The second of the series of “Future of Technology” webinars, organized by Vodafone Business in collaboration with Inbusiness Magazine, took place. The webinar, themed “Internet of Things and the New Economy Ecosystem”, captured the thoughts and experiences of industry stakeholders on the Internet of Things.

Working with the vision to lead the digitization of companies, Vodafone Businessheld the second of the “Future of Technology” webinar series, organized in conjunction with the monthly economics magazine Inbusiness. The webinar themed “Internet of Things and the New Economy Ecosystem” captured the thoughts and experiences of industry stakeholders on Internet of Things technologies, one of the key keys to digital transformation.

In the webinar, which started with the opening speeches of Inbusiness Magazine Editor-in-Chief Hülya Güler and Vodafone Turkey Deputy Chief Executive Officer Özlem Kestioğlu, Gökhan Evren, General Director of Communications of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey, and Ayşenur Pet, head of BSH Global D2C, gave a special speech.

Özlem Kestioğlu, Vice President of Vodafone Turkey Executive Board In his opening speech, he said: “The Vodafone Group is the world’s largest IoT service provider in terms of the number of connected objects. We were first named a Leader in IoT by Gartner in 2013, and have continued to be the leader in Internet of Things Connection Services for 8 years. With the strength that we derive from the competence of our Group, which is a world leader, we increase the operational efficiency of our customers, thanks to the solutions we have created based on the needs of many sectors, from manufacturing to retail, from logistics to agriculture , and the solutions we have developed for the needs. We see shaping the Internet of Things market in Turkey as one of our main missions. We connect the objects of our more than 35,000 business customers. We offer eSIM technology, which allows remote upload and modification of profiles not only on mobile devices but also on M2M devices. Thanks to the narrowband machine-to-machine communication technology (NB-IoT) we offer, we ensure more efficient use of the battery, which is the main challenge of Internet of Things devices. With Red Control, we can increase the efficiency of companies by projecting the necessary data, from machine and production tracking to heat and humidity tracking, from employee location tracking to forklift tracking, from energy consumption tracking to inventory tracking. Thanks to Red Energy, we enable customers to remotely control their energy-consuming devices. When we look at the profit of our customers, we save up to 33 percent in energy.”

7.4 million machines talking to each other

He started his speech by saying that not only humans but also machines are connected to the internet. TR Gökhan Evren, General Manager of Communications, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, continued his words: “It is estimated that 30 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2025. There are 86.2 million mobile subscribers in Turkey, including machine-to-machine subscribers. At the end of December 2021, the number of mobile and fixed broadband internet subscribers exceeded 88 million, while the number of machine-to-machine communications subscribers approached 7.4 million. The average monthly usage of mobile broadband internet subscribers has increased more than twice compared to the pre-pandemic period, reaching the level of 11 GB. The number of fiber optic subscribers in Turkey has surpassed 4.8 million. We have an infrastructure that can provide more than three times the speed of internet. With its 5G infrastructure, the Internet of Things brings with it many more diverse applications. The development of internet of things technologies in many different areas, such as autonomous vehicles, smart systems, cybersecurity, robotics and biomedicine, will become possible with the 5G ecosystem. We want to move to 5G with domestic and national products. In the 5G Valley, we test the products of our companies and various network infrastructures. In addition, we are already preparing for the 6G system. As a ministry and BTK, we work together with our stakeholders on a local and national ecosystem in our sector.”

Objects get smarter

Ayşenur Pets, Head of BSH Global D2C started his speech by saying that the brands under BSH develop and manufacture products that are world champions in energy efficiency and innovation in our country and export them to all over the world, especially to European countries. Pets, who stated that it is the white goods group that has made the largest foreign investment in Turkey since 2005 by investing a total of more than EUR 1 billion, said: “The concept of connectivity plays an increasingly important role for us. Since 2013, we have We have gradually made our products network compatible, but now we are going one step further and with the Internet of Things we are not only connecting objects, we are also making them smart.”

How does production change?

In the second meeting of the webinar series, ‘Internet of Things: How Production, Efficiency and Economy Will Change?’, moderated by Deloitte Digital Turkey Partner Özlem Yanmaz. The panel named Vodafone Turkey Corporate Products and Solutions Director Oğuz Çidam, HPE Turkey General Manager Güngör Kaymak, Dassault Systemes Turkey General Manager Elif Gürdal and Tech Data Turkey General Manager Behçet Yumrukçallı.

