Huawei and Telef·nica, have come together to open the NB-IoT Open Lab to work on the development of products and applications related to Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology.
Telef·nica·s NB-IoT Open Lab will be opened in Chile in the next few monthes aimed to boost the IoT business ecosystem and lead the innovation in the IoT space. It will allow IoT players such as equipment vendors, service providers, end-user OEM device makers and application developers, to deploy faster their services & applications over Telef·nica·s networks.
They will also have early access to new IoT developments by combining Huawei resources and capabilities with Telef·nica Chile·s well established R&D Centre·s facilities, resources and know-how.
As Hern·n Orellana, Executive Director of Telef·nica Chile·s R&D Centre, says: 'This Open Lab will allow us to put Chile at the forefront of technology, especially in the IoT networks arena, more precisely NB-IOT, where our experience is already recognized in the industry.'
This Open LAB will have a permanent showroom in Telef·nica·s headquarters in Madrid where the newest IoT solutions coming from Chile will be demoed regularly.
Telef·nica Chile's R&D Centre, is a joint initiative between Telef·nica and the Chilean government with the goal of promoting an open and participatory Internet of Things ecosystem. The IoT Competence Centre of this NB-IoT Open Lab in Chile will be a meeting point for the IoT community in order to foster the use of the new technologies by organising events such as 'plug-fests', collaborative design and testing, tutorial sessions and co-development programmes for start-ups amongst others. It is a fruitful networking space where different players in the delivery chain can work together to boost the adoption of new IoT services.
Telef·nica and Huawei jointly deployed the first field NB-IoT smart metering service in Chile during 2016.This initiative enables the roll out of such experiences to many other areas and applications.
Vicente Mu·oz, Chief IoT Officer at Telef·nica, explains: 'Telef·nica NB-IoT Open Lab is an IoT space that aims at building a complete ecosystem of partners, manufacturers, technicians, developers and designers to bring the best solutions to market around Mobile IoT networks. Chile NB-IoT Open Lab will accelerate the development of IoT commercial solutions and ensure they are supported by a broad ecosystem.'
Patrick Zhang, President, Huawei Marketing and Solutions Department said, 'We are proud to be partnering with Telef·nica in the creation of the NB-IoT Open Lab. The NB-IoT Open Lab will strengthen the strategic cooperation between Huawei and Telef·nica on technology innovation and eco-system maturation relating to NB-IoT. Huawei will work closely with Telef·nica to launch the NB-IoT Open Lab for the continuous technology evolution and acceleration of the commercial deployment.'
