announcement of a new comprehensive 5G solution but the vendor was conspicuous by its absence from a new industry collaboration designed to speed up the 5G standard.
At a pre-event launch bash in Barcelona, CEO Rajeev Suri confirmed Nokia is readying itself to launch 5G FIRST – an ‘end-to-end’ (for a change) proposition consisting of RAN, packet core and transport solutions. The announcement is a precursor to a live rollout alongside Intel lat