Telefónica And Erictel Join Hands To Develop And Commercialise New IoT And Big Data Mobility Solutions

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  • They said that these solutions help companies to better plan and execute their operations and ensure sustainability, efficiency, and security and enables new business models
  • Telefónica and Erictel have been teaming up for the last few years offering M2M solutions in Latin America and Spain

Telefónica and Erictel, a Spanish IoT solutions developer announced that they have teamed up to develop and commercialize new IoT and Big Data mobility solutions. This will include the management of field forces and asset tracking in all markets where Telefonica operates.

They said that these solutions help companies to better plan and execute their operations and ensure sustainability, efficiency, and security and enable new business models. Telefónica said that its Tech’s IoT solutions, developed along with partners like Erictel, ease the path of businesses in their adaptation to current developments. It makes challenging processes like sanitation of products, equipment, and facilities more efficient with indoor asset tracking solutions. They enable location and remote monitoring of assets status to better plan the activity and availability of resources.

Digitisation, automation, and data-driven decisions

Elena Gil, product and business operations director for IoT and Big Data at Telefónica Tech said, “This agreement enhances our capabilities in IoT and Big data, at a time when collaboration with our partners is more important than ever in order to support our B2B customers in their path towards digitisation, automation, and data-driven decisions.”

The companies said that with the increasing trend of remote working and concern about employee’s security in the workplace, workforce management solutions facilitate the task of planning and securing the activity of mobile workers and field forces. They provide the appropriate tools to set up a work hours registration system, activity planning, and real-time incident and digital reporting said the companies. Telefónica and Erictel have been teaming up for the last few years offering M2M solutions in Latin America and Spain

Mikel Carcedo, CEO of Erictel said, “Telefónica is our main client and we are really excited about widening our scope of collaboration and contribute to promote IoT and Big Data products, particularly mobility solutions, in Telefónica’s main markets.