Swisscom on Tuesday announced it has joined the Global M2M Association (GMA) in a bid to tap into demand from large enterprises for seamless, multinational machine-to-machine services.
The Swiss incumbent has become the seventh tier one operator to join the GMA. The other telco members are Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia, Bell Canada, and Softbank.
"The GMA demonstrates our intention to work together more closely in the interest of our customers and the M2M ecosystem. With Swisscom, we are gaining one of the M2M pioneers whose vision for the market complements well that of the GMA," said Alexander Lautz, SVP of M2M at Deutsche Telekom, a founding member of the GMA.
Established in 2011, the industry group’s objective is to harmonise mobile markets in terms of technology, customer experience and regulations so that corporate clients can easily procure and use M2M services across borders.
In February, the GMA took the wraps off its Multi-Domestic Service solution, an embedded SIM and managed mobility platform that enables companies to monitor and support their globally-deployed connected devices.
"For instance, the status of connected products throughout the lifecycle – from production, testing, shipping and distribution to the end-user – will be automatically adapted and easily manageable," said Gerhard Schedler, head of M2M and the IoT centre of competence at Swisscom.
"The unifie d M2M connectivity management platform among GMA members allows improved and simplified processes," he said.
