The two are extending their partnership with the operator supporting Oracle’s cloud-based Enterprise Communications Platform with near real-time connectivity
Vodafone Business IoT is to bring global IoT connectivity to Oracle’s Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) which uses Vodafone’s Global SIM for cellular connectivity. The ECP provides real-time, secure, reliable communications for industry applications.
The ECP is built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and uses edge architecture to give businesses “out-of-the-box connectivity and near real-time data intelligence” needed by many applications. The platform underpins Oracle’s portfolio of industry applications designed to allow industries to orchestrate, connect and manage IoT devices and new, cloud-based services.
Combined power
By combining Oracle’s ECP with Vodafone Business IoT’s connectivity, new capabilities can be supported. They include embedded AI, device lifecycle management that is secure, connection management and media routing and conferencing. The combination also brings secure, near real-time communications capabilities.
Oracle says that as the next wave of industrial transformation unfolds, near real-time connectivity is essential for various industries such as healthcare, construction and engineering, energy and water, hospitality, and the public sector.
180 countries
Vodafone’s IoT network has coverage in 180 countries, so businesses will have connectivity that complies with local regulation, allowing them to operate efficiently.
Erik Brenneis, CEO Vodafone Business IoT, said, “This collaboration will help customers to expand their operations and accelerate on a global scale with compliant connectivity in over 180 countries worldwide. We look forward to our ongoing partnership with Oracle, where we can connect more customers in more countries.”
“Connectivity is the heart of industry transformation,” said Andrew Morawski, EVP and GM, Oracle Communications. “Using drones to inspect construction job sites, remote monitoring the health of a patient, paying the bill tableside at a restaurant – none of these scenarios are possible without wireless connectivity and industry-specific applications working in harmony.
“By expanding our long partnership with Vodafone and bringing its extensive global network reach and IoT expertise together with Oracle’s, wide-ranging portfolio of industry suites, we can help create new ways to delight customers and deliver new revenue streams.”