Tata Communications today announced its entry into the $4 billion mobile data connectivity and cross-border Internet of Things (IoT) market.
Tata Communications in a statement issued in London said that its MOVE IoT platform will connect people and things on a global scale.
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“With more than 3 billion Internet users globally and billions more connected ‘things’ from activity trackers and smart home hubs to connected cars and street lights, we live in a truly digital world,” said Anthony Bartolo, president, Mobility, IoT and Collaboration Solutions, Tata Communications.
Tata Communications MOVE is part of the company’s strategy for its mobility services and its vision of creating an access and usage agnostic, cross-border mobile experience for people and things. The platform is underpinned by Tata Communications’ global network and partnerships with 900 mobile communications service providers.
Tata Communications recently made investment for a 35 percent stake in Teleena, an IoT connectivity specialist and mobile virtual network enabler. Teleena supplies IoT technology to manage the operational complexity and reduce the cost of IoT deployments for businesses.
Tata Communications, which has a network that connects 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers, said the MOVE IoT platform paves the way for industrial IoT applications to generate operational efficiencies in sectors such as manufacturing and logistics.
In the first phase of the roll-out of Tata Communications MOVE, the platform encompasses global cellular IoT and SIM connectivity, with further enterprise and mobile network operator capabilities to follow later in 2017.
Over 25 percent of the world’s Internet routes travel over Tata Communications’ network, and the company is the only Tier-1 network provider that is in the top 5 by routes in 5 continents.
“The market needs large-scale operators such as Tata Communications that are able to scale up activity in a market so far populated by small commercial aggregators and mobile virtual network operators,” said Dario Talmesio, principal analyst and practice leader, Europe, Ovum.
