Ericsson eyes Healthcare IoT in China with China Mobile, AstraZeneca
27-Mar-17, Wireless Week
It looks like Ericsson is trying to stay ahead of the Internet of Things curve. The company has agreed to partner with China Mobile and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to connect healthcare equipment using NB-IoT technology.
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China Mobile’s Jiangsu branch and Ericsson will work together to trial new applications using cellular IoT technologies like NB-IoT, and provide network terminal management to support real-time equipment management.
Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate to develop and promote IoT-based disease management solutions spanning diagnosis to treatment. The solutions will reportedly target areas such as respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, gastrointestinal diseases, and oncology.