OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced it has been recognized by
Gartner, Inc. as a Visionary in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Managed
IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide1 for its
Curiosity™ IoT solution. The Gartner Magic Quadrant
assessed 18 global Internet of Things (IoT) players by their
"ability to execute" and "completeness of vision". This year Sprint
moved from a position in the Niche Players quadrant to the
Visionaries quadrant.
"I am incredibly proud to see Sprint recognized as a Visionary
in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, and we are only just getting
started," said Ivo Rook, senior vice
president of IoT and product development for Sprint. "Our decision
to build the first network for software is paying off, but more
importantly it is helping our customers grow quicker and run their
applications better, in the cloud or at the edge of our
network."
This year, Curiosity IoT plans to continue to expand its
international footprint, helping to eliminate the need for roaming
by accelerating the ability of its customers to use local profiles
across the world. Additionally, Sprint plans to execute its edge
strategy by building on the Curiosity Private Core. And, as part of
Sprint's efforts to democratize IoT, the company plans to re-launch
Sprint IoT Factory. This device-agnostic marketplace empowers
customers, even if they're not tech savvy, to quickly solve
operational roadblocks with ready-to-deploy IoT products or fully
customized solutions.
CertaintySM Capability™ Curiosity™
Sprint Business is changing the way SMBs, enterprises and
government entities connect, manage and secure its people, places
and things – orchestrating an array of next generation technologies
and insights, artificial intelligence and the power of Sprint's
converged wireless, wireline and Curiosity IoT capabilities to
create unparalleled products and solutions.
1Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity
Services, Worldwide, Pablo
Arriandiaga, Eric Goodness,
Leif-Olof Wallin, Jonathan Davenport, 12
December 2019.
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About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 54.2 million
connections as of December 31, 2019
and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service
from a national carrier in the United
States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile
USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Today,
Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to launching
a 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and visit Sprint
at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
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