Oracle partners with Vodafone for IoT communications platform

Cloud provider Oracle and telecoms firm Vodafone have announced a partnership to connect the formers’ Edge cloud offering to the latter’s Internet of Things (IoT) network. This partnership aims to bring global IoT connectivity to Oracle’s Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) customers.

Erik Brenneis, CEO of Vodafone Business IoT, said: “We’re excited to announce the next step in our partnership with Oracle – providing reliable and secure connectivity to its Enterprise Communications Platform customers. This collaboration will help customers expand their operations and accelerate on a global scale with compliant connectivity in over 180 countries worldwide. We look forward to our ongoing partnership with Oracle, where we can connect more customers in more countries.”

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Andrew Morawski, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications, added: “By expanding our long partnership with Vodafone and bringing its extensive global network reach and IoT expertise together with Oracle’s wide-ranging portfolio of industry suites, we can help create new ways to delight customers and deliver new revenue streams.”