Vi Business, the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), has announced the launch of the Vi Business IoT Innovation Lab (The Lab) establishing a hub for internet of things (IoT)-led innovations and co-creation for businesses.
The Lab is a collaborative centre driving the development and testing of future-ready loT solutions across connected vehicles, smart manufacturing, and enterprise automation. The Lab will help start-ups, device makers, and enterprises design, test, and scale industry-grade lot use cases across banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), IT/ IT enabled services (ITeS), utilities, logistics, manufacturing. retail, governance, healthcare, and smart cities.
Set-up in Mumbai, the Lab offers demonstrations of connected vehicles, smart grid for energy optimisation, smart manufacturing for real-time monitoring, and the future of lot with edge Al. By combining Vi Business’ robust connectivity, AWS’s global cloud capabilities, and C-DOT’s standards expertise, it will help users accelerate time-to-market, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies.
Commenting on the collaboration, chief enterprise business officer, Vi, said, “With Vi Business lot Innovation Lab, in collaboration with AWS and C-DOT, we are orchestrating the right ecosystem for start-ups and enterprises to design future ready solutions. Together, we aim to transform India’s loT landscape, empowering enterprises with new opportunities for innovation and contributing to India’s digital growth. As enterprises increasingly adopt Al, 5G and IoT they require more than just connectivity-they need a trusted partner to deliver measurable business outcomes and we are ready to enable businesses to scale securely, innovate faster and transform with confidence.”
Meanwhile, head of business development, AWS India and South Asia, said, “Enterprises in India are rapidly embracing cloud, Al, and loT to transform operations and deliver better customer experiences. Through this collaboration, we are combining AWS’s cloud and Al capabilities with Vi’s connectivity to help businesses and start-ups bring next-generation lot led solutions to market.”
In addition, chief executive officer (CEO), C-DOT, said, “C-DOT has been working to strengthen India’s digital ecosystem by driving global one machine-to-machine (oneM2M) standards in loT ecosystem which have been adopted as the national standard. In collaboration with Vi Business, we have set up test environments in the loT Innovation Lab to help the industry seamlessly adopt these standards. This will ensure interoperability across diverse systems, while upholding the highest levels of data security and privacy, real-time authorised data exchange and synchronisation, making India’s loT landscape trusted, scalable and future ready.”
