Faltcom: Connecting the World through IoT

One open platform to connect everything! It was the slogan of Fältcom’s engineers when they released the company’s first cloud based IoT product in 2002. Today, after 14 years, those words have become the identity of Sweden headquartered Fältcom; a company hailed for its machine-to-machine platform to monitor and control vehicles and buildings across major cities. Fältcom’s MIIPS Open IoT Platform and its apps make this possible, which gives customers the ability to extract viable data, perform analytics, and analyze the devices from distant locations in a secured fashion. Fältcom has over 170,000 installations, 40,000 of which are online, across the world, which offer smart ‘machine-to-machine solution’ and applications to manage transportation system, vehicle ecosystem, and buildings and skyscrapers.

“Due to the open architecture of MIIPS, other developers and vendors can build their own applications to scale up the functionalities of the platform as per their growing needs,” says Tobias Andersson, VP Worldwide Sales, Fältcom. This saves large investments as municipalities or firms implement new features for traffic management or install a new ticketing system in the city. Enumerating the other attributes in the vehicle ecosystem, Andersson adds, “MIIPS and apps can keep track of the equipment performance of the vehicle and the sobriety of the drivers through digital breathalyzer.” This fosters safety and brand value of the automobiles. “Swedish Transport Administration actually uses our platform for remote control of speed cameras, dynamic speed signs, road signs, lights, and much more. The platform is also used by PTAs and commercial bus operators for Position control, Infotainment, Wifi onboard, VoIP for driver communication to Traffic Management Center, and Tachograph online data push.”

Eco-Driving, an important app from the Fältcom’s ecosystem, manages the CO2 emissions and vehicle fuel costs. MIIPS, installed in an automobile, works with the mobile app Eco-Driving to analyze driving habits and fuel consumption, and reports on the level of usage beyond the amount actually required for the trip in question. Eco- Driving comes in with a seven inch screen through which the feedback is given to the drivers and also helps monitor driving behaviors.