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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS

“For quite a while I had been receiving requests from our
customers to develop a SIM card to connect IoT devices
in a more effective and affordable manner. The offering
of large mobile telephony operators is not clear or flexi-
ble at all and the fixed costs are very expensive. Building
on our decade-long experience in the TLC market, after
connecting hundreds of thousands of people all over the
world with Zeromobile and ChatSim, our target now is to
connect millions of IoT devices all over the world thanks
to Things Mobile, with an unbelievable permanent roam-
ing rate!”, Zanella said.

The rate, plus the unique technical features of the SIM
card, makes Things Mobile kind of the most affordable,
Anyway, Things Mobile allows connecting and manag-
competitive and reliable IoT operator on global markets.
ing IoT products all over the world, with a very competi-
The spreading of the IoT and the Industrial IoT will make
tive rate starting from US$ 0.15/MB thanks to a partner-
it possible to reorganize and radically overhaul produc-
ship with 250 operators in 165 countries around the
tion integrating design, labor organization, product con-
world. The Things Mobile wireless connection works
trol, marketing, sales, customer relations and mainte-
everywhere, even if there is no Wi-Fi, allowing you to
nance.
bring any IoT device immediately to any market.

“According to a recent Cisco survey, 99% of people and
Furthermore, the Things Mobile SIM card claims to pro-
things in the world are currently not connected to the
vide the best connection, coverage and quality for half
Web, nor are they connected to one another,” explains
the price compared to conventional mobile operators.
Manuel Zanella. “This is a huge investment opportunity
The company offers a single rate plan that is simple,
for manufacturers and operators alike. Exploiting the
user-friendly and easy to manage.
continuous advances made by means of communication
and technologies used to connect to the Internet will lead
Things Mobile ensures a wireless connection around
to the greatest digital revolution ever experienced”, he
the world without initial costs or fixed costs. It connects
added.
automatically to the operator with the best available
Although there are already billions of objects now con- signal, supports customers on all networks: 2G, 3G and
4G LTE, fits any device (mini, micro, nano, and SIM on
nected around the world with this new technology, the
chip), meets the highest standards of privacy and secu-
impact will be felt in new fields of business and in the
rity for your sensitive data, provides APIs for custom
economy in general. Research companies believe that
integrations and GSM localization. It all sounds great,
there will be over 25 billion IoT devices by 2020 and we
right? So, what are you waiting for? ◊
will see what happens then.
By Daniela La Marca

12—14 September, 2017—Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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