- The new partnership between both organizations will focus on
the joint provision of their advanced Multi-Domestic Service across
77 markets worldwide
- The Multi-Domestic Service, a single global connectivity
management platform and common eUICC SIM solution, embraces the
GSMA Remote SIM Provisioning specification – the world's first
alliance-to-alliance remote provisioning of an eUICC SIM.
- The joint service will be demonstrated by the GMA and Bridge
Alliance at the Mobile World Congress 2016, Innovation City, Stand
A11 in Hall 3
MONTREAL, Feb. 17, 2016 /CNW/ - Bridge Alliance and
the Global M2M Association (GMA) today announce their new
partnership and the live demonstration of their advanced
Multi-Domestic Service, a single global connectivity management
platform including an eUICC SIM, which can be used in 77 markets
throughout their combined footprints. The Multi-Domestic Service
will be demonstrated in conjunction with the Samsung KNOX
Enterprise Billing capabilities by AIS and Taiwan Mobile on behalf
of Bridge Alliance, and the GMA at the Mobile World Congress 2016,
Innovation City, Stand A11 in Hall 3.
The partnership will provide a seamless customer experience with
worldwide coverage and superior quality of service, allowing device
manufacturers, enterprises, and service providers to easily deploy
their Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
services. The Multi-Domestic Service is a global solution to
address the local opportunities for higher bandwidth applications
and new business models. It significantly reduces barriers for
enterprises, keeping total cost of ownership low while maximizing
quality of service. The Multi-Domestic Service is the world's first
alliance-to-alliance remote provision based on GSMA
specifications.
Before this collaboration, multinational corporations planning
to roll out connected devices worldwide faced many hurdles,
including regulatory issues, fragmented deployment interfaces, and
multiple testing. The new partnership between GMA and Bridge
Alliance will solve these issues by putting in place robust and
secure technical capabilities to simplify multi-network M2M and IoT
deployment for multinational customers in the retail, healthcare,
consumer electronics, transportation, automotive and energy sectors
on a worldwide scale. GMA and Bridge Alliance leverage technology
providers including Ericsson (connectivity management) and Gemalto
(On-Demand Subscription Manager and eUICC) to enable a truly
consistent customer experience.
The two alliances have a complementary footprint: Bridge
Alliance members cover 35 markets from Asia-Pacific, Middle
East and Africa, and the
GMA's seven operator groups cover 42 markets in Europe, North
America, Africa as well as
Asia.
Eileen Tan, CEO of Bridge
Alliance, says: "Members of Bridge Alliance and GMA are incumbent
leaders in their home markets with the best local networks and
leading positions in M2M and IoT. This partnership gives our joint
global customers a strategic advantage by taking out complexity and
reducing time-to-market. It marks a new milestone for us and we are
truly pleased."
"We are extremely pleased to partner with Bridge Alliance. It is
our vision to jointly serve global customers by providing the
Multi-Domestic Service we introduced last year," states
Emmanuel Routier, Vice President M2M
at Orange and Steering Committee Member of the Global M2M
Association. "The Multi-Domestic Service is an innovative M2M
connectivity management service which helps our customers to
drastically simplify the global deployment, management and
operations of their connected products. The compliance of the
solution with GSMA-specification allows us to provide a scalable,
reliable and secure M2M connectivity solution to our
customers."
About Bridge Alliance
Bridge Alliance is a partnership of 35 leading mobile operators,
namely, Airtel (India,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Airtel subsidiaries in
Africa: Chad, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon,
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), AIS (Thailand), Avea (Turkey), CSL (Hong
Kong), CTM (Macau), Globe
Telecom (Philippines), Maxis
(Malaysia), MobiFone (Vietnam), Optus (Australia), Singtel (Singapore), SK Telecom (South Korea), STC (Saudi Arabia), SoftBank Corp. (Japan), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan), Telkomcel (Timor-Leste), Telkomsel
(Indonesia) and Viva (Bahrain and Kuwait).
A combined customer base of over 750 million and an extensive
footprint allow members to leverage on the collective strengths of
the alliance to develop and launch innovative roaming and
enterprise solutions. Bridge Alliance operates through a
Singapore-incorporated joint
venture company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. For more information, visit
www.bridgealliance.com
About the Global M2M Association
Established in February 2011, the
Global M2M Association (GMA) is based on a service cooperation
agreement between Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia,
TeliaSonera, Bell Canada, SoftBank
Mobile and Swisscom and covers 42 markets across Europe, North
America, Africa and
Asia. This partnership of tier 1
operators with leading LTE networks focuses on delivering
best-in-class, enhanced and seamless M2M services globally and
while maximizing the business benefits for its customers. The GMA
aspires to help businesses and organizations to increase the
availability of enhanced M2M solutions and innovations, and make
them easier to deploy and manage all around the world. All
participating parties are committed to offer customers enhanced
quality of service, M2M roaming services and interoperability
across a global footprint, by bringing together their technical and
innovation capabilities. This unified and cohesive approach will
enable to improve the incident and troubleshooting procedures and
harmonize module standards through joint testing and
certification.
In February 2015, the GMA has
introduced its Multi-Domestic Service platform. Jointly implemented
by GMA operators, the Multi-Domestic Service is designed to help
global enterprises capitalize on the growth of connected
devices.
For more information, please visit
www.globalm2massociation.com.
Press contacts:
Bridge Alliance
media@bridgealliance.com
GMA
contact@globalm2massociation.com
GMA operator press
offices:
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Deutsche Telekom
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Corporate
Communications, +49 228 181- 4949, media@telekom.de
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Orange
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Elizabeth Mayeri -
Orange Business Services, +1 212 251 2086,
elizabeth.mayeri@orange.com
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Telecom
Italia
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Press Office, +39 06
3688 2610, telecomitaliapressoffice@telecomitalia.it
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TeliaSonera
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Nicholas Rundbom,
Press Officer, +46 72 511 66 73,
nicholas.rundbom@teliasonera.com
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SoftBank
Mobile Corp.
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Corporate
Communications, +81 3 6889 2301, pr@softbank.co.jp
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Bell
Canada
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Jason Laszlo,
+1-905-614-6602, jason.laszlo@bell.ca
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Swisscom
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Dawn Antle Linke,
+41-79 876 43 08, Dawn.Linke@swisscom.com
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SOURCE Bell Canada