Mobily, Jasper go live in Saudi Arabia

Mobily, one of the leading communications companies in Saudi Arabia, along with Jasper Wireless, the major connected devices platform powering the mobile Internet of Things, Wednesday announced the availability of services to wirelessly connect machine-to-machine (M2M) and consumer electronics devices in Saudi Arabia.
The number of wireless M2M connections in the Middle East is forecast to rise to 119.7 million by the end of 2016, according to research by industry analyst firm Visiongain.
Mobily is launching its commercial services at a time of significant growth in the IoT market in the region, with businesses adopting M2M services across multiple sectors, including the construction industry — with heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and security systems — utilities, m-health and connected vehicles.
Jasper Wireless is providing Mobily with the flexibility and ease of implementation to deliver the necessary applications and services to profitably connect and manage a range of embedded wireless devices across Mobily’s key vertical markets.
“With a 40 percent market share, Mobily has an excellent presence in the MENA region — a region itself that has enviable growth rates and potential, particularly for M2M communications,” said Cindy Patterson, chief revenue officer, Jasper.
“Working across multiple markets, the cloud-based delivery model is critical to Mobily’s ability to quickly launch commercial services and capitalize on the rapid growth potential in the market. Mobily is well placed now with the necessary applications and services to accelerate its offerings to businesses looking to exploit the growth in IoT services globally,” Patterson added.
"Working across such a range of vertical markets, from automotive and health care to construction and utilities, requires a level of flexibility and scalability that only a cloud-based platform can deliver,” said Marwan Al-Ahmadi, chief business officer at Mobily.