IBM MobileFirst solutions: Sprint Velocity more than ever committed to improve the consumer experience.
of this collaboration, Sprint becomes the first mobile carrier to use IBM MessageSight.
For those who unfamiliar, IBM MessageSight, is designed to enable organizations to manage and communicate with the
billions of mobile devices and sensors found in systems such as automobiles,
traffic management systems, smart buildings and household appliances.
Connectikpeople has also discovered that, the Sprint
Velocity Service Bus is a new communications
architecture that lets smartphones, tablets and other devices communicate
through the cloud and enhances the Sprint Velocity platform by simplifying and
speeding the delivery of connected car services.
The Sprint Velocity Service Bus can now support enhanced services,
including:
· Mobile Concierge Service.
· Automatic Cabin Temperature Adjustments.
· Preferred Alternate Routes.
· Location Tracking.
Regarding the Sprint Velocity platform, it currently offers in-vehicle
connections such as music, news, weather, sports and other infotainment
features, as well as security, navigation, remote connections for mobile
devices, emergency services and engine diagnostics.
Henceforth with the Sprint Velocity Service Bus enhancement, preferences
such as seat position, cabin temperature and radio stations are stored in the
cloud and are updated and synched via the driver’s smartphone every time the
car is turned on.
About Sprint Emerging & Wholesale Solutions
Sprint Emerging & Wholesale Solutions provides platform solutions
serving a broad range of industries and customers in more than 165 countries.
These include M2M (Machine-to-Machine), connected transportation and
traditional wholesale. Sprint’s M2M leadership has earned prestigious
third-party validation, including Connected World’s 2013 CW 100 list of the
most important and influential providers of M2M services for the ninth straight
year. The Sprint VelocitySM in-vehicle connected services solution
received the 2013 Telematics Update Industry Newcomer of the Year Award and
Pipeline magazine’s 2013 Innovation Award for Innovation in Connectivity.
Sprint Integrated Insurance Solutions received the Frost & Sullivan 2013
North American Customer Value Enhancement Award in Usage-Based Insurance.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses
and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 55 million customers at
the end of the first quarter of 2013 and is widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless
4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering
industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and
international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.
The American Customer Satisfaction Index rated Sprint as the most improved
company in customer satisfaction, across all 47 industries, during the last
five years. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 3 in both its 2011 and 2012 Green Rankings,
listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any
telecommunications company.
About IBM MobileFirst
As the first new technology platform for business to emerge since the World
Wide Web, mobile computing represents one of the greatest opportunities for
organizations to expand their business. Based on nearly 1,000 customer
engagements, more than 10 mobile-related acquisitions in the last four years, a
team of thousands of mobile experts and 270 patents in wireless innovations,
IBM MobileFirst provides the key elements of an application and data platform
with the management, security and analytics capabilities needed for the
enterprise.
