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“We see four key growth new business markets – all of which offer and invoicing services, and facilitates the
management of connections on a massive
tremendous opportunities thanks to the
engines – customer, home, penetration of new-generation information scale via a web user interface or API – a
business and new business technology. Fully leveraging 5G, cloud, key facet given the immense number of
markets – all of which offer artificial intelligence and data centers new IoT devices and applications that will
will not only support this transformation,
be coming online in the next few years,
tremendous opportunities but also meet people’s needs for a more some of which are difficult to even imagine
thanks to the penetration fulfilling digital life.” yet.

of new-generation inform- CMI’s infrastructure is designed to cope It’s important to stress that with each
ation technology. Fully with this volume of data at the speed new connection, there’s a responsibility
leveraging 5G, cloud, required by having plenty of room for to navigate and manage new security
scaling up. Its iConnect IoT runs on a
vulnerabilities and privacy concerns. CMI
artificial intelligence dedicated network infrastructure, offering has some of the most security systems in
and data centers will 2G, 3G, 4G and NB-IoT global roaming, place anywhere, while it complies fully with
local data privacy regulation in whichever
plus IoT SIM cards, with connectivity
not only support this and lifecycle management, along with jurisdictions it operates.
transformation, but also integrated device management and billing Drivers of data growth
services. CMI will shortly add 5G to its
meet people’s needs for a suite of network offerings, having been In terms of IoT usage, besides video, use
more fulfilling digital life.” granted a licence in June. of household and wearable devices is set
to grow strongly in the near-term. In the
iConnect connectivity management longer term, use of drones will likely grow,
sensors, and cameras that make up An important feature of iConnect is that its particularly in the business space, such for
the IoT, continues to grow at a steady connectivity management platform offers a agriculture or maintenance work in hard-
pace. International Data Corporation single-contract, single-platform approach to-access places. But industry and autos
(IDC) estimates that there will be 41.6 to comprehensive IoT connectivity. It’s will see the fastest data growth rates, with
billion connected IoT devices, or "things," a one-stop solution that’s the simplest CAGR of 60% a year from 2018 to 2025,
generating 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data way to gain access to the market – one according to the IDC.
in 2025. This estimate for connected contract with one carrier that provides
IoT devices compares with 8.6 billion in global connectivity through one platform. The more remarkable thing is that the data
2018. (One zettabyte is a 1 followed by 22 It’s an approach that works well with collating capacity will run to so-called rich
zeroes.) enterprise customers. data that includes images, audio and video
– i.e. more complex data sources – which
Large amounts of this data will likely be On top of that, customers have access to will draw on artificial intelligence.
generated by video, other categories such a self-service portal that includes billing
as industrial and medical will generate more CMI IPX supports the latest 5G roaming, 2G,
data over time, according to the IDC. There CMI IPX supports the 3G and 4G roaming, SMS interconnection
is an obvious direct relationship between latest 5G roaming, 2G, gateways and VoLTE services. CMI works
all the "things" and the data these things with 495 roaming partners globally and
create. The key is to be able to convert 3G and 4G roaming, SMS have secured IPX on-net coverage with 80
this data into meaningful information. IDC interconnection gateways operators. CMI covers almost 98% of Asia
projects that the amount of data created and VoLTE services. CMI Pacific as the region’s IPX hub with the
by these connected IoT devices will see a most extensive coverage.
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of works with 495 roaming
28.7% a year from 2018 to 2025. partners globally and CMI IPX has launched 32 roaming

“CMI is expanding its business from have secured IPX on-net connections for China Mobile and we
support all China Mobile 5G roaming,
communication services to information coverage with 80 operators. with the largest 5G coverage and over
services and refocusing its business 130 million 5G subscribers globally. We
from mobile market to accelerate digital CMI covers almost 98% of were also first to market with optimized
transformation in the economy and Asia Pacific as the region’s IoT roaming connectivity, supporting 5G
society,” said Andrew Niu, Chief Partnership IPX hub with the most roaming since last year and planning for
Officer at CMI. “We see four key growth NB-IoT roaming soon.
engines – customer, home, business and extensive coverage.

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