IoT services are maturing fast and were the real stars of MWC 19. They deliver significant benefits across a wide range of sectors and dramatically increase the value of remote mobile coverage and connectivity solutions, securing more benefits for citizens and providers. Join our ecosystem to bring more valuable applications to the connected community.
While it was easy to be diverted by 5G, in our opinion, the real action at MWC was to be found in IoT applications and solutions. MWC 2019 saw many exciting and innovative IoT applications showcased, spanning a range of sectors, such as water supply and management, power generation and distribution, agricultural production and more. What unites these innovations is the fact that they are largely ready for deployment.
This is great news, as such applications are essential to maximising the value of new remote mobile coverage deployments. We’ve noted this before. Delivering rural connectivity on its own is a great start, but while voice and data services help empower citizens, additional services are essential to ensure the success of such projects.
This is because data connectivity on its own isn’t enough, but it is a key enabler for other services. Putting sensors into the field to collect agricultural data, for example, helps ensure that useful information is available both to locals, as well as nationally to drive country-wide programmes. Similarly, selling surplus power obtained from solar panels on site infrastructure provides new revenue streams for both provider and resellers alike.
So, the emergence of IoT applications that add real value is to be welcomed. They can be combined to enable a rich ecosystem of services that benefit people within coverage areas, as well as providers. The key ingredients to make such ecosystems flourish are affordable connectivity, together with a means of easy payment that can be applied to multiple services.
That’s why WTL’s Vivada comes with a fully integrated real-time charging and payment engine. This supports any kind of transaction, so as new IoT services are added to a deployment, providers can use mobile credits to pay for access to the solutions they offer. It ensures that, in addition to physical infrastructure, the virtual assets required to monetise services are in place, right from the outset.
For many, rural and remote connectivity challenges have been seen in isolation. But, the rapid growth in the emergence of valuable new IoT solutions shows how connectivity can effectively be leverage by a host of services to provide a complete footprint. Vivada’s real-time charging and payment engine brings this together, providing not only the connectivity fabric required but the foundation of an ecosystem in which transactions can be processed and value flow from consumer to provider.
We want to showcase this innovation. If you have an IoT application that serves agriculture, water, health or any other domain that can benefit the newly connected, but for which connectivity in remote regions is required, why not join our growing ecosystem of partners?
Together, we can show how comprehensive value for all stakeholders can be secured, ensuring the success of rural deployments and changing the business case of delivering remote connectivity.
Interested? Join the Vivada ecosystem today.
