In a new route into the US private networks market, Nokia is collaborating with Ligado Networks, which has been building a neutral host 5G network in its L-band spectrum to support enterprise use cases. Nokia will bring Digital Automation Cloud (DAC), the centerpiece of its highly strategic private cellular business, to the party. The application platform supports edge computing and 4G/5G connectivity for enterprise deployments in licensed or unlicensed spectrum. Ligado will certainly welcome a heavyweight partner to kickstart its commercial offerings after years of efforts to be allowed to deploy its network commercially. In its original incarnation, called LightSquared, it planned to support both terrestrial and mobile satellite connectivity in its 35 MHz of Band 24 (1525 MHz-1660 MHz)…