REGINA – SaskTel has launched a new Machine to Machine (M2M) Management Centre, an online portal that allows business customers to control and monitor the operational status of their wireless M2M devices while also gaining analytics about usage.
Developed in collaboration with Ericsson, the SaskTel M2M Management Centre will enable SaskTel M2M customers to actively manage and control their connected devices from a self-serve dashboard. In addition to correlating and presenting information in one location, the M2M Management Centre will also allow for self-activation and deactivation of M2M SIM cards, monitoring and identifying of real time events and network utilization, data pooling, access to troubleshooting tools, and reporting.
Managed connectivity in M2M is the first step and the most significant part of SaskTel building an offering in the Internet of Things (IoT) business area, being able to address the evolving needs of its customers in areas such as agriculture, utilites, and transport, reads Wednesday's news release.
“SaskTel’s M2M service essentially allows wireless devices to talk to each other and transmit information,” said president and CEO Ron Styles, in the release. “Our goal is to help business customers streamline processes, boost productivity, and increase profitability through M2M technology.”
“Ericsson’s platform on which the SaskTel subscription service is based has been successfully integrated and deployed worldwide with multiple leading carriers”, added Angel Ruiz, head of Ericsson Region North America. “SaskTel now has the opportunity to move up the M2M value chain in order to capture higher proportions of available revenue within the space of IoT.”
