Cellular IoT - the engine driving digital transformation in energy & utilities

Given the global call for change sparked by pressing trends as climate change, decarbonization and electrification, firms within the energy & utilities industry are increasingly facing challenges as part of the ongoing transformation. By connecting their assets and adopting IoT solutions, energy & utility actors will be able to realize their digital transformation ambitions, unlocking capabilities needed to cope with the increasing pace of change.

IoT, especially cellular, carries advantages for energy & utilities enterprises on a digital transformation journey. Cellular is future proof which is key due to the long investment cycle within the industry, requiring extensive planning horizons. Cellular IoT provides the benefit of addressing multiple use cases simultaneously while at the same time catering to future use cases via future-proofed technologies as eSIM/eUICC. This provides a unique opportunity for enterprises within energy & utilities to support their lifecycle management without a need to change their connectivity hardware as new use cases emerge. However, to unlock the potential of IoT, energy & utility companies still face several barriers that vendors need to address. At the top of the list is ease of integration and usage, scalability, control, and security.

To successfully continue to accelerate digitalization and adoption of IoT solutions within the energy & utilities industry, Ericsson and its partners can provide support and facilitate the transformation journey, enabling enterprises to easily deploy, manage and scale their global IoT business from a single IoT connectivity management platform.