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Imagine that your machines and devices communicate with one another wirelessly: Containers constantly report their position to you, so that you are not surprised by delays. You can see how many people are currently in each of your branches at a glance. Machines warn you before they need to be repaired and operation has to be shut down. Networked sensors allow you to monitor and improve your company’s processes efficiently and in real time. That is the Internet of Things – and it’s all made possible by the mobile network of Deutsche Telekom.

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Previously unimagined possibilities for companies

The possibilities for new business models and the increase in productivity and efficiency are unprecedented. Here are just a few practical examples from the field.

  • Sustainability goals can only be achieved if we integrate and interlink cities and infrastructure. One component is intelligent waste disposal, by equipping waste containers with sensors. Waste disposal companies can adapt the route of the vehicles to the actual demand.

    Your benefits:

    • Monitoring of waste containers supports efficient routing

    • Reduction of traffic load and prevent illegal waste disposal

    • Transparent reporting about effectiveness regarding clean cities

    • Long batterie lives and low energy consumption thanks to NB-IoT technology

    Smart City

  • You are specialized on integrating hardware, software, and electronics for smart products? Let us pave the way for digital business models.

    Your benefits:

    • Ready to use and pre-configured SIM cards will be instantly shipped to you

    • One-time fee with 3 or 5 years period of use

    • Convenient administration via service portal

    IoT Smart products

  • IoT-product development is not necessarily comlicated. Our easy web-based ordering process supports freelancing developers to quickly integrate and test their ideas.

    Your benefits:

    • Easy ordering process and convenient self-service functions

    • Selection of M2M or LPWA / NB-IoT Use Cases

    • Access to Service portal for SIM card administration

    IoT Developers

  • Corporate fleet management faces lots of challenges: no insights into vehicle availability, no transparency about private vehicle usage, high expenses for maintenance and administration. Meet these challenges by using our Business Smart Connect offering for empowering your fleet.

    Your benefits:

    • Optimize routing and avoid unnecessary fuel consumption

    • Automate reporting and transparency

    • European-wide tracking due to seamless roaming in Europe‘s best networks

    Fleet Tracking

  • A smoke detector can save lives – but need to be closely inspected and maintained. Integrated smoke detectors equipped with SIM cards completely replace the annual visit by a service technician, increase security and reliability.

    Your benefits:

    • No more coordination of schedules between housing association, tenant and service company

    • Functional test in the interior rooms supported by NB-IoT

    • Increased safety through push notifications in emergency situations

    Home Security

  • High quality and sustainable food production becomes a critical success factor more and more. Non-chemical methods of plant protection, pest and crop management are needed to preserve food and groundwater quality. Intelligent and integrated IoT sensors are the ideal solution.

    Your benefits:

    • Seamless and automated pest control

    • Data based forecast for pest infestation

    • Optimal crop protection to secure and enhance yield

    • Long battery lives in the NB-IoT network

    Smart Farming

  • Babies and elder people need our special attention day and night. Round-the-clock care does not always correspond with our working hours. The answer to this is a little helper on IoT basis, that allow for closely monitoring movements and central body functions.

    Your benefits:

    • Continuous monitoring with alarm functions for emergencies

    • Real time medical measures such as heart rate, oxygen levels and thermal state

    • Small form factors for best device-integration (eSIM)

    • Our LTE-M network is particularly suitable here

    Health Care

Why choose the Deutsche Telekom mobile network?

As varied as IoT applications are, they have one thing in common: Nearly all of them are wireless. But what is the most effective way to connect such a large number of devices? The best option is through a mobile network – Deutsche Telekom’s area of expertise. It is available virtually all over the world, with completely uniform standards wherever you are. Therefore, your IoT devices can move freely and have maximum mobility.

For your IoT project, Telekom's mobile network offers excellent network coverage and maximum reliability. It was awarded the title "best network" by the trade magazine Connect! for the ninth time in a row. Should the DT network in Germany not be sufficient, your IoT devices can also access the networks of other providers with the Best Coverage option. We also have several roaming partners in most countries worldwide. This way we always ensure the best connection for your IoT project – worldwide.

The mobile network of Telekom offers you these tangible benefits:

Get your project started quickly without the costly installation of senders or cable connections

Telekom’s mobile network allows you to get your project started quickly without the costly installation of senders or cable connections.

Seamless interplay of hardware, connectivity and platform

Deutsche Telekom offers certified hardware, connectivity and a platform from a single source, so that the seamless interplay of all parts is ensured.

High security standards for protection from hacker attacks and to relieve your IT department of security tasks

Deutsche Telekom is internationally recognized as the leading provider of cyber security solutions. Our high security standards protect your networks, cloud and IoT from hacker attacks and relieve your IT department of security tasks.

Four elements of successful IoT networking

Networking is a critical part of every IoT project. Our experience from numerous projects shows that four aspects are decisive here:

Certified hardware for seamless interplay

Certified hardware for seamless interplay

To enable machines to access the mobile network, they need an IoT module. This is a chip with a sender and a receiver, like the one that can be found in every smartphone. Just like a smartphone, this IoT module needs a SIM card to log in to the network – either in the form of a classic card or as an eSIM or nuSIM integrated in the module. With Deutsche Telekom, you will receive the hardware and the mobile network from a single source. To enable all parts of your project to work together smoothly, we offer a portfolio of certified devices including IoT modules, gateways and routers. In doing so, we ensure that no lengthy adjustments are necessary and that your project can get up and running quickly.