A revolution is coming with the arrival of 5G

Emphasizing that technologies such as the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence are now invading many areas of our lives, Vodafone Turkey Corporate Products and Solutions Director Oguz Çidam, continued his speech: “According to the results of a survey conducted by IDC, global spending on the Internet of Things will exceed $1 trillion by the end of this year. Looking at Turkey, it has the potential to create 3.1 million jobs in the next 10 years with the economic benefits and social changes that automation, artificial intelligence and digital technologies will create. As Vodafone Business, we work towards a sustainable future with our Internet of Things solutions. Thanks to E-SIM, users are not only freed from the hassle and expense of installing and replacing the SIM cards in their hardware, but they can also do this by producing less waste without any disruption to their processes. Thanks to Digital Agriculture, farmers are switching to sustainable agriculture and farmers who reduce their irrigation, fertilization and spraying with early warning systems are using resources more efficiently. Red Energy stands out as an end-to-end designed Internet of Things solution that collects information about electricity consumption, sends the collected data to the central software and enables direct or historical reporting of this data, creates alarms, makes comparisons and the user informs and remote control from a single screen. Certainly with the arrival of 5G there will be a revolution on the internet of things. We are now seeing examples of this all over the world.”

Strategy requires partners

It was pointed out that 90 percent of the data collected so far was created in the last two years. Gungor Kaymak, General Manager of HPE TurkeyHe argued that advancing technology is also transforming sectors, lifestyles and working styles outside of itself. Kaymak said the reason for this is the data produced: “The data no longer stays where it was produced as it used to. It’s going to the ends. As a result of the concept we call the Internet of Things, especially sensors, there are there are between 30 billion and 70 billion sensors and devices in the world that talk and produce data,” he continued. Kaymak, who stated that those who capture and correctly analyze the data produced in real time will stay ahead of the competition, said that autonomous vehicles are the most popular topic, and that the effective and safe use of the Internet of Things is a prerequisite for the effective use of these vehicles. Kaymak said, “The purpose of the Internet of Things is not to produce those sensors.” He told them to ask questions.

Competing Requires Accurate Analysis

Another person who participated as a speaker on the panel was also Elif Gürdal, General Manager of Dassault Systemes Turkey it happened. Gürdal said that ensuring the visibility and traceability of production tools is one of the main goals of institutions: “This is the primary focus of production companies. Vertical technologies also allow us to collect all data at high speed and from all environments. ” Gürdal explains that another important factor is evaluating the data obtained: “We need to focus on how we will launch the right product, at the right time, with the right efficiency and with the results obtained.” Gürdal explains explains that productivity in manufacturing is the ability to use limited resources in the best way, saying, “Being a highly efficient company and producing alone does not guarantee that manufacturers can compete. It is important that the right product arrives at the right cost and timing.”

$1.2 Billion Expenses

speaking on the panel Behçet Yumrukçallı, General Manager of Tech Data TurkeyIn his speech, he mentioned the importance of keeping up with this change in a world that is digitizing more and more every day, both for institutions and consumers. Yumrukçallı said: “Institutions want to gain a competitive advantage, increase efficiency, improve the customer experience and find new revenue streams in new markets. This shows the need to use new generation technologies, and the Internet of Things, which is our subject today, is one of the most important parts of this. At the consumer level, the Internet of Things facilitates everyday life, creates more personal time for people, offers savings, differentiation and personalization, motivating users to use these technologies.” Yumrukçallı pointed out that the Internet of Things has been used in many areas, from production areas to technological devices in homes and office equipment, both in our country and around the world, stressing that everything is getting smarter and giving smart homes, smart vehicles, smart transportation and smart cities as examples. Yumrukçallı said that due to the increasing interest in 2020 alone in the Internet of Things and analytics market in Turkey, USD 1 billion was spent, and this figure reached USD 1.2 billion in 2021. The high bandwidth and low latency of the 5G technology, which will be used especially next year, will allow the Internet of Things to spread faster and to more sectors.

Source: (BHA) – Beyaz News Agency