Ericsson to showcase IOT solutions at CTIA Super Mobility

NEW DELHI: ICT solutions provider Ericsson will showcase a range of IOT (internet of things) solutions at CTIA Super Mobility 2015 in Las Vegas, from September 9-11.

The Sweden-based company will showcase software upgrades and ecosystem advances that will accelerate the uptake of IoT for the benefit of both industry and consumers.

Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Radio, Ericsson, said: “We are accelerating IoT growth on existing LTE and GSM networks to ensure a global foundation for a vast range of new consumer, industry and government applications, from Smart Cities to connected farms.

“With our leading national and multi-national operator customers, like SK Telecom and Orange, and ecosystem partners like Intel, we are co-creating end-to-end IoT network and device solutions that harness the power of reliable, globally scalable, standards-based systems and services. These innovations put our mobile operator customers solidly on the road to 5G,” he added.

Gartner predicts that IoT will provide a USD1.9 trillion increase in value across sectors in 2020. Ericsson plays a role in all levels of IoT transformation, from rollout to enterprise and business processes, platforms and cloud and radio connectivity.

A globe-spanning network for the Internet of Things (IoT) has been built over the past 20 years that provides the coverage, security and reliability needed to connect us and bring intelligence to the things that surround us. Cellular networks already cover 90 percent of the world’s population, but even with the networks in place, a number of roadblocks to supporting mass-market adoption of IoT have remained.

Park Jin-hyo, Senior Vice President and Head of Network R&D Center, SK Telecom, said: “Our ambition is to set the pace for mobile networks, so we are already proactively building toward 5G technology, which will include an evolution of today’s LTE and innovations driven by new IoT use cases. Connectivity underlies everything we do and Ericsson’s latest innovations enhance both networks and devices so that we can develop new IoT opportunities in Korea. This is sure to accelerate uptake of IoT and allow us to quickly reach our customers with useful IoT services.”

There are already more than 230 million cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) subscriptions for IoT devices, but certain challenges have limited the potential for large-scale adoption across a variety of use cases, namely: the cost of IoT devices, device battery life, and cellular coverage in both remote areas and deep inside buildings.