AT&T teams up with Ericsson to expand professional services for Internet of things

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To help companies adopt and accelerate IoT solutions, AT&T* has teamed up with Ericsson to build out new professional services capabilities. Together, these two leading tech companies are advancing the idea that collaboration speeds innovation.

AT&T launched its full suite of IoT professional services in January 2017. Since then, it has seen growing interest from global businesses across all industries. As a result, AT&T continues to expand its core capabilities. These include consulting, application solutions, device lifecycle solutions, and managed services and support.

With Ericsson, AT&T offers Global Device Certification. This includes testing, verification and white glove assistance with regulatory approval for IoT devices. This collaboration means AT&T customers can lower their risk and speed timelines for global IoT expansion in more than 150 countries.

ā€œCompanies want to connect things to extract value. We’re meeting that demand head-on by expanding our IoT professional services capabilities,ā€ said Mike Troiano, vice president, IoT Solutions, AT&T. ā€œOur services help businesses achieve scale and longevity in design, lower cost implementations, save time and resources, and innovate quicker.ā€

Within IoT, smart cities deployments are seeing significant global momentum. Smart water meters, for example, help municipalities and utilities save on operational costs and improve their customer service.

Badger Meter, a smart water meter company, depends on AT&T. It uses reliable, secure AT&T networks and AT&T Global SIM wireless connectivity. The company recently turned to AT&T’s professional services to certify its water meter devices as it expands into new global markets.

Together, AT&T and Ericsson handled the global pre-launch process to help reduce regulatory and technological complexity. Experienced in-country certification processors at local test labs were coordinated by a central office from submission through issuing the certification packages. This provided a simpler, more streamlined process – letting Badger Meter focus on more strategic activities for growing business.

Now, the Badger Meter ORION Cellular LTE and soon to be released LTE-M endpoint allow water utilities to manage existing resources more efficiently and more reliably. The integration of this smart city water technology ultimately helps reduce truck-rolls, lessen time spent on resolving issues and provide analytic-based information to support proactive decision making across the utility.

ā€œAT&T has been with us since the start – connecting our people, processes and things. The team is helping to speed up the device certification process and decrease our costs and time to market,ā€ said Kim Stoll, vice president of sales and marketing, Badger Meter. ā€œAT&T has provided extraordinary value through their global reach, depth of expertise, and best-in-class collaborations with companies like Ericsson. We look forward to extending our relationship with device certification in more countries.ā€

ā€œThrough our collaboration for global device certification, AT&T and Ericsson are building a global ecosystem for IoT, enabling enterprises to capitalize on the opportunities of the Internet of Things,ā€ said Jeff Travers, head of IoT, Ericsson. ā€œWith these services, enterprises can reduce the risk of launching devices and decrease their time to market as they expand globally.ā€