VANCOUVER — Telus is launching today the Telus IoT Shop, which it says is Canada’s first self-serve online portal that enables businesses to easily purchase and manage prepaid IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity on its wireless network.
In a news release issued Tuesday, Telus said the Telus IoT Shop is ideal for businesses such as IoT start-ups and developer labs because it makes it quick and easy for them to connect their IoT devices to Telus’s 4G LTE and LTE-M networks, thereby helping to streamline product development and accelerate smaller projects.
Previously, customers purchasing IoT connectivity had to commit to volume requirements, credit checks and other processes that made it difficult for smaller companies and organizations to test and deploy relatively small quantities of IoT devices. The Telus IoT Shop removes these hurdles and gives customers the ability to pay with a credit card, monitor data usage online, quickly change rate plans and manage SIM statuses, using the IoT Console, a one-stop account management dashboard, Telus said.
“For Canadian businesses innovating in the IoT space, direct access to reliable cellular connectivity is crucial,” said Michael Cihra, vice-president of IoT for Telus, in the news release. “The IoT Shop was built based on customer feedback to ensure that the user experience, management tools and services meet the demands of the innovators that are shaping Canada’s growing IoT ecosystem.”
Providing network access for one to 100 SIM cards on a customer account, the Telus IoT Shop provides flexible and affordable IoT connectivity with as little as 100 MB or as much as 40 GB of shareable data. To ensure a customer’s devices stay connected, data plans auto renew on a 30-day cycle, or as soon as the data pool is exhausted, Telus said.
“The Telus IoT Shop has made ordering and managing IoT SIMs an easy, painless experience,” said customer Casey Matson-Dekay, chief technology officer at Loop Insights, in the news release. “The self-serve portal allowed me to order the SIMs I needed only a few days before they needed to be deployed. Once our devices were live, I immediately had full visibility into their usage and status, which helps Loop Insights remain agile and informed while we evolve our products.”
More information about the Telus IoT Shop can be found at www.telus.com/iotshop.
