Enterprise Ecosystems

Recent news from India and Africa underlines the continuing growth of IoT-based solutions for a diverse range of applications.

A large number of Indian news outlets have been reporting that India, the US and Israel are now collaborating on 5G technology.

Further evidence of the growing reach of Internet of Things (IoT)-based solutions comes from a new LoRaWAN contract in South America.

For some, 5G may seem a technology whose main applications are to high-end technologies and users. It’s timely therefore that Nokia has announced plans to set up a robotics lab at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore for research on socially relevant use cases based on 5G and emerging technologies.

If there was ever a time when remote education was more than just an interesting concept, this is it. For example, the government of Bahrain has said that 140,000 students are now benefiting from remote learning in the kingdom.

Sigfox Russia is partnering with venture capital firm Energo Capital to launch its Sigfox 0G IoT network.

Nokia has partnered with China Mobile/CMCC Guangxi to deliver a landslide monitoring and early warning system for highways operations management company, BGIGC Group.

Ooredoo a communications company with a customer base of more than 100 million across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, has announced a new IoT initiative in Qatar: an industrial metering solution.

Telecom Argentina has signed a deal with Nokia allowing it to offer IoT services to its enterprise customers in the country and across Latin America using Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING).

Telkomsel, the largest wireless carrier in Indonesia, has selected the MaX UC portfolio from cloud native communications software supplier Metaswitch  to enable it to offer unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) services to the broader business market.

A certification award for a drone service offered by a Middle Eastern mobile telecommunications company could boost opportunities for drone-based communications and inspection services in the region.

Nokia has signed a contract with telecommunications giant TIM to provide Internet of Things (IoT) services to its enterprise customers in Brazil.

IT services, consulting and business solutions organization Tata Consultancy Services has announced the launch, in collaboration with wireless technology giant Qualcomm Technologies Inc, of what it calls a first-of-its-kind Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India.

Nokia has signed a contract with leading telecommunications service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) to provide IoT coverage to enterprises in Indonesia.

FVC has partnered with Avaya Holdings to help businesses across North, West, East, Central Africa and Egypt (NWECA) deliver customer experiences with UCC and cloud solutions.

African mobile network service provider Flickswitch has partnered with BICS to push IoT deployment in Africa.

Growing urban demographics and the rapid expansion of cities are driving the use of smart city solutions in Africa and the Middle East.

Zain Saudi Arabia and Nokia have signed two agreements that will allow the operator to launch IoT services and applications and provide innovative end-to-end solutions to enterprise and public sector segments in the Kingdom.

Chip company Arm and China Unicom have announced a long-term partnership agreement to deliver IoT scalability, security and simplicity to Chinese enterprises and global companies looking to have a local presence in China.

Global provider of IoT services Eseye has formed a partnership with Africa Mobile Network Operator (MNO) MTN and the AnyNet Federation association of MNOs to meet the complex management and enhanced resilience requirements of the rapidly expanding global M2M IoT customer base.

Nokia and Telecom Egypt are to build the first cloud infrastructure in Egypt exclusively for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Telecom Egypt will use Nokia's Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) as a Service as the platform to launch IoT services for the enterprise segment later this year.

NTT DOCOMO Inc and NTT DOCOMO ASIA Pte. Ltd have begun conducting a trial of an IoT monitoring system to improve the manufacturing performance of a synthetic fibres factory in Thailand. The trial will last until the end of March.

Czech telecommunications company České Radiokomunikace (CRA) has deployed a nationwide LoRaWAN-based network.

Thailand’s second largest operator group True Corp has extended its strategic convergence transformation engagement with Amdocs for ongoing development and support until end of 2021.

Indian state-owned operator BSNL has selected Nokia to support the transformation of cities through intelligent infrastructure.

The potential arrival in China of Internet of things and machine-to-machine satellite services and solutions targeted at the heavy equipment, transportation and logistics and maritime industries, is further evidence of the growing importance of IoT and M2M strategies in industrial settings.

IoT specialist Kerlink is expanding its presence in Turkey in partnership with the nationwide IoT network-solutions distributor, NetOP Technology.

Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager Vantage Capital has provided $10 million of mezzanine funding to Cap Tamarin, a residentially-focused “Smart & Happy” Village located on the west coast of Mauritius in a seaside village called Tamarin.

TCT Brasil has announced an agreement to distribute solutions from IoT specialist Kerlink in Brazil.

Lowan, a leading low power wide area network (LPWAN) solution provider located in Hangzhou, China, has incorporated Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) into its smart-grid power meters.

MegaFon has acquired a 100% stake in Project Investment Technologies Management Company LLC (“TechnoInvestProject”), from Russian systems integrator Technoserv group.

Libelium has added LoRaWAN wireless connectivity to Waspmote Plug & Sense! and Smart Parking sensor devices in India.