Nokia recently launched MX Context, a new solution that leverages sensor fusion technology to deliver AI-powered contextual awareness for industrial enterprises. Integrated into the Nokia Edge Compute and AI platform for industrial sites, MX Context processes large amounts of data from different sources, providing real-time actionable insights and intelligent automation to enable operational excellence and enhance decision-making.
Launched ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, MX Context is reportedly the only solution that provides situational and contextual awareness that is available on the market.
According to information from MarketsandMarkets, the global sensor fusion market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.8%, reaching USD $18 billion by 2028. This underscores the growing demand among organisations for solutions that unify data and provide rich insights to enhance efficiency, safety, and automation.
Nokia MX Context utilises sensor fusion technology to combine multimodal data from different sources and deliver real-time, AI-powered insights for Industry 4.0 use cases. It utilises the on-premise Edge industrial compute solutions (MXIE and MX Grid) for processing, as well as the MXIE Data Lake to store unstructured or structured data for historical analysis, and application data access via APIs.
“Sensor fusion and AI are key capabilities for core industrial automation applications spanning robotics, autonomous work cells, and collaborative scenarios involving humans and machines. Nokia, with its private wireless and on-premise industrial Edge compute, is well positioned to offer critical use cases for worker safety and tracking and positioning to bring the power of AI insights to industrial digitalisation,” said Ryan Martin, Senior Research Director, ABI Research.
The solution also offers low-code visual development capabilities, which allows users to quickly create logical workflows and design dashboards with minimal coding expertise. It seamlessly integrates with Nokia MX Workmate, a powerful gen-AI assistant that enables natural language-based interactions with connected workers.
MX Context suites are modular and built to create use case-based contextual awareness solutions. The first two MX Context suites and associated user applications will be tracking and positioning and worker safety.
“AI is becoming a strategic element for Industry 4.0 transformation. Nokia’s on-premise compute capabilities offer innovative AI solutions that are OT compliant and bring the contextual awareness needed for industrial use cases,” said Stephan Litjens, Vice President Enterprise Campus Edge Solutions, Cloud and Network Services, Nokia. “Nokia MX Context harmonises real-time data from sensors and sensing technologies. It takes data-driven operational excellence to the next level, transforming data into contextual awareness information that can be used as actionable insights and intelligent automation.”
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