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Nokia’s SaaS-Based Data Marketplace Selected by Equideum Health to
Power Its Healthcare Blockchain Solutions

Nokia announced that it has been selected like poor data quality, compliance, and mission is to drive health outcomes and
by Equideum Health to help the US-based cost of intermediaries. The collaboration equity by breaking down data silos and
company jointly develop and deliver aims to help pharmaceutical companies revolutionizing the way health and health-
healthcare use-cases by using Nokia’s simplify and optimize the clinical trial life relevant information is accessed and
Data Marketplace (NDM) solution delivered cycle through faster patient identification; shared. We are very pleased to be taking
through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) the use of advanced patient consent another step toward delivering on those
model. NDM, launched in 2021, facilitates mechanisms; patient remuneration via goals through this partnership with Nokia
secure sharing of data and AI models the use of digital wallets; and enhanced and leveraging its NDM solution through
in order to drive digital transformation patient transparency on how data is being its SaaS model.” Friedrich Trawoeger,
and data monetization for ecosystem used. Utilizing NDM through Nokia’s Senior Vice President, Cloud and Cognitive
players. Taking those NDM capabilities secure SaaS delivery model provides Services at Nokia, said: “Nokia Data
in conjunction with its SaaS delivery global reach and scalability of the solution; Marketplace gives our customers a secure
model, Nokia will enable healthcare and and, consumed via a monthly subscription, and compliant way to access distributed
life sciences blockchain leader Equideum improves business agility while reducing data sets, where AI/ML capabilities extract
Health to launch new use-cases faster and operating costs. Nokia and Equideum are insights to improve healthcare. Nokia’s
achieve time-to-value quicker. Equideum scheduled to hold a webinar on April 14 SaaS delivery model will allow us to scale
Health is a spin-off from ConsenSys, the to further discuss their partnership. More our partnership with Equideum Health
leading Ethereum software company. details can be found here. Heather Leigh and help us realize our shared goals of
With the amount of healthcare-related Flannery, Founder and Chief Executive providing world-class blockchain solutions
data being generated at the network edge Officer at Equideum Health, said: “Our to transform the healthcare sector.”
rising exponentially due to factors like
increased usage of healthcare wearables
and connected devices, the Equideum
Exchange will securely process, enrich,
assemble, and analyze data using
blockchain, decentralized AI, and privacy-
preserving technologies; and securely
exchange this data in a multi-party
ecosystem. As part of that effort, the
partnership aims to accelerate Equideum
Health’s privacy-preserving Clinical
Trials Matching capability. Currently,
to shortlist patients for clinical trials,
companies invest significant money and
time in data acquisition, and face issues

Nokia Demonstrates Live D-Band Microwave Backhaul Connection

Nokia announced that it has successfully increasing demand for high-capacity, a 2 GHz channel bandwidth operating over
demonstrated a live microwave connection high-speed microwave backhaul to a distance of approximately 200 meters;
utilizing D-Band spectrum (130-175 GHz). support evolving network requirements this solution was developed by Nokia Bell
D-Band enables much higher bandwidth and growing traffic. This requires the use Labs. Giuseppe Targia, Vice President,
than other microwave bands and will of higher frequency bands previously Microwave Radio Links at Nokia said: “This
serve as an ultra-high-capacity extension not used for this purpose. These bands trial demonstrates how we are continuing
for 5G backhaul and fronthaul in dense can support large channel bandwidths to push the boundaries to deliver best-
urban environments. The trial, which and handle up to 50 times more traffic in-class connectivity as the demand for
was conducted by Nokia utilizing Nokia than microwave bands typically used 5G services grows. The D-Band will be
Bell Labs technology, is investigating for mobile network backhaul. D-Band is important in delivering high-capacity 5G
how higher frequencies beyond 100 expected to be mostly used in dense urban connectivity in the future. We continue to
GHz, can support the increased capacity environments, thanks to the small form drive important innovations that support
requirements of mobile networks. The factors of the products involved. The trial our customers with coverage and capacity
proliferation of 5G networks has seen used an integrated dual-transceiver using where it is needed.”

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