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Mobily and Pacific Controls Team up to Offer M2M Smart Solutions
 
 
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DUBAI, July 9, 2012/PRNewswire - MySolutionInfo/ -- Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), the leading telecommunications company in Saudi Arabia, and Pacific Controls, the leading global provider of ICT-enabled managed services and
converged engineering solutions for buildings and infrastructure projects, have announced
the signing of a Partnership Agreement to jointly offer machine-to-machine (M2M) Energy
Management solutions for vertical industry sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The convergence of M2M networking, cloud computing and large scale data management is
the next big thing in information and communications technology (ICT). It will enable new
modes of service delivery and customer value creation. However, to leverage the full
potential of this opportunity, customers will need new tools and technologies as well as
complete end-to-end solutions support. Pacific Controls is at the forefront of next
generation service delivery innovation and its partnership with Mobily now offers
customers in Saudi Arabia access to Entergy Management Services value propositions.

As per the agreement, Mobily and Pacific Controls will join forces to cater to the
business needs of sectors such as Energy and Utilities, Government, Healthcare, Financial,
Retail etc. With Mobily's telecommunication infrastructure and broadband network
capabilities and Pacific Controls' expertise in the fields of energy management, remote
monitoring and control through M2M applications, customers will be able to cut their
operational costs by availing services of Energy Analysis, Carbon Footprint Reduction,
Measurement & Verification, Continuous Commissioning and Fault Detection and Diagnostics.

Dr. Marwan al Ahmadi, Chief Business Officer, Mobily, said "As a leading ICT provider,
Mobily is at the forefront of innovation. We continuously look to merge evolving
technology with business needs of our customers, so that they can derive immediate value
through enhanced operational efficiencies. We are delighted to partner with Pacific
Controls, a World leader in Cloud services and big data innovation. Energy Management
services using M2M platform through our partnership will reduce the carbon footprint of
our customers and that of Saudi Arabia."

Commenting on the partnership, Dilip Rahulan, Executive Chairman, Pacific Controls,
said: "We are very pleased to sign this partnership and look forward to working closely
with Mobily to deliver our world class solutions together to customers in Saudi Arabia. We
see a major opportunity within the Saudi Arabian market place for our services, especially
combined with the vision and infrastructure that a strong partner such as Mobily offers.
We are continuously offering innovative technology solutions to add value to customers'
businesses to enable them to achieve their goals."

In addition to adding value to customers' businesses and introducing initiatives to
provide optimum benefits to end-users, the five year agreement will incorporate a state of
the art Command and Control Centre based in Riyadh, utilizing the latest M2M technology
platform, to position Mobily and the Kingdom as one of the leading proponents in Energy
Management Services.

About Pacific Controls
http://www.pacificcontrols.net

Posted on: Jul 14 2012


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Telecommunications
 
http://www.mobily.com.sa
Country: Saudi Arabia

Mobily is the official brand name of Etihad Etisalat, the 2nd mobile service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Established in accordance with a 2004 royal decree, the ownership of the company is two-fold: A Saudi ownership, comprising public investors holding 20% of the company’s shareholding, while private investors own a 45% stake. The balance of 35% is owned by the Etisalat of UAE.

Mobily launched its services on the 25th of May 2005 and in less than a year since its launch, Mobilys customers have reached 3.8 millions and more than 6 millions by 2006, beating the record in the Middle East and North Africa. Today, Mobily network is in all cities and major towns. This is in addition to more than 22,000 kilometres of highways so far, covered by Mobily independent coverage.

Mobily has also launched 3.5G services on the 27th of June 2006, covering 19 cities in the kingdom. By the end of 2006, Mobily had more than 500,000 active subscribers in the 3G and 3.5G, being described as the biggest 3G mobile operator in the Middle East.

In terms of services, it is worthy to mention that Mobily was has been leading in introducing new services and innovative packages in the Kingdom such as MMS, LBS, international roaming for prepaid SIM cards in addition to GPRS and GPRS EDGE roaming, as well as other services. Mobilys workforce exceeds 2700 employees with 82% of them from Saudi Arabia, and was the first to introduce female sales outlets in the telecom sector.







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