Dubai based Mobile Service Provider to make IoT Solutions
available to its 173 Million customer base in 19 international markets
ThingWorx, a PTC® (Nasdaq: PTC) business and leading Internet of Things
(IoT) platform provider, announced today that Etisalat, a leading
Telecommunications provider operating in the Middle-East, Africa and
Asia, has signed a Group Framework Agreement to deploy the Industry
leading ThingWorx IoT Development Platform to enable new innovative IoT
and M2M services throughout the regions that it serves.
Etisalat is one of the world’s fastest-growing telecom groups, rapidly
expanding across Asia and Africa. Its Middle East operations,
strategically located at the crossroads of East and West, enables
Etisalat to be the major hub in the Middle East for Internet, voice,
broadcast, roaming and corporate data services. By partnering with
ThingWorx, Etisalat will 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. “We are looking
forward to working with the PTC team and bringing value to our
prospective M2M and IoT customers.”
ThingWorx offers an innovative platform for rapidly developing and
deploying applications that realize the opportunity and value presented
by the Internet of Things economy. ThingWorx’ simplified and unified
approach to IoT applications enables 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.
“We are delighted that ThingWorx technology will be a core aspect of the
Etisalat IoT Service,” said Russ Fadel, Founder and President at
ThingWorx. “The opportunity to partner with the leading Telecom Provider
in completely new markets for ThingWorx and PTC is exciting and we look
forward to developing a long-term relationship with Etisalat and its
group companies.”
Additional Resources
About ThingWorx, a PTC Business
ThingWorx™, a PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) business, provides the first platform
designed to efficiently build and run the applications of today's
connected world. ThingWorx's model-based design and search-based
intelligence simplifies application development efforts by minimizing
cost, and risk while accelerating time to value. The ThingWorx® platform
combines the key functionality of Web 2.0, search, and social
collaboration, and applies it to the world of “things,” including
connected products, machines, sensors, systems, and industrial
equipment. Businesses use the ThingWorx platform to rapidly deliver
innovative applications and connected solutions across markets ranging
from manufacturing, energy, and food, to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) remote
monitoring and service, as well as in emerging Internet of Things
applications, including smart cities, smart grid, agriculture, and
transportation. For more information, please visit our website at www.thingworx.com
and our blog at www.thingworx.com/blog
or follow us on Twitter at @ThingWorx.
About Etisalat Group:
Etisalat, the leading emerging markets telecom group, is headquartered
in Abu Dhabi. Since its inception almost four decades ago, Etisalat has
been introducing innovative connectivity solutions for its customers
across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. These cutting-edge solutions
have given Etisalat the ability to expand its subscriber base to more
than 173 million in the 19 international markets it operates in.
Etisalat’s market cap is 96.8 billion AED, equaling 26.4 billion USD.
ThingWorx, the ThingWorx logo and PTC are trademarks or registered
trademarks of PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and
other countries.
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