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MTN Offers Single Rate IoT Solution to Business Customers across Africa

MTN Offers Single Rate IoT Solution to Business Customers across Africa Image Credit: MTN

The MTN group, Africa’s largest telecommunications network operator with 229 million subscribers across Africa and the Middle East, has partnered with Novatel Wireless to offer Ctrack telematics solutions and services to MTN’s Internet-of-Things(IoT) customer base. Novatel is a leading global provider of solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), including software-as-a-service (SaaS).

The solution enables MTN’s business subscribers to seamlessly integrate fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions using MTN’s Pan African IoT SIM cards, enabling businesses to benefit from a single rate for IoT activity across the company’s footprint in Africa. In addition, this allows companies with transcontinental operations to easily monitor and track vehicles across borders.

According to Novatel, the Ctrack fleet management and vehicle tracking platform for MTN is a combination of hardware, software and firmware that dramatically accelerates the time to market of M2M and IoT projects and enables MTN to layer their added-value components on a reliable ready-to-use infrastructure. Ctrack’s extensive network of distributors will provide the in-field support for each country, added MTN.

Debbie Minnaar, Acting Executive for MTN’s Group Enterprise Business Unit
Over and above this, the launch of fleet management services marks the beginning of MTN’s journey towards building an IoT ecosystem, whereby services such as fleet management can be leveraged to enable and enhance other offerings related to smart cities, smart health and smart agriculture.

Cobus Grove, General Manager Ctrack Global for Novatel Wireless
Through this partnership, we dramatically expand our footprint throughout Africa while enabling MTN to offer businesses operating any size of fleet the ability to easily deploy secure and reliable telematics applications.

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