LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint (NYSE:S)
today announced that its ground-breaking Curiosity™ IoT platform
will soon be available for customers in Australia thanks to a new relationship with
Australia's largest mobile network
operator, Telstra. The announcement is the first in a series of
efforts by the company to enable international IoT solutions. Going
beyond roaming, the relationship with Telstra will allow for local
breakout in Australia, helping to
improve roundtrip time and enabling better performance of
customer's IoT applications. Curiosity™ IoT service is
expected to be available in Australia in the first half of 2020.
"Curiosity IoT will add a new layer of capability to customer's
IoT needs in Australia," said
Ivo Rook, senior vice president of
IoT and product development for Sprint. "We are thrilled to be
working together with Telstra to extend our access with full
visibility across deployments, helping our customers benefit from
the Curiosity IoT platform when their business takes them to
Australia."
"Our agreement with Sprint makes it effortless for IoT customers
with international needs to implement solutions in Australia, with access to local in-country
profiles," said Gerhard Loots, head
of Global IoT solutions for Telstra. "Our local profiles will
provide Curiosity IoT customers with a local point-of-presence in
Australia which will be very
helpful as a service differentiator, especially for latency
sensitive applications."
To cement the Telstra and Sprint relationship, one of the first
customer deals has been inked with Wagz, an animal-loving connected
pet company that offers smart tracking and feeding solutions. Wagz
now has access to the Telstra network in Australia to extend its global reach through
the Curiosity IoT platform.
"We are excited to continue with our mission to bring the
connected pet lifestyle to families across the globe thanks to
connectivity that enables our innovative technologies with Sprint
Curiosity IoT," said Wagz CEO, Terry
Anderton. From device and connectivity management to
international expansion, Curiosity IoT continues to demonstrate
true partnership with existing capabilities and plans."
Certainty℠ Capability™
Curiosity™
Sprint Business is changing the way SMBs,
enterprises and government entities connect, manage and secure its
people, places and things – orchestrating an array of next
generation technologies and insights, artificial intelligence and
the power of Sprint's converged wireless, wireline and Curiosity™
IoT capabilities to create unparalleled products and solutions.
Curiosity™ IoT will be on display at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Come see it for yourself in the
Sprint meeting area at the ARIA Resort and Hotel. To set up a
briefing with a Sprint executive or to schedule a demo in person,
contact Sprint@godriven360.com.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect
its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint
served 53.9 million connections as of September 30, 2019 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading
no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Today, Sprint's legacy of
innovation and service continues with an increased investment to
dramatically improve coverage, reliability, and speed across its
nationwide network and commitment to launching a 5G mobile network
in the U.S. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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