Celona and NOW Partner to Bring Private Wireless 5G Solutions to the Philippines

Reported by Srikapardhi August 23rd, 2023 at 11:30 pm

Celona teams up with NOW Corp and NOW Telecom to launch advanced private wireless 5G LAN solutions for businesses in the Philippines

Highlights

Celona, NOW Corp, and NOW Telecom join forces for private wireless 5G solutions.
Collaboration focuses on expanding NOW's broadband network with turnkey private wireless networks.
Cloud-first architecture, self-organizing capabilities, and plug-and-play technology ensure reliable performance.

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Silicon Valley-based Celona, NOW Telecom parent company NOW Corporation have joined forces to introduce private wireless 5G LAN solutions for enterprises in the Philippines. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the companies will focus on expanding NOW's broadband network by deploying turnkey standalone (SA) private wireless networks.

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Expanding Broadband Networks

These networks will be built with cloud-first architecture, self-organizing wireless capabilities, and plug-and-play technology, ensuring dependable performance. NOW stated that it will leverage Celona's products and technology to help businesses quickly launch private wireless networks, streamline costs, and facilitate scalability.

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Targeting Key Industry Sectors

Celona's recent unveiling of indoor and outdoor 5G NR products for the US and global market supports this collaboration. The Celona-NOW partnership will target key sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, oil and natural gas, and transportation ports, according to the official statement.

"We view private wireless as the next technology to revolutionize the enterprise as digital transformation initiatives drive business transformation. This initiative is in support of NOW's Unified Connectivity service portfolio which includes broadband delivered via its NOW Fibre Air, satellite connectivity, and SD-WAN solutions," said NOW Corp.

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Industrial 4.0 Evolution

NOW Telecom anticipates that this initiative will contribute to the Philippines' telecom landscape's Industrial 4.0 evolution. Celona expressed confidence in their technology's role in modernizing NOW's enterprise customer operations.

This partnership brings advanced private wireless 5G solutions to the Philippines, catering to enterprises' evolving needs and transforming business operations.

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