Everything Everywhere launches M2M management platform
Everything Everywhere, the UK's leading communications company, today launches its new M2M Management Platform as a major step towards its goal of becoming partner of choice in the machine-to-machine (M2M) space. The M2M Management Platform– a proprietary M2M platform developed in partnership with Transatel – has been designed to allow business customers to manage their accounts and connections securely wherever they are.
Everything Everywhere's ambition to lead in telemetry is also supported by the announcement of a new specialist M2M partner, Redtail Telematics, which will expand its ability to provide connectivity solutions for customers in a number of new service areas.
Marc Overton, Vice President Wholesale and M2M, Everything Everywhere said: "The launch of the M2M Management Platform is a key step in our ambition to become the number one partner of choice for M2M services. Companies of all sizes are asking for solutions that are easy to deploy, with a self-service platform that puts the control back into their hands.
"We are expanding into new markets and innovative areas of service that will help companies to transform their business through mobility. As part of this we are thrilled to be working with Transatel and Redtail and are actively seeking other expert partners around the world to help us to achieve Everything Everywhere's ambition to provide customers with instant access to data wherever they are.”
The M2M Management Platform
The Everything Everywhere M2M Management Platform – available now to new customers – provides a self-service portal for customers to access and manage all their account information quickly and securely, with complete control over their SIM accounts. The self-service web portal features:
- Connection profiles: including identification of relevant services for the user
- Tariffs: bundles can be shared across connections and subscriptions can be added
- Call Detail Records: providing customers with records for every SMS and GPRS call within one hour
- SIMs: can be ordered directly via the M2M Management Platform
This is the first phase of the M2M Management Platform launch, and it will be followed by the release of the API to allow customers to integrate M2M operations into existing CRM systems and other business applications.
Accompanying the API release, Everything Everywhere will also encourage innovation and the incubation of new M2M solutions, by supporting the developer community. They will be provided with free SIM cards loaded with credit for testing, and given access to Everything Everywhere labs in which to work on their projects.
Everything Everywhere partnership with Redtail Telematics
Everything Everywhere has signed a Global partnership with specialist M2M technology provider Redtail Telematics and its sister organisation the Plextek Group, the world-leading telematics company with over 5 million devices delivered into the automotive aftermarket. Through the partnership, the GPS tracking in devices – which include applications such as stolen vehicle recovery, fleet management and smart insurance – be communicated via SIM cards from Everything Everywhere.
Everything Everywhere – already active in smart metering and vehicle and fleet management – is working to expand into other areas such as global logistics, connected devices for the home and workplace, wellbeing solutions and international M2M offerings. As part of the company's ongoing partnership strategy, Everything Everywhere is seeking expert partners around the world to enable the offering of unique and innovative solutions in new markets*.
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Notes to editors:
* Companies interested in partnering with Everything Everywhere to develop M2M solutions should contact john.ross@everythingeverywhere.com.
Everything Everywhere's partnership with Transatel represents a new partnership between the two companies which have been successfully working together in the MVNO market in the UK since 2007.
Contacts:
Everything Everywhere Press Office:
everything.everywhere@golinharris.com or 0870 373 1500
About Everything Everywhere
Everything Everywhere Limited is the company running two of the UK's most famous brands – T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK).
Owned jointly by Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom respectively, Everything Everywhere Limited is the UK's biggest communications company, with a combined customer base of almost 28 million people and more than 720 retail stores across the country. Everything Everywhere Limited plans to transform the industry by giving customers instant access to everything everywhere, offering the best value, best choice and best network experience in the country.
About REDTAIL Telematics®
REDTAIL Telematics Ltd is a global business entity based in North America with headquarters in the United Kingdom. The REDTAIL organisation has an exclusive agreement with Plextek Limited, the award-winning global design consultancy, in business for over 21 years. In partnership with Plextek Limited, REDTAIL creates, manufactures and distributes award-winning designs and quality manufactured telematics products and services. For more information regarding REDTAIL Telematics, visit www.redtailtelematics.com
REDTAIL Telematics® is a registered trademark of REDTAIL Telematics Ltd
About Transatel
Transatel is a pan-European MVNO and M2M Enabler dedicated to delivering value to mobile users, mobile service providers and GSM operators. Transatel offers turn-key solution & methodology for economic players wishing to deploy and market mobile services under their own brand; infrastructure & services for GSM operators to easily integrate new mobile service providers (or MVNO) or launch a differentiated co-marketing offers; and an innovative approach to mobile service differentiation. Transatel tools & processes integrate into the existing environment from the service provider and the MNO. Depending on the service provider’s needs, Transatel services cover: order entry management, provisioning, billing (post-paid & prepaid), CRM, SIM card and value-added services. Transatel's solution runs on a mutualised platform, ensuring scalability and cost optimisation.
For more information, please visit: www.transatel.com and www.transatel-solutions.com
About EE
EE is the most advanced digital communications company in Britain, providing mobile and fixed line services to 27 million customers, and will soon become the first company in the UK to provide 4G mobile services alongside fixed-line fibre.
EE is the company that runs the Orange and T-Mobile brands in the UK, and will be launching its new superfast 4G brand – EE – in the coming weeks.
Its 4G service will cover a third of the population by the end of 2012 and its fibre service will cover 50% of the population by the end of the year.
EE's mobile service currently provides coverage to 99% of the population with 2G and 98% of the population with 3G.