Exton, Jul 22, 2015: ThingWorx, a well-known Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, has said that Etisalat, a telecommunications provider operating in the Middle-East, Africa and Asia, had signed a Group Framework Agreement in order to deploy the “industry leading” ‘ThingWorx IoT Development Platform’ to enable innovative IoT and M2M services throughout the regions it served.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Etisalat was one of the world’s fastest-growing telecom groups, rapidly expanding across Asia and Africa. Born in the Middle East about four decades ago, Etisalat played a leading role in the telecommunications sector for Internet, voice, broadcast, roaming and corporate data services. By partnering with ThingWorx, Etisalat said it would be able to offer its customers a large IoT application catalogue to cover a variety of market needs such as Smart City requirements.
“After a thorough review of IoT platform options, we have selected the ThingWorx IoT Platform to drive our IoT strategy and the many innovative services that we are working to bring to market,” said Khalifa Al Shamsi, Chief Digital Services Officer, Etisalat Group.
ThingWorx offered a platform for rapidly developing and deploying applications that realise the opportunity and value presented by the IoT economy. ThingWorx’ simplified and unified approach to IoT applications enabled companies to iteratively innovate business processes significantly faster than conventional methods and tools, thus accelerating time to value, reducing cost and risk, and transforming how products, people, and systems connect and interact.
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