Nokia has paired with Brazilian telecom infrastructure company Solis Tower Teleco do Brasil to support the country's rural agriculture industry.

According to Nokia, the partnership will deliver private wireless networks to improve productivity, efficiency, and sustainability, as well as increase food production.

It's estimated that agribusiness represents a quarter of Brazil's total GDP.

Nokia said that its partnership with Solis, an NB-IoT provider and MVNO dedicated to Brazilian agribusiness, will improve connectivity for the country's farming communities in rural or plantation areas.

The telco said that only 19 percent of the land available for agricultural use in Brazil currently has 4G or 5G coverage.

Nokia is providing a range of equipment, including its AirScale portfolio featuring small cells, baseband, Macro Remote Radio Heads, and base stations. The vendor has also provided its all-in-one cabinet solutions for outdoor use.

Its solutions support IoT technologies such as NB-IoT and LTE-M, meaning that machines, people, and sensors will be able to be connected.

"This important project will have a transformative impact on farming communities across Brazil giving them access to critical communications and internet access," said Felippe Antonelle, co-founder, Solis. "It will drive greater efficiencies and increases in productivity."

Renato Bueno, enterprise sales director for Nokia mobile networks in Latin America, added: “Bringing reliable connectivity and accelerating the digitalization of these rural communities is essential. It will help businesses and workers collaborate and innovate, becoming more productive and efficient, while enabling easier communications with co-workers."

In May, Nokia partnered with Global Fiber Peru to deploy a subaquatic and future-proof optical, IP, and fiber broadband network in the Amazon rainforest.

The network will connect more than 500,000 users in around 400 communities to multi-gigabit broadband access.