Orange Bus. Services provides reassurance for pet owners with IoT connectivity for Tractive’s pet wearables & tracking devi...
October 24 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Seamless location tracking in multiple
countries with global connectivity
Tractive, an Austria-based developer of hardware, apps and
gadgets for pet owners, has signed an IoT connectivity services
contract with Orange Business Services. The deal provides
connectivity for Tractive products and supports the company’s
growing business around the world.
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Orange Business Services provides the
connectivity for Tractive's devices that keep pets safe. Source:
Tractive.
Orange Business Services will provide Tractive with SIM cards
for IoT connectivity in the Tractive GPS product which helps pet
owners locate their pets. With 10 million pets going missing
worldwide each year, there is a big demand for these type of
services.
Founded in 2012, Tractive has grown to cover more than 80
countries worldwide. To offer a borderless service for pet owners,
Tractive chose Orange Business Services for seamless global
connectivity. Pet owners are able to locate their cats and dogs in
real-time via their mobile devices and without fear of connectivity
loss, wherever the animals might wander.
“For the services we provide to loving pet owners, seamless and
interruption-resistant connectivity on a global scale is absolutely
key. The Orange Business Services solution caters to our customers’
needs and requirements. We are especially impressed with the global
approach from Orange and the close teamwork with our own experts.
They are not just a provider, but a trusted partner for us with our
future expansion,” said Michael Hurnaus, CEO, Tractive.
“Tractive’s intention to leverage IoT technology for the benefit
of millions of pets and their owners worldwide clearly demands a
reliable and trustworthy global provider, such as Orange. With our
proven expertise across the full spectrum of IoT services, we are
very happy to have been selected as their provider of choice and to
help enable their global growth ambitions,” said Anne-Sophie
Lotgering, senior vice president, Europe, Russia and CIS, Orange
Business Services.
The Orange Business Services IoT connectivity service is part of
Datavenue, a modular IoT and Analytics solution. To enable advanced
analysis and decision-making, the Datavenue solution encompasses
the selection of relevant data and objects, their reliable and
secure connection, and their management in the customer information
system environment. A global team of more than 700 Orange
data-scientists and engineers design and develop these innovative
services. Orange already supports over 10 million active objects
across a variety of sectors, including Smart Cities, Healthcare,
Automotive and Industry. The launch of Datavenue reaffirms the
Orange commitment to supporting businesses with their digital
transformation.
About Tractive
Tractive® engaged in the development of hardware, gadgets and
apps for pet owners. In addition to the Tractive® GPS device for
animals and the Tractive® MOTION Activity Tracker, the company
developed the animal photo platform Tractive® Photos, which allows
users to upload animal photos via free apps and share them with
other animal lovers. Since its launch hundreds of thousands of
photos have been uploaded and shared with the community. Other apps
in the portfolio are Tractive® Dog Walk, Pet BlaBla, Pet Battle and
Petnames.
Tractive® was founded in 2012 in Pasching, Austria, currently
employs more than 30 people and operates several websites.
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services, the Orange branch dedicated to B2B
services, is not only a telecom operator, but also an IT solutions
integrator and applications developer in France and around the
world. Its 20,000 employees support companies in all areas of their
digital transformation: mobile and collaborative workspaces;
IT/cloud infrastructure; fixed and mobile connectivity; private and
hybrid networks; applications for Internet of Things, 360° customer
experience and Big Data analytics; and cybersecurity thanks to
dedicated experts and infrastructure to protect information
systems. More than 3,000 multinational organizations and 2 million
SOHOs, enterprises and local authorities in France rely on Orange
Business Services as their trusted partner.
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