Gemalto and Guavus team up to offer mobile operators unprecedented business opportunities with artificial intelligence and advanced analytics

Amsterdam and San Jose, CA – February 12, 2019 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, and Guavus, a pioneer in AI-driven analytics, have entered into a global strategic partnership.  The agreement is aimed at boosting the value that mobile operators derive from their data and networks.  Real-time analytics powered by AI and machine learning work as a game changer that can improve customer experience, reduce costs, generate new revenue, and deliver  the scale and security required by 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT). 

"There is a natural synergy between our products.  Gemalto connects and secures billions of people and devices, and serves more than 450 mobile operator customers worldwide.  Their expanded portfolio provides operators an end-to-end solution – they can connect, collect, secure and now, with Guavus real-time analytics, correlate and analyze their mobile network and business data. When Guavus' advanced analytics and AI are applied to their data sets in real time, service providers can drive faster decision making , automate actions, reduce operational costs, deliver new services and gain value faster from their 4G, 5G and IoT networks," said Stephen Spellicy, Guavus VP of Products and Marketing. 

 "Our customers, both operators and OEMs, have entered a new phase of digital transformation, that of artificial intelligence. This evolution is accelerating the deployment of innovations such as eSIM or 5G and will prepare the next generation IoT with the forthcoming connected devices. This partnership with Guavus will make possible to provide precise analytics for the understanding of new customer behaviour and a better anticipation of network performance. Ultimately, the benefits for our customers will be an improvement of their Net Promoter Score and better control of their operational expenditure, ensuring that the investment in innovation pays off," said Rémi de Fouchier, Senior Vice President of Strategy for Mobile Services and IoT at Gemalto. 

As part of the partnership, the companies will be demonstrating their products together at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 25-28 – in Guavus Stand 202 and Gemalto Stand 2J41 in Hall 2.