With the aim of creating digital transformation in the automotive industry, Irancell signed a memorandum of cooperation on the subject of connected cars with Emdad Khodro Iran
According to the Iran digital economy annotation, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, in a ceremony attended by Reza Ganji, CEO of Emdad Khodro Iran; Bijan Abbasi Arand, the CEO of Irancell and a group of senior managers of the two groups, signed a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of participating in connected car services between this digital operator and Emdad Khodro Iran at the location of Emdad Khodro Iran.
This memorandum, which was signed by both parties on the topic of creating a partnership in the provision of connected car services, cooperation in areas such as “providing the communication network infrastructure required for the development of the connected car plan”, “providing a suitable data center, server and information processing and storage infrastructure” as well as the security of information exchange and storage”, “providing an Internet of Things platform, suitable for the use of connected cars”, “providing the equipment and tools needed to connect cars and collect, send and process data”, “creating a sales network, supporting customers and It includes the call center and providing services to customers and end users of the connected car solution and “co-locate space for equipment”.
Planning for a fleet of connected vehicles
In this ceremony, Bijan Abbasi Arand, presenting a history of the formation of Irancell, said: “After the license was granted and the establishment of Irancell, the monopoly was removed in the market, followed by competition, which led to the development of communication infrastructure equipment and breaking prices.” This competition made the SIM card, which was once a capital good, become a consumer good and people can access it easily and at the lowest cost.
Likewise, the presence and formation of Irancell brought new technologies to the country; including the first mobile data service, mobile broadband service and recently the fifth generation of mobile phones, which motivates and encourages other players in this industry to work. In the last few years, we have focused and invested a lot on 5G, which has led to the launch of more than 650 sites so far, and by the end of next year, this number will double.”
Referring to Irancell’s activities in creating digital transformation in the automotive industry, he said: “In the last few years, we have done a lot of planning and investment for fleet management and connected car services, and with the help of domestic technology companies, we have reached a suitable platform on Irancell’s secure mobile network (APN) platform is placed and with its good stability, it serves car manufacturers.
Our other action was investing in the Internet of Things network, which fortunately led to equipping Irancell’s network, and now we are ready to create this service for them anywhere and upon the request of any group of the country.”
Irancell’s CEO also pointed to Irancell’s other smart services and technology and said: “Recently and with the signing of a memorandum of understanding, we implemented the infrastructure of the emergency call system (e-call) in the automotive industry as a pilot and we are ready to implement this service on a wider scale in Bring the country to the implementation stage.
Fortunately, the service infrastructure (e-sim) also exists in the Irancell network and is active as a pilot, but due to the existing sanctions, we need to remove some considerations so that we can benefit from it by using devices that support this service.
We want to be a technology-oriented company
Abbasi Arand further explained the importance of the data center issue in this MoU and explained Irancell’s actions and said: “We have very high standards for data centers, in which criteria such as stability and security are very important. In terms of the amount of information, the automobile field needs to predict a suitable data center for information storage, and with the help of artificial intelligence, we increase the intelligence of these data centers so that with the help of data analysis, we can plan and act to provide better services to subscribers.
Our strategy in the last few years is to move from a basic communication service company (Telco) to a technology-oriented company (Techco) and considering that the world is active in the field of smart electric cars, we are also ready to use our capacities in this field. take development measures and I believe that the signing of this memorandum can be an important step towards the realization of digital transformation in the country’s automobile industry.”
In the continuation of the ceremony, the CEO of Emdad Khodro Iran said: “Emad Khodro Iran is the largest car service fleet in the country, which serves the people with 1,500 active fleets. The issue of intelligentization of the automobile industry, especially due to its environmental effects, is of great importance to Iran Khodro Automobile Group and the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, and without cooperation with Irancell as one of the big and influential actors of the ICT industry, it is not possible to realize it.
Ganji also pointed to the advantages of the connected car service and continued: “We are ready to make the car rescue services smarter by expanding cooperation in the field of location-based platforms and through the applications of the connected car services, our most important concern is to reduce the number of deaths and accidents. It is a road, let’s implement it.”
At the end of the ceremony, the attendees visited the call center of Emdad Khodro Iran Company, which supports 18,000 to 20,000 incoming calls daily, and were closely informed about the operation process of this center.
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