Telefonica, through its Telefonica Digital unit, has signed a partnership agreement with Turkish mobile operator Avea, part of Turk Telekom group. Under the terms of the deal, Telefonica and Avea will develop business opportunities in the machine-to-machine (M2M) sector. The alliance covers technological cooperation, as well as the development of joint commercial and marketing activities. The two operators plan to jointly offer services in different geographical regions through the provision of a single SIM card. The agreement also covers the development of services in fields such as transportation, smart cities, home automation, energy efficiency, mobile healthcare and industry. Both operators will cooperate to promote open standards and the interoperability of M2M systems at an international level. This collaboration will also extend to the field of research and development of M2M technologies and to the joint certification of devices. Telefonica and Avea also plan to widen the collaboration framework to include a large number of markets, thus the agreement is open to creating future alliances with other operators.
