Qatar's leading telecom company Ooredoo said its unit Indosat has joined hands with Ericsson, a leader in communications technology and services, to launch a cloud-based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platform in Indonesia.

The platform, Ericsson Device Connection Platform (DCP), uses innovative technologies suited to developing markets, which create connected solutions to existing problems.

Indosat is the first member of Ooredoo Group to launch this M2M platform with Qatar, Algeria and Tunisia scheduled to follow this year, said Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo.

"Our cloud-based M2M service delivers a higher, faster level of support and more agile service for business customers. This launch is the first in a series of group-wide innovations that will deliver better results for businesses," noted Dr Marafih.
 
"Additionally the platform will play a key role in speeding up the implementation of smart city technologies, supporting our customer’s Connected Lives and helping develop smarter economies, smarter infrastructure, smarter environments and smarter governance in the markets that we operate," he stated.

Alexander Rusli, the president director and chief executive of Indosat, said: "One of its missions is to provide products and services which enhance the quality of the communities we operate in. Our commitment extends further to promise delivery of the best business customer experience through these services."

"By partnering to provide best M2M products and solutions we have realized one of our missions and commitments here in Indonesia," stated Rusli.  

Thomas Jul, the head of Ericsson Indonesia and Timor Leste, said M2M would enable the full potential of its vision of the Networked Society, where everything that benefit for being connected will be connected.

"With Indosat we will explore the opportunities that will arise with M2M and empower people, business and society in Indonesia," he added.-TradeArabia News Service