Vodafone Idea, a leading IoT operator in India, is partnering with C-DOT to establish a unique IoT Lab. The lab, established in December 2022, has tested over 50 devices across various industries, including automobile, utility, BFSI, and logistics. It also tests and certifies compatibility with oneM2M standards, which are adopted as the national standard for IoT solution design by BIS. The lab not only validates network performance per device but also helps certify solution interoperability.
Vi Business, Vodafone Idea’s enterprise arm, has launched a Lab-as-a-Service initiative that can test 175 scenarios across various industries, including AMI, Connected Car, POS, and VTS. The lab can test a wide range of ecosystem components, including devices, modules, SIMs, applications, firmware, and more.
It acts as an IoT ecosystem orchestrator, ensuring a seamless experience for all stakeholders. As of now, 5 devices have been certified as “network ready,” and the lab is also testing 5G and NBIOT devices. Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO, C-DOT said “I am confident that this collaborative initiative of C-DOT and Vi along with the Centre of Innovation (COI) for IoT/M2M by C-DOT would be extremely beneficial for the Indian industry, especially start-ups in their endeavor to manufacture and deploy indigenous standards compliant devices and applications”
