China Telecom has selected the Ayla IoT platform to develop full end-to-end smart IoT solutions.
Ayla will work with its joint venture partner in China, Sunsea Telecommunications for the project. This partnership extends the footprint of Ayla's end-to-end solution in China, as Sunsea is leveraging the same Ayla technology as in its previously announced agreement with China Unicom, which is targeting automotive electronics, smart home and smart cities.
Through strategic aquisitions, Ayla's joint-venture partner Sunsea Telecommunications will soon own 25 percent of the global market for IoT cellular modules, which are used to connect IoT devices to the various cellular networks. Having access to these cellular modules will help the China Telecom-Sunsea partnership offer a wide range of affordable cellular-based IoT services and applications to its subscriber customers. Sunsea and Ayla established the joint venture in January to deliver Ayla's offerings to the Chinese market.
Aiming at developing into a leading artificial intelligence of things (AIOT) player, Sunsea seeks to further strengthen its market positions in IoT module and IoT cloud platform markets. By combining these two elements, Sunsea is developing a unique competitive advantage in providing its customers with end-to-end IoT solutions.
Phillip Chang, co-founder, VP and GM of Greater China Ayla Networks
This agreement puts Ayla's virtualization and device management software into the middle of China Telecom's application enablement platform (AEP).
Jun Zou, PhD, CTO, Sunsea Telecommunications
The horizontal nature of the Ayla IoT platform-able to support any protocol, application or device type-means that instead of building a series of vertically integrated, isolated solutions, China Telecom and Sunsea can now use a single technology platform to deliver connected devices and applications for any market.
