C-DoT, Vodafone Idea team up on IoT/M2M deployments in India

NEW DELHI: The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and deploy Internet of Things/Machine-to-Machine (IoT/M2M) solutions in India.

C-DoT is the R&D arm of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications.

The MoU was signed Tuesday on the occasion of “World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)”, as per an official statement.

While IoT has become critical today, challenges such as device network compatibility, over-the-air firmware upgrade, remote device configuration, security vulnerabilities and implementation in siloes with proprietary protocols are preventing businesses from reaping the scale benefits of IoT.

To address these challenges in IoT implementation, both C-DOT and Vodafone Idea Limited have agreed to collaborate and work jointly on a non-exclusive basis, to evaluate applications and devices from various solution providers against oneM2M specifications and offer joint certificates, the statement added.


“Collaboration with Vodafone Idea will provide great opportunity to device and application providers to deploy their solutions in the Vodafone Idea network. This platform will enable application providers to use a robust middleware framework with all necessary underlying common services to deploy a secure oneM2M compliant solution,” said RajKumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DoT.

“We strongly believe that IoT has huge potential and as a leader in IoT, this partnership will enable IoT application and device providers to launch full-proof standardized and interoperable solutions in the market,” said Arvind Nevatia, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited.

Vi in April 2021 had launched an integrated IoT portfolio for enterprises, comprising solutions in hardware, connectivity, network, application, security, analytics, and support. The telco had said it is targeting smart mobility, infrastructure and utilities sectors.