Etisalat to deploy IoT platform

Etisalat Group has said it will launch “the region’s first Internet of Things application development and device management platform”.

It is working with Oberthur Technologies and ThingWorx to build and manage the platform, which will “enable customers to develop and deploy innovative new IoT solutions for the growing machine-to-machine market”.

In a statement, the operator said that the platforms will enable it to provide standardised components that can be shared horizontally to support rapid development and lower costs to improve existing industry operations.