In a clear statement of intent, Telekom Austria has confirmed the founding of a new subsidiary – TA Group M2M GmbH. The new machine to machine focused enterprise will become fully operational on 1st September.
Telekom Austria have been quoted as stating that they wish to become an “international player” in the M2M space and are currently, actively recruiting for their new off-shoot company.
It has been claimed by some that ultimately ‘anything with power will be connected’ and Telekom Austria’s CEO Hannes Ametsreiter sees the imminent increase in SIM enabled devices by “300 or even 400 percent… in the forseeable future” to be of key strategic and commercial relevance to the group.
The telco plans to offer its emerging M2M solutions in all of the eight countries it currently operates in, utilising an evolving ‘ecosystem’ of new partners and business models.
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