Deutsche Telekom has launched its Telekom Open IoT labs to help bring more Nb-IoT solutions to market.
Based in Dortmund, the new facility will host IoT experts from Deutsche Telekom and scientists from Fraunhofer IML to work together to develop and test IoT solutions for the manufacturing, logistics and aviation sectors.
The Labs will be open to other companies interested in collaborating with Deutsche Telekom and Fraunhofer to develop application-specific IoT prototypes. Telekom Open IoT Labs will thus add an industrial IoT component to Deutsche Telekom's existing network of R&D facilities.
Fraunhofer is providing comprehensive expertise in hardware and applications in IoT environments. And Deutsche Telekom is providing its network expertise, together with IoT and cloud solutions, all of which are key elements for IoT-based digitization.
Prototypes for holistic IoT solutions
In a first step, the two partners will work jointly with interested companies to identify requirements for IoT solutions and to define these applications. Subsequently they will create them by developing and producing hardware, software and connectivity prototypes.
Anette Bronder, Head of Digital and Security Departmet, Deutsche Telekom
At Telekom Open IoT Labs, we will not be pursuing basic research. Instead, we will offer companies specific benefits by solving their problems using IoT solutions.