Go to certified hardware

A mobile network optimized for the objectives of your project

Mobile networks all over the world are currently undergoing a transformation: Old networks such as 3G are being switched off, while new ones such as 5G or NB-IoT are being rolled out. During this time of change, consultation is decisive – especially for customers with international requirements. And you can always count on the experience of our consultants when it comes to choosing the right network technology for you. We will help you decide which mobile network is best suited to your IoT project: 2G, 4G, 5G, LTE-M or NarrowBand IoT? In some cases, these technologies differ greatly in terms of data rate, delay, coverage in buildings and battery life. The main question is which of these four properties is decisive for the success of your project.

The right network for every application

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The right network for every application

A tariff that fits your individual needs

If you know which mobile network is best suited for your needs, we offer you the right tariff as well. Of course, as with a smartphone contract, the data volume plays an important role here. Because companies have far more specific requirements than smartphone users, however, we have put together a portfolio ranging from standard tariffs with preconfigured SIM cards, to enable you to get started quickly, all the way up to individual offers that allow you to determine the duration, billing mode and country coverage yourself. We also offer pooling as an option: Instead of defining a data volume per SIM card, we can agree on a common quota for all active cards. This makes administration particularly easy for you. This way , we can find the perfect tariff for all of your IoT ideas.

Business Smart Connect

Prepaid-like tariff in the sizes S, M and L with ready-made SIM cards, which you can order online.

For which project?

Quick to implement, simple IoT projects with little need for consulting
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT
 

Business Comfort Connect

We compose an individual tariff within a few days from modules such as country coverage or duration, including attractive pooling conditions.

For which project?

Projects that require individualization, but need to start quickly
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 

Business Choice Connect

Our IoT experts provide you with comprehensive advice and develop your own personal offering together with you, including the possible use of attractive pooling rates.

For which project?

Complex, global projects with high development and consulting requirements

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 

Business Smart Connect

Prepaid-like tariff in the sizes S, M and L with ready-made SIM cards, which you can order online.

For which project?

Quick to implement, simple IoT projects with little need for consulting
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT
 

Business Comfort Connect

We compose an individual tariff within a few days from modules such as country coverage or duration, including attractive pooling conditions.

For which project?

Projects that require individualization, but need to start quickly
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 

Business Choice Connect

Our IoT experts provide you with comprehensive advice and develop your own personal offering together with you, including the possible use of attractive pooling rates.

For which project?

Complex, global projects with high development and consulting requirements

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 



Business
Smart
Connect

Prepaid-like tariff in the sizes S, M and L with ready-made SIM cards, which you can order online.

For which project?

Quick to implement, simple IoT projects with little need for consulting
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT
 

Business Comfort Connect

We compose an individual tariff within a few days from modules such as country coverage or duration, including attractive pooling conditions.

For which project?

Projects that require individualization, but need to start quickly
 

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 

Business Choice Connect

Our IoT experts provide you with comprehensive advice and develop your own personal offering together with you, including the possible use of attractive pooling rates.

For which project?

Complex, global projects with high development and consulting requirements

Available networks

2G, LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, 5G
 

Efficient management of your connections

IoT projects can consist of hundreds or even thousands of devices that are networked together by mobile telephony – each equipped with a SIM card and a suitable tariff. Such a large number of connections requires special management. With our IoT Customer Portal (M2M Service Portal 3.0) you can therefore easily manage SIM cards, contracts, invoices and usage data for large numbers of connections via a web portal or integrate them directly into your business processes via an API programming interface. SIM cards can be rebooked or deactivated in no time at all and tariffs can be adapted to new requirements. The portal monitors the connection status, usage and costs of your SIM cards with smart functions, which prevent overruns and detect misuse of your devices. And with flexible reports and evaluations, you always have full control over your costs – to exploit the potential of your IoT projects even more.

Efficient management of your connections with the IoT costumer portal

Our SIM card portfolio – top flexibility for your project

SIM card portfolio

IoT devices have different requirements to cell phones. Our portfolio of SIM cards optimized for the Internet of Things offers maximum coverage, performance and the ultimate flexibility.

  • Classic plug-in SIM card in various sizes
  • Industry SIM or high-end SIM for extreme environments
  • Embedded SIM (eSIM) for industrial demands

We support you – wherever you are

Even though mobile networks are a simple way to connect to the Internet of Things, there are lots of detailed questions to be considered so that all components can work together smoothly. In this conjunction, we at Deutsche Telekom are especially proud of the experience of our IoT experts. They will support you during every phase of your project. Irrespective of whether you are working on a business plan for an IoT project, need support when a project encounters difficulties or wish to optimize a project that is already up and running, the experience of our consultants will help you with all important decisions.
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We support you – wherever you are
We support you – wherever you are

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