Rogers takes on troubleshooting with introduction of IoT as a service

telecom | 04/04/2016 8:15 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc.’s introduction of Internet of Things (IoT) management as a service removes the need for its business enterprise customers to troubleshoot their various applications and devices themselves, allowing them to focus on customer service, the company said. Ignacio Paz, Rogers’ general manager of IoT, said in a phone interview that “to drive that adoption of IoT solutions, we as an industry … need to make it simple for our customers." In...

Main IoT market to be worth $6.5B by 2018: IDC

Media | 04/21/2015 7:20 pm EDT

The main Internet of Things (IoT) market will generate $6.5 billion in revenue in Canada in 2018, representing average annual growth of 18 per cent in comparison to the $2.88 billion the market was worth in 2013, International Data Corp. said Tuesday. The research group said in a press release that a new report it has published shows that the biggest market sectors for providers of IoT technology and services will be manufacturing, health care, transportation and consumers, with consumers being the fastest growing of those markets. It said the global IoT market will see average annual growth...