27-October-2010 Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom, working under the Beeline brand, announced that its unit serving business subscribers has launched the M2M Control Centre. The product is based on the Jasper Wireless platform, international supplier of M2M applications for mobile operators.
Beeline’s M2M Control Centre offers management of all corporate SIM cards used in connected devices (transducers, sensors, cash machines, systems, counters etc). Clients will be able to get real-time monitoring and receive statistics on SIM cards and its connections via special web-interface. This enables customers to protect their company from misuse of SIM cards, to control traffic and even provide their own business model, which is especially important for the clients operating in the mass market.
Due to the above-mentioned possibilities of the Beeline’s M2M offering, the global manufacturers of consumer electronics (source, e-readers, photo frames, game consoles and other devices) get the potential for entering the Russian market.
“Beeline’s M2M Control Centre is the unique solution for Russian market which provides new opportunities for our clients. Control Center will allow to organize automated SIM-cards management which are used with remote equipment and get full information about its status and connections' history”, - says Alexey Nazarov, Marketing Director of Business segment, JSC VimpelCom
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About Vimpelcom
OJSC VimpleCom is part of VimpelCom Ltd., a leading international provider of telecommunications services. OJSC VimpelCom offers integrated mobile and fixed communication services, long distance and international communication, data transmission, and telematic services through a range of fixed and wireless solutions, including fiber-optic access, WiFi, and 3G technologies. VimpelCom’s clients and partners include individual customers, small, medium-sized and large businesses, transnational companies, and telecommunications operators. OJSC VimpelCom operates under the Beeline brand.
OJSC VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). In April 2010, a new entity,VimpelCom Ltd, completed a tender offer to exchange ownership of OJSC VimpelCom and Ukraine’s Kyivstar for shares in VimpelCom Ltd, listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “VIP” previously held by OJSC VimpelCom.
VimpelCom Ltd. is headquartered in Amsterdam and has operations in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam and Cambodia, covering territory with a total population of about 345 million.
