Altran and Nokia Expand Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Innovative IoT Solutions
Altran and Nokia are developing a joint solution which will help car manufacturers, railways operators, utilities and smart cities to digitalize their operations. As the development of connected and autonomous vehicles is significantly accelerating, this solution will enable connectivity and the delivery value-added services for users.
Connected vehicles: meeting the requirements of a fast-paced environment
Altran and Nokia will build a solution to enable new uses, future evolutions and openness to other systems during their lifetime, giving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) control of their content management strategy. For example, this platform enables over the air, secure and safe software updates for vehicles, without the need for costly recalls or updates at the dealership.
Altran provides its VueForge and CoherenSE solutions
The collaboration will leverage Altran’s IoT offering, VueForge, which supports enterprises in transforming their business and organizations, by connecting machines, objects, people and environments: VueForge brings together a complete set of services and assets throughout the IoT technology chain:
- Expertise in the collection, transport, analytics and business exploitation of data
- Access to an extended ecosystem of leading partners from the IoT industry
- Expand capabilities of connected embedded systems
The collaboration will also leverage CoherenSE, the open software platform for intelligent vehicles developed by Altran in partnership with Jaguar Land Rover (based on Service-Oriented Architecture principles). The platform simplifies and rationalizes the car’s software equipment, allowing updates over the air and centralized management.
Nokia brings strong expertise in connectivity and IoT platforms, especially in three areas:
- 5G and IoT connectivity with its AirScale and AirFrame platforms, which will help automotive manufacturers to meet mobility and road safety requirements by supporting critical communications capabilities
- Cloud-based solutions to support FOTA (firmware over the air) / SOTA (software over the air) updating capabilities
Nokia’s IMPACT IoT Platform, a secure, standards-based platform for building and scaling IoT services. It manages data collection, event processing, device management, security, data contextualization, data analytics, for any device, any protocol and across any application
Connected railways: delivering holistic IoT solutions to the railways industry.
Altran and Nokia are collaborating on creating a comprehensive solution bringing together the benefits of IoT, connectivity, analytics and other digital technologies, to boost operational efficiency for railway operators on several areas/use cases, including:
Fleet and asset management, encompassing:
- Rolling Stock Predictive Maintenance (such as train-borne systems, e.g. doors, brakes, HVAC)
- Trackside Equipment Predictive Maintenance (e.g. signalling)
- Facility Management including station equipment predictive maintenance and energy management
- Operations Optimization (for stations, shunting yards, depots, etc.)
The joint solution will combine Altran’s engineering, analytics and overall system integration capabilities with the Nokia connectivity and IMPACT IoT offerings. The solution supports:
- Reliable connectivity to dedicated railway sensors
- Adaptive, scalable IoT solution for multiple use-cases
- An advanced analytics engine for incremental development of railway intelligence
- End-to-end cyber security solution
Commenting on this collaboration, Pascal Brier, executive vice president, strategy, innovation & solutions at Altran declared: “I am thrilled by this new strategic collaboration with Nokia: communication channels connect machines massively and create unprecedented volumes of data, thus requiring more connectivity. Managing data is becoming more complex with higher levels of software content. Together with Nokia, Altran will demonstrate how this expertise can help customer reap all the benefits of the IoT revolution.”
Kathrin Buvac, Chief Strategy Officer at Nokia, said: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution promises productivity gains and new growth opportunities to a variety of verticals. Altran is a perfect fit for Nokia as we diversify our business in connected transport with automotive manufacturers and railway operators. This partnership brings the benefits of 5G and software for Altran's customers.”
The relationship between Altran and Nokia started 15 years ago.
