www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to support its Machine to Machine business clients in all markets, Telefonica has set up a M2M Global Unit. A multinational and multidisciplinary team, dedicated exclusively to defining, implementing and supporting global clients as well as deploying these services backs this new unit.

The unit has more than 100 staffs directly reporting to the Telefonica Global Product and Services Unit. The Global M2M product of Telefonica is the first integrated end-to-end solution in the market which offers corporate clients a turnkey solution, not limited to mobile technology (SMS, GPRS or UMTS).

ADSL or complementary networks such as Zigbee, UWB, Satellite, RFID or NFC can support M2M by offering tailor-made global and local Value Added Services to any client anywhere.

A testing laboratory has also been developed by the operator for the use of its corporate clients. This will help them bring pilot projects and test new functionalities, applications and new handsets.