MONTREAL – Bell is the first Canadian wireless carrier to join the Global M2M Association (GMA), a multi-carrier cooperation supporting M2M deployments around the world.
The Global M2M Association is a service cooperation agreement in the M2M sector signed by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, and TeliaSonera to deliver best-in-class M2M services to customers operating global businesses. The GMA continues to add wireless service provider participants from around the world, committed to simplifying the way international M2M communications are deployed and managed.
Bell said that partnership in the GMA allows its customers access to an established global M2M ecosystem including:
– Enhanced quality of service and M2M roaming services across an extended European footprint of 28 countries, representing more than 90% of the European population including Austria, Baltics, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Nordics, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the UK;
– Coordinated customer support and escalation procedures; and
– Optimized device/network interoperability through harmonized modules testing and certification procedures.
“By partnering with the GMA, Bell is able to offer customers with international operations a superior level of M2M service and support across Europe – an important advantage for Bell as trade with this region expands in the years ahead,” said Nauby Jacob, Bell Mobility’s vice president of services, product and content, in the announcement.
