Vodafone is no rookie in IoT and its 99 million IoT connections make it the fourth largest IoT player by connections just behind the Chinese CSPs. Vodafone has been a firm supporter of NB-IoT and it currently has 16 live nationwide NB-IoT networks and NB-IoT roaming agreements both announced and in the pipeline. Vodafone has its own device management platform (GDSP) and a PTC’s ThingWorx based application development platform (App-Invent).
The strength of Vodafone’s IoT strategy is in the fact that each pillar is interrelated creating additional value. Vodafone has a vertical-focused strategy and aims to grow its business by delivering end-to-end solutions for selected …