Westcon-Comstor will offer channel partners the Nokia Drone Networks drone-in-a-box solution to help them capitalise on the growing utilisation of aerial drones and drone technology across multiple industries.
Under the agreement, Westcon-Comstor becomes an approved distributor of Nokia Drone Networks in the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
Westcon will distribute the solution through Nokia-certified technology resellers, systems integrators and service providers.
Nokia Drone Networks is a CE and FCC-certified turnkey drone-in-a-box solution made for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations.
It connects over public and private 4.9G/LTE and 5G networks, ensuring the highest reliability for users. In addition, an open API framework allows integration of third-party applications for extensive customisation of the solution to expand use cases and capabilities.
Antony Byford, vice president, IoT and collaboration, Westcon-Comstor (pictured right), said, “Drones are a technology of the future, with strong and growing demand across public safety, smart cities, construction, energy and more.
“We are excited and honoured to be building on our strategic relationship with Nokia by bringing its market-leading drone-in-a-box solution to a wider audience of end-user businesses through our channel partners in multiple geographic territories.”
Pri Rawal, global head of enterprise campus edge partnerships, Nokia, added, “The use of industrial drones as well as global spectrum policies to use drones within 4G and 5G networks is growing. This development accelerates the introduction of Nokia’s European made 5G drone-in-a-box system for private and public 4G/LTE and 5G networks.
“To satisfy the rapidly growing demand, we truly appreciate Westcon-Comstor joining as a Nokia Drone Networks distributor in Europe, Oceania and Asia. This important milestone will help our nationwide deployment projects as well as providing worker safety and productivity in crucial industries such as mining and oil and gas.”