Thursday, June 8, 2023

Korea's NAVER Corp. and Nokia target telco transformation

Nokia and NAVER Cloud Corp. signed a MoU focused on digital transformation by using NAVER Cloud’s advanced Cloud Platform and Nokia’s peerless IP Routing and Data Center Switching network infrastructure.

The companies are planning to scale up the best practices in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region through joint go-to-market initiatives, incubating the start-up businesses on NAVER Cloud Corp. and brand-building programs – ultimately, boosting the digital economy.

 Key points of the plan:

  • Encourage local telcos to execute sovereign cloud approach
  • Search and involve local Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in the SEA region
  • Develop a partner benefit program to accelerate the NAVER Cloud business in SEA
  • Develop and accelerate the cloud market in the region

Kent Wong, Nokia’s Vice President of IP Business in Asia Pacific, said: “As the digital economy continues to become all-pervasive, enterprises and telcos need best-in-class data center infrastructure to provide a superior user experience and ensure extreme availability, reliability and scalability. We are thrilled to collaborate with NAVER Cloud to bolster the cloud innovation, which will empower digital businesses to leverage the latest technologies to gain new capabilities to grow their revenue and delight their users.”