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Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO of Nokia. (Nokia/-)
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okia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark chose Indonesia as one of the first countries on his first business trip since the pandemic. During his two-day visit, Lundmark spoke with The Jakarta Post’s Vincent Fabian Thomas and Mark Lempp on June 10 to discuss challenges and opportunities in the network industry and Nokia’s installation of communication technology in Indonesia and other countries.
Question: What does Nokia offer to Indonesian customers and enterprises?
Answer: It's very important to note that this market is evolving, and we work with all major operators in Indonesia. Consumer services have always been important, and they will continue to be important. But the next big thing will be industrial digitalization, where we have only scratched the surface so far.
We are really looking forward to working with industrial customers, often in collaboration with operators, who will be offering the services to implement digitization projects.
We have projects ongoing already in industries such as mining and ports. They are the two natural targets, but we have a broad look at industries as industrialization is still in the very early stages.
When we're talking about countries like Indonesia, mining and ports would be the natural focus areas and we have a lot of discussions ongoing in these two sectors.
It's not only about productivity, it's also about safety, sustainability, emissions, cybersecurity, data security, which are increasing in importance all the time.
