31 Operators in 15 Countries Creating
Innovative IoT Solutions; APAC IoT market to Reach 11 billion
Connections by 2025
LONDON-Wednesday 25 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA APAC IoT Partnership Programme has
expanded to include more than thirty mobile operators making it the
largest IoT community in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), the GSMA
announced today. The programme brings operators and their partners
together including developers, manufacturers and system integrators to
share best practice, discuss challenges and progress updates on the
development of IoT across the region. The initiative has seen 7
operators open 9 new IoT Labs in the region to help develop new
IoT-based solutions. APAC has the largest IoT market in the world and is
expected to reach 11 billion connections by 2025 and be worth $386
billion, according to GSMA Intelligence.
“The
programme has doubled in size in less than a year and that is testament
to the support, engagement and commitment of the mobile operator
community who are collaborating closely with their partners to lead the
expansion and growth of IoT across the region,” said Julian Gorman, Head
of Asia Pacific, GSMA. “This is now the largest cross-regional IoT
community in the world and we are already seeing the impact it is having
in terms of the development of new solutions. I look forward to seeing
how it continues to grow in the coming years.”
APAC Impact
Since
launch in October 2018, the APAC IoT Partnership Programme has had an
instant impact throughout the region, encouraging more than 120
companies such as IoT developers or solutions companies to work with
operators. The programme has also supported the development, design and
funding of 9 new IoT Labs throughout the region that is encouraging the
development of new products. The IoT labs are a key mechanism for
collaboration, encouraging the joint development of new use cases,
services and applications that are enabling IoT innovations to be
effectively deployed. The programme has also held a series of workshops
exploring key industry topics such as Mobile IoT, AI and 5G as well as
offered capacity building for local regulators and stakeholders and
provided best practice support.
Mobile IoT Experiencing Fastest Global Growth
The
APAC region is the fastest growing IoT market in the world, accounting
for approximately 40 per cent of the total global IoT spend in 2018.
Global Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) or Mobile IoT network connections have
also been driven primarily by the APAC region accounting for nearly 97%
of all NB-IoT connections according to ABI Research. Mobile IoT
networks are being merged into 5G standards to support low latency,
massive IoT and large bandwidth. Thirty-seven of the world’s 119 Mobile
IoT networks are also deployed in Asia Pacific across 15 countries.
China in particular has been a key market in driving early adoption,
accounting for 40 per cent of the global LPWA connections in 2018.
IoT @ GSMA Mobile 360 – Digital Societies
The GSMA IoT programme will host a number of different activities at GSMA M360 – Digital Societies held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday 26 September 2019. This includes the APAC IoT Innovation Summit which
provides attendees with insight from mobile operators and their
partners on the latest developments in Mobile IoT. There will also be a
number of interactive demos showcasing Mobile IoT, 5G, AI, Big Data
Analytics, Blockchain and Drones at IoT Expo – Connected APAC. This
will include hands on demonstrations from key industry verticals such
as agriculture, aviation and retail and host smart home, smart traffic
and smart poultry solutions. For further information, please go here: https://www.gsma.com/iot/events/m360-apac-iot-summit/#expo
The Birth of Beyond Connectivity
The
GSMA will launch the ‘Beyond Connectivity’ campaign at Mobile 360 –
Digital Societies. Beyond Connectivity describes how mobile operators
are delivering innovation and transformative solutions to customers
across big data, machine learning, analytics, edge computing and
distributed ledger technologies and delivering beyond just data
connectivity. To find out more, please go to: www.gsma.com/BeyondConnectivity
Notes to Editors
- Operators include Axiata Group (Axiata Robi, Celcom, Dialog Axiata, Ncell, Smart Axiata, XL Axiata and Xpand), Indosat Ooredoo, Jazz, M1, Maxis, Mobitel, Smartfren, Singtel Group (Singtel, Optus), StarHub, Telenor Group (Digi, DTAC, Grameenphone, Telenor Connexion, Telenor Myanmar, Telenor Pakistan), Telstra, TM ONE, True, Rakuten, Viettel Group (Metfone, Mytel, Unitel, Viettel), Vodafone Idea
About the GSMA
The
GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting
more than 750 operators and nearly 400 companies in the broader mobile
ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies,
equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in
adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the industry-leading
MWC events held annually in Barcelona, Los Angeles and Shanghai, as well
as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.
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