Ericsson recently announced the IoT Accelerator which combines horizontal, feature-rich IoT platforms with Ericsson's services and a marketplace where customers from sectors such as public safety, utilities, transport and smart cities can connect with partners and monetize their solutions.
According to Ericsson, the IoT Accelerator will be offered as a service to enable customers to overcome the barriers of cost and complexity and rapidly develop and deploy new IoT solutions. The IoT platforms' capabilities include data management, billing, device management, connectivity services and analytics and the company said that it plans to expand its modules to include a self-service portal, developer environment and software development kit.
Ericsson added that the IoT Accelerator will leverage the Ericsson Cloud System to support hybrid cloud deployments and meet data sovereignty and security requirements. All main connectivity standards are supported, and the Accelerator will leverage Ericsson's Cellular for Massive IoT software solutions, including support for NB-IoT, LTE Cat-M1 and EC-GSM-IoT technologies for low power wide area applications.
It's time for #IoT to get a lot easier. Meet our brand new IoT Accelerator. https://t.co/ptYNaNJQ0N pic.twitter.com/BRqEujayRh
— Ericsson (@ericsson) April 26, 2016
Orvar Hurtig, Head of Industry & Society at Ericsson
We will initially focus on public safety, utilities, transport and smart cities customers, continuously adjusting to their needs and feedback, and improving ease of use and delivery speed through a DevOps approach to software development. We deliver these capabilities to our customers via the IoT Accelerator.
