MTN Business's new pan-African Internet of things (IOT) platform is set to help businesses grow their presence into new African markets, says MTN.
Speaking at the launch of the new platform in Johannesburg last month, Mteto Nyati, MTN Group Chief Enterprise Officer, noted the platform, with consistent rates across all regions, would make it easier for customers expanding their footprint to harness IOT in a uniform way across the continent.
With 47 data centres and an MPLS network across much of Africa, the new platform will be built on top of existing infrastructure, but on a separate network to reduce the risk of latency. Roll-out will start in South Africa, followed by Nigeria, Uganda and other key markets in coming months. MTN is now in discussions with telecoms service providers in countries where the company does not operate, to support the platform in their regions. "This M2M platform - by Africa, for Africa - will empower businesses and innovators to create solutions that address Africa's challenges," he said.
This quest to empower businesses is in line with MTN's new vision to be the ICT partner of choice, supporting companies growing their business in Africa.
"In recent months, we set ourselves a challenge to enable customers and help them grow. We made three important decisions about our business direction: that we would focus on reducing complexity for companies moving to new regions; bring more people into the digital world for greater economic inclusion; and transform government to citizen engagement for the better. The new M2M platform provides the foundation for this."
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