Etisalat (News - Alert) reportedly announced an agreement with Pacific Controls, aDubai-headquartered total automation solution provider,to produce Machine to Machine applications and support to telco clients.

 

Under the agreement, Etisalat will collaborate with Pacific Controls to deploy applications that rely on its Mobile Business Data Service through its 3.5G network for M2M communication. The widespread availability of Etisalat’s 3.5G network makes it an attractive technology to replace existing equipment or to deploy new wireless solutions. The M2M equipment monitoring control services enable remote asset owners to monitor, manage, and optimize operation of remote equipment without traveling to or maintaining staff at the equipment site.

 

According to Abdulla Hashim, senior vice president of business solutions at Etisalat: “This agreement with Pacific Controls represents a great opportunity for both partners to harness the potential of M2M solutions across industries. We look forward to working closely with Pacific Controls to utilize our joint expertise to offer attractive value propositions for companies across different verticals to facilitate business efficiency and increased productivity in addition to helping enterprises become greener.”

 

M2M is a technology which allows intelligent machines to talk to each other via the Internet to automate the collection of essential data faster and accurately without human intervention.

 

Typically, M2M solutions include a network comprising of sensors, middleware, software and applications that help improve efficiency and quality by tying together a myriad of sensors with mission critical applications like asset management, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management. M2M solutions would be of great benefit in areas like fleet management, point of sale solution, smart-metering and energy consumptions, building and asset management, remote health care in addition to various other areas.

 

The most recent results presented by climate scientists are alarming; the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is growing faster than originally predicted. The ICT industry, a key player in creating a low carbon society, can replace goods and services with virtual equivalents and adopt various technologies to enable energy efficiency.

 

In related news from that area of the Middle East, the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, or du, launched a nationwide prepaid telephone service, offering international calls from home landlines starting at 1 fil per second, the cheapest rate so far.