Orange Business Services has partnered with UK-based start-up Konetik to help it launch an aftermarket plug-and-play fleet management solution. The solution allows small and medium sized enterprises (SME) to manage fleets of vehicles, numbering two to hundreds, which traditionally can be time consuming, expensive and difficult.
As part of the deal, Orange Business Services is providing a single, easily-provisioned SIM card that provides data connectivity for the solution, together with value added services, including service management and access to a portal for SIM management. The Orange SIM provides users with reliable connectivity and cost-effective cross-border roaming.
Konetik will initially launch in Germany, which is the biggest European car economy. It will subsequently expand to the other countries of the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region and then to the rest of Europe. The company charges a flat monthly service rate with no additional costs.
Balazs Szabo, CEO of Konetik
Cars generate a large amount of accessible data which we believe could benefit SMEs in streamlining their fleet management to make data-driven decisions, making the whole process simpler and less time consuming.
Anne-Sophie Lotgering, senior vice president, Europe, Russia and CIS at Orange Business Services
We are proud to be helping a start-up like Konetik rethink the way SMEs can manage their car fleets in a reliable and simplified way.
