Vodafone is aiming to be the Android of mobile IoT

Tom Rebbeck, the research director for the Enterprise and IoT research practice at Analysys Mason, spoke to Erik Brenneis, the chief executive of Vodafone Global Enterprise, about Vodafone’s NB-IoT networks, developer tools and smart city projects.

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The fragmented smart city market needs providers who can offer end-to-end solutions

Tom Rebbeck, research director at Analysys Mason caught up with Nicolas Chalvin, the vice president of enterprise IoT ecosystem marketing at Gemalto, to discuss Gemalto’s approach to the smart city.

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IoT platform contracts tracker: Actility is winning a high share of telco deals

Operators and vendors are keeping a close watch on contracts for IoT solutions. Analysys Mason has gathered the details of 280 deals in our recently published IoT platform contracts tracker.[1] The key trends we have identified in this data are as follows.

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IoT Global Network welcomes top Internet of Things Ambassadors

Kings Hill, UK. February 25, 2017 – IoT Global Network (www.iotglobalnetwork.com), the market-leading platform that enables businesses worldwide to create new Internet of Things (IoT) services, has appointed a panel of leading industry figures as its Ambassadors.

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Expectations for IoT in 2017: Key developments in LPWA tech, connected cars and smart cities

2016 has been a busy year for telecoms operators in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, most notably in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies as narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M (long-term evolution to 4G, machine to machine) approach full commercial deployment.

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Developments in LPWA technologies, connected cars and smart cities among Analysys Mason’s IoT predictions for 2017

2016 has been a busy year for telecoms operators in the IoT market, most notably in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies as NB-IoT and LTE-M approach full commercial deployment.

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Seven areas for regulators and policy makers to consider

The potential for IoT to have a positive economic, societal, and environmental impact worldwide is substantial, but its development also raises new questions to be addressed by regulators and policy makers.

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Drones could provide operators with both a new market and new insights on driverless cars

Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones is growing in the telecoms sector, as these machines become suitable for more use cases.

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Erik Brenneis promoted from Vodafone IoT to replace Geldmacher as CEO of Global Enterprises

Vodafone has announced that Erik Brenneis, currently head of Vodafone’s IoT (Internet of Things) division, is to replace Jan Geldmacher as CEO of Vodafone Global Enterprises.

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Do you need a crazy, IT-addicted mayor to develop a smart city?

A high-level network operator panel was assembled on Day One of M2M World Congress 2016 in London last week. Moderated by Tom Rebbeck, research director at Analysys Mason, it covered operators’ future roles and the proposed need for a “crazy, IT-addicted mayor” when creating smart cities.

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At MWC 2016 we observed maturation of IoT partnerships in various sectors

IoT was highly visible at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016, with IoT devices or services – from connected cows to connected toothbrushes – appearing on nearly every stand. While there was no unifying theme, we believe a number of developments point to the continued maturation of IoT.

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Report confirms unharmonised regulatory approach is slowing development of EU mobile satellite services: Analysys Mason

EU member states’ failure to adopt a harmonised licensing approach for hybrid satellite/ground communication systems is hampering the spread of advanced mobile satellite services (MSS) across the European Union, according to a new white paper from the research and consulting firm Analysys Mason.

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LPWA: Established operators need to rethink their strategy or risk failure

Low-power, wide-area (LPWA) networks are a hot topic among telecoms operators. All of the major established telecoms operators are experimenting with various forms of this new technology. However, many of these efforts risk failure, unless these operators take a new approach. To benefit from this disruptive technology, companies need to accelerate commitments and structure their

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To win more IoT and M2M business telcos may have to adjust their geo focus

When developing an Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) strategy, telecoms operators typically give only limited consideration to geographical factors. Operators are structured to win national contracts and yet few IoT or M2M contracts are truly national.

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Vodafone Barometer shows growth of M2M with projects live at 37% of firms within two years

London, UK. July 7, 2015 — Vodafone today published its third annual M2M Barometer Report, a global survey of the machine-to-machine (M2M) sector. The survey is based on interviews with 659 executives in 16 countries.

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Vodafone tops M2M rankings for record fourth time

Vodafone has been rated the best Machine to Machine (M2M) communications service provider in the world for the fourth year in a row according to independent research by Analysys Mason.

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