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Vodafone is recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide for the 6th consecutive time.
18 vendors in total were included in the Magic Quadrant which assess organisations in terms of their “ability to execute” and “completeness of vision”. Vodafone was placed furthest to the right for “completeness of vision” and highest for “ability to execute”.
Figure 1. Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide
Source: Gartner (December 2019)
IoT is one of the central pillars of digitalisation, with adopters becoming increasingly reliant on the technology. According to the latest Vodafone IoT Barometer, 76% of adopters describe their IoT projects as ‘mission-critical’ and 8% say their “entire business depends on IoT”.
We believe our position in the “Leaders” quadrant recognises our:
Continued growth. We now have 94 million managed IoT connections around the world
Truly global coverage. This now includes partnerships with China Mobile and America Movil, allowing us to provide customers with IoT connectivity in some of the most complex regulatory markets, and
Creative and innovative approach to building IoT solutions for customers. This includes our ARM partnership, which removes cost and complexity for OEMs developing connected products, and solutions that deliver high-value business outcomes, such as stolen vehicle tracking and assisted living.
Gartner describes companies in the “Leaders” quadrant as:
“Providers in the Leaders quadrant are performing well today and maintain a stable organization with a clear vision of market direction. They deliver comprehensive portfolios of network services, across broad geographies, with good service quality. They address the global networking needs of a broad range of enterprises is terms of size, geographic distribution and vertical industry. Leaders shape the direction of the market by extending their coverage, developing new class-leading capabilities and new commercial models, and deploying these at scale.”
To find out more about Vodafone’s position and what it means for our customers:
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide, Pablo Arriandiaga, Eric Goodness, Leif-Olof Wallin, Jonathan Davenport, 12 December 2019.
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