India, Sept. 24 -- Higher levels of automation are expected to transform traditional manufacturing and industry, according to Mike Calabrese, senior vice president of Americas for Nokia Enterprise. He spoke at the recent the IoT Innovation North America virtual conference where he discussed 5G and the acceleration of "Industry 4.0" and the fruits expected to come out of this convergence.

Nokia Enterprise plans to expand its partner ecosystem, Calabrese said, seeing growth in private wireless that can influence the digitalization of asset-intensive industry, such as transportation, manufacturing, energy, and logistics. The coming new standard for wireless infrastructure, 5G, is anticipated to be a catalyst for Industry 4.0, the so-called ...