Over the last 4-5 years operators have hired dedicated M2M teams, stood-up platforms, built critical partnerships, segmented the market for opportunities and refined their branding and advertising to incorporate their new digital services offerings. In this FierceWireless article, MachNation takes a look at challenger operators with a case study of Tele2 M2M Global Solutions. Check it out here!
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What drives enterprise IoT adoption of operator services?
Based on new research from MachNation and highlighted in FierceWireless:Europe there are four reasons why enterprises purchase IoT services from communications operators. All reasons hinge on the fact that IoT solutions are complex to design, test, implement and run. Driver #1: Existing relationship with an operator. The age-old adage is true: it is easier to sell more stuff to the same customer than find a new customer. If the operator already has a long-term relationship with […]
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CLIENT RESEARCH click here. KPN has launched MySafeGuard, one of the first IoT healthcare solutions for KPN. For us this is an indication of a refined segmentation and solution strategy being executed by the Netherlands-based operator. KPN has had an ongoing, strong effort to bring IoT/M2M solutions to the market to fill unmet customer demand.
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Bosch and IoT. One of the three top trend for IoT for 2014 is the industrial internet. The connecting of electromechanical assets, building networking into new components and connecting our cities can yield tremendous cost savings, environmental improvements and safety enhancements. Bosch has been a leader in IoT for several years and has recently taken steps to solidify that position. Success does not come overnight, but Bosch is doing the right things to be successful […]
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Cisco has jumped into the Internet of things (IoT) waters with both feet. In 2013 it highlighted its research, solution development and partnership efforts around the Internet of Everything (IoE) with an announcement that the IoE has a USD14 trillion worldwide economic value (i.e., profit boost for global business). In October, 2013 Cisco hosted a technology and partner event in Barcelona called the IoT World Forum. Cisco brings considerable expertise and resources to the IoT […]
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