IoT and infrastructure are complex, lack cohesion and deter customers

In November, Vodafone UK launched a new range of IoT services in partnership with IoT.nxt, which is majority owned by Vodafone Group’s South African unit, Vodacom. An end-to-end offering, it comprises devices and sensors, a data management platform and professional services. One of its chief aims is to lower the barriers to IoT adoption.

“Our objective is to make it easy for customers to understand which is the best connectivity for their application and make it simpler to implement, so they can start realising the benefits that come with IoT,” says Skipper. IoT.nxt is one of several IoT solutions specialists to have been acquired by Vodafone over the years. Others include German IoT solutions provider Grandcentrix, South Africa-based Mezzanine and Greece’s Innovus.

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