HANNOVER, Germany, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today
AT&T (NYSE:T) and Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), announced they are collaborating on
opportunities to enhance connectivity through the use of
Internet of Things (IoT) products - services and technologies
that employ digital technologies to better connect with customers
and with elevator, escalator and moving walkway equipment.
As part of this collaboration, AT&T* and Otis Elevator
Company (Otis), a unit of UTC, are expanding their long-standing
relationship to develop the connectivity to support advanced
elevators while also providing mobility to more than 30,000 service
employees at Otis companies worldwide.
Otis companies around the world will use AT&T IoT technology
to aggregate data from cell networks and connect to a new enhanced
cloud environment. AT&T's Global SIM card and IoT Services,
such as Control Center, M2X and Flow Designer, will also allow Otis
to access real-time equipment performance data. In addition,
AT&T will serve as the primary mobility provider for Otis field
operations.
This collaboration is one example of how AT&T and United
Technologies are exploring ways to harness the power of digital
technologies and communications networks to improve performance,
lower costs and deliver better results for customers in building
systems and aerospace.
"We strongly believe that a new generation of elevators will be
defined by new digital tools that better connect our people with
our customers - and our customers with their equipment," said Otis
President Philippe Delpech. "We will
also develop new responsive service solutions that give Otis
employees more autonomy and Otis customers more control over their
equipment and buildings by leveraging the AT&T IoT technology
to harness data generated by the nearly 2 million elevators
currently under Otis service contract transporting over 2 billion
people per day."
For more than 15 years, Otis has used AT&T Network Services
in its commercial business. This agreement will provide new
mobility tools that put more information in the hands of Otis'
customer-facing employees and provide Otis customers enhanced
efficiency, communication and flexibility.
Experts at AT&T will help Otis accelerate efforts to create
buildings with more seamless security and transportation systems
that are invisible to the tenant or resident and are more
efficient and reduce building energy use.
"We're seeing more global businesses use IoT technologies to
take their business to the next level. They're extracting
actionable information from their machines, equipment, factories,
fleet vehicles and more," said Chris
Penrose, senior vice president, IoT Solutions, AT&T.
"The fact that Otis is extending their relationship with AT&T
to include IoT services shows they're innovative thinkers. They
understand how it can change the way they operate and interact with
their customers."
To learn more about IoT's potential to transform business, visit
www.att.com/iot and download the AT&T IoT Insights Report
here.
For more information on UTC Products, visit
http://www.utc.com.
For more information on Otis elevators, visit
http://www.otisworldwide.com.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by
subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T
brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions
around the globe connect with leading entertainment, mobile, high
speed Internet and voice services. We're the world's largest
provider of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin
American countries. We offer the best global coverage of any U.S.
wireless provider*. And we help businesses worldwide serve their
customers better with our mobility and highly secure cloud
solutions.
Additional information about AT&T products and services is
available at http://about.att.com. Follow our news on Twitter at
@ATT, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/att and YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/att.
*Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and
data roaming; LTE roaming; voice roaming; and world-capable
smartphone and tablets in more countries than any other U.S. based
carrier. International service required. Coverage not
available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country and be
limited/restricted in some countries.
About Otis
Otis is the world's largest manufacturer
and maintainer of people-moving products, including elevators,
escalators and moving walkways. Founded more than 160 years ago by
the inventor of the safety elevator, Otis offers products and
services through its companies in more than 200 countries and
territories, and maintains more than 1.9 million elevators and
escalators worldwide. For more information, visit www.otis.com or
follow @OtisElevatorCo on Twitter. Otis is a business of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), based in Farmington, Connecticut, which provides
high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace
industries. To learn more about UTC, visit our website or
follow us on Twitter: @UTC.
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SOURCE AT&T Inc.; Otis Elevator Company