Vodafone holds internet of things workshop
Vodafone Ghana has organised a one-day workshop on ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), the next stage of telecom evolution, to showcase the company’s readiness for new frontiers in the technology space.
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Internet of Things helps machines and devices to connect to each other and communicate, providing a transformational tool on how people run their businesses and lives.
Vodafone, which is readying itself to deploy the advanced technology which supports heavy data, commonly referred to as IoT, would deploy services to cover some of the most crucial areas of the economy such as health, transport, logistics, banking, utilities and security.
Commenting on the new opportunities Ghana is yet to experience in the IoT market, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Machina Research, Mr Matt Hatton, said: “Vodafone Ghana’s IoT service provides businesses with centrally hosted secure self-service which delivers authentic and access control, near real-time usage, and management of any global SIM.”
He said the company’s solutions promised to deliver usage at ‘near’ real time – meaning, the information so required would be delivered in one-tenth of a millisecond, saying “that is life saving enough”.
Mr Hatton said businesses could now manage four networks on just one Vodafone SIM with Vodafone Ghana’s IoT services.
“This is definitely the start of a revolution that would certainly help companies in the country move to the next level of performance and make them more results-oriented.
“The world of work as we know it will never be the same again and organisations that fail to adopt such technologies would eventually be left behind in the competitive game”.
Addressing business owners, experts and developers, decision makers, the Head of Vodafone Business Solutions, Ms Angela Mensah Bonsu, said IoT was cementing Vodafone’s offering in Ghana, exceeding its deliverables across varied and multiple sectors in Ghana.
“As a clear market leader in the Enterprise space in Ghana’s telecommunications sector, we cannot rest on our laurels – we want to further entrench this position and continue to lead the way and IoT will help us in this direction”, she said.