Kaleido Intelligence, a leading connectivity market intelligence and consulting company, announced its latest connectivity provider center study, providing the latest rankings and scores for four categories of IoT connectivity service providers.
The Connectivity Vendor Hub H2 2021 study analyzed 60 leading cellular IoT connection service providers, involving connection management platforms (CMP), eSIM connection services, eSIM subscription management services, and private 4G and 5G network solutions.
It includes an in-depth evaluation of all company’s service products and updated Kaleido scores.
The champion and High Flyer suppliers ranked first in each product segment scored by Kaleido Intelligence, including Ericsson, Nokia, Telefonica, Vodafone, etc., can be found in the attached picture:
Kaleido’s approach focuses on classifying service providers based on product features and depth, basic technology, and differentiation and innovation factors that help accelerate market development. Suppliers that provide leading products are marked as Kaleido Champion and High Flyer suppliers, representing their leading market supply.
The research is the culmination of more than 6 months of primary research, including product demonstrations, questionnaires, and detailed briefings.
Cisco, Eseye, and Thales reference to the top-ranked supplier score
Cisco-the number one IoT connection management platform
Ken Davidson, Director of Product Management, Cisco IoT Control Center, commented: “The future of connectivity is wireless. Cisco is focused on promoting wireless innovation to help our service provider customers provide the full benefits of 5G for the Internet of Things. This recognition as a champion supplier in the connectivity field confirms our commitment to helping companies accelerate The promise of digital transformation.”
Try-first place in eSIM connection
Try CEO Nick Earle commented: “Eseye’s AnyNet+ eSIM solution provides highly reliable global IoT connections. As a category leader, Eseye continues to push the boundaries of technology to help companies confidently deploy IoT on a large scale.”
Thales-eSIM subscription management first
Nicolas Chalvin, Vice President of Marketing Connectivity and Embedded Services, commented: “We are honored to be named the’eSIM management platform ranked first supplier champion’.” By 2025, the annual shipment of eSIM devices is expected to exceed 1 billion, and we are committed to continuing to innovate in security and connection management , In order to achieve a trusted connection in the future. “
Leading suppliers will support the booming cellular IoT market
Kaleido found that the demand for cellular IoT connections will significantly expand, creating complexity for the need to simplify global deployment, roaming and localization, and corporate private cellular networks. Kaleido predicts that the installed base of cellular IoT connections will exceed 5.7 billion in 2025, up from 1.7 billion in 2020.
Steffen Sorrell, Head of Research at Kaleido Intelligence, commented:
“Cellular IoT has never been a ready-made effort, and scaling up has brought major challenges. However, the leading service providers evaluated in this research report have all made significant progress in smoothing deployment paths through technological innovation and flexibility. The customized nature adapted to the needs of the enterprise Internet of Things.”
