Energy and resources
Advanced connectivity empowers the new energy future
Critical energy needs connectivity in the AI era
Energy industries have significant challenges ahead. They must automate operations in remote locations. They require smarter and more sustainable means of transmitting power and distributing resources across vast geographies. And they need to bridge the digital divide while simultaneously capturing new growth opportunities. Advanced networks, powered by AI, will play a key role in overcoming these challenges, by delivering the deterministic, low-latency and high-performance connectivity required for next-generation energy operations.
Modernize without disruption
With Nokia’s advanced-connectivity solutions, energy providers can migrate to AI-enabled operations smoothly with no service interruption.
Energy networks can tolerate no downtime
Providers must have ultra-reliable, secure connectivity with deterministic performance for mission-critical operations
A secure foundation for AI
Nokia lays the groundwork for AI-driven operations by connecting data centers, control centers and grid-edge environments with secure, high-performance infrastructure.
Advanced connectivity will reshape the energy sector
Nokia can drive energy and resource operations to the next level of intelligence, automation, sustainability and performance.
Power utilities
Our solutions will make power grids smarter, more reliable and more responsive to new demands. They enable you to realize the full potential of digitalization, AI-enabled operations and Industry 4.0 automation so you can operate more efficiently, reduce your costs and get the most from your assets.
Oil and gas
Our fiber, IP, optical and data center connectivity solutions will accelerate the digital transformation of your oil and gas operations and unlock the value of AI, helping you boost output and adapt to any demand in any environment.
Mining
Digitalization will make mining safer, more intelligent, efficient and greener. Nokia’s low-latency, high-performance, reliable and secure connectivity will help you achieve these goals.
Why Nokia?
When it comes to energy infrastructure, there is simply no room for error. Mission-critical energy providers need hyper-resiliency and ultra-reliability, alongside high performance, all of which Nokia is uniquely positioned to deliver.
Nokia is trusted by the energy industry
Power utilities worldwide have put their faith in Nokia to deliver their grid communications infrastructure
- 7 out of the top 10 largest power utilities in the world use Nokia solutions
- 15 out of the top 20 U.S. power utilities have deployed Nokia advanced connectivity technologies in their grids
- 1.34 billion end customers receive their electricity from power grids utilizing Nokia technologies
Our IP/MPLS portfolio is built for mission-critical energy networks
Nokia’s IP/MPLS solutions help energy providers modernize grid communications with deterministic performance, high resiliency and strong cybersecurity. End-to-end WAN connectivity for transmission, distribution and control center communications
- Deterministic, highly resilient networking for protection, SCADA and mission-critical OT traffic
- Utility-hardened platforms and secure segmentation to support IT/OT convergence
- Smooth migration path from legacy networks to modern IP/MPLS architectures
Mobile portfolio for private wireless digitalization
We provide secure, mission-critical private wireless connectivity that help utilities, oil and gas operators, and mining companies digitalize safely and at scale.
- Private LTE/5G connectivity for field crews, substations, remote sites and industrial assets
- Supports mission-critical use cases such as voice/video communications, monitoring and automation
- Designed for secure, reliable performance in demanding operational environments
- Integrates with IP/MPLS and optical networks for end-to-end mission-critical connectivity
Data center and AI-ready networks for utility operations
Nokia helps utilities build the network foundation for AI-driven operations by connecting data centers, control centers and grid-edge environments with secure, high-performance infrastructure. High-capacity, resilient networking between utility data centers.
- Secure foundation for AI, analytics and digital grid applications
- Low-latency, deterministic performance for operational and mission-critical traffic
- End-to-end architecture across optical, IP and mobile domains for scalable modernization
Insights for energy providers
Nokia’s connectivity expertise holds the answers to some of the most pressing challenges faced by the energy and resource sectors.
IP/MPLS or MPLS-TP?
Utilities are faced with upgrading their grid communications infrastructure. For most of them this means making a choice between IP/MPLS or MPLS-TP.
Quantum-safe networks for power utilities, mining and oil and gas operations
Critical infrastructure has long been a target for cyber criminals. These threats only grow as we embrace digital technologies and quantum computers become more powerful.
Converged mission-critical private wireless and IP/MPLS FAN for power utilities
A converged FAN gives utilities the ability to add new use cases to their existing capabilities as they execute their digitalization and automation plans.
Customer success stories
Learn how our customers are using Nokia’s advanced-connectivity solutions to meet their current and future energy-operations needs.
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