Our story
In March 2020, COVID-19 turned everyone's world upside down, and IoT CI was born.
After more than twenty years consulting for global mobile operators, and a move to Jersey, our founder set out to apply that experience to the Internet of Things, where a new wireless technology had arrived that was stable, fit for purpose and royalty-free: LoRaWAN.
We started by solving problems for homes and small businesses on the island. Today we design and run estate-wide LoRaWAN networks, develop our own sensors, track fleets and run platforms used by operators and businesses. We work across the Channel Islands, the UK and Europe, and we still start every project the same way: with the problem, not the gadget.
Founder
Jonathan (JJ) Anderson
Founder and Managing Director
JJ has spent more than 25 years in mobile telecommunications and M2M/IoT, starting in 2001 as a solution consultant for mobile data and machine-to-machine services at MTN in South Africa. Since then he has delivered products and programmes for mobile operators, banks, retailers, broadcasters, regulators and government, in South Africa, the UK, Europe and the Channel Islands.
He held the position of interim Director of the EU working group for Policy and Regulation in IoT at the GSMA, the global body representing mobile operators, before moving to Jersey in 2015. At JT he launched the first commercial LoRa network in the British Isles, and he founded IoT CI to bring that experience to businesses of every size.
IoT has always been his passion, and his work shows it.
- MTN Award for Innovation in 2003 and 2004, for M2M products and services
- GSMA: interim Director, EU working group on IoT policy and regulation
- JT: launched the first commercial LoRa network in the British Isles
- Location-based services for NATO troops on deployment in Afghanistan
- SMS smart home pioneer at the turn of the century
- PRINCE2 Practitioner; B.Comm, Business Management, University of Stellenbosch
Experience
Career highlights by industry
The experience behind IoT CI, from mobile networks and payments to health and government.
Mobile networks and telecoms
- MTN: M2M products and services, including USSD credit-card processing and point-of-sale terminals
- Vodafone Group: programme manager for Vodafone Discover across 60 countries
- Vodafone UK: Message+ with RCS-e, the standard's first UK deployment; contacts backup; single sign-on
- O2: the Joggler device and the Bluebook contacts backup service
- JT: the island's LoRa network and IoT portfolio; Community Alarm Service migration that let the island retire copper lines; programme manager for JT Global's acquisition of Airtel's Channel Islands business
Regulation and industry bodies
- GSMA Connected Living: led the IoT Business Enablers programme
- Engagements with BEREC, India's Department of Telecommunications, the Singapore Government and CITEL
- GSMA positions on IoT taxation, data privacy and security, and numbering for IoT services
- Consultations between MEPs and operators on eCall and medical device regulation
Location, tracking and safety
- Online location-based services and a child location service for Transport for London
- A tracking service delivered on location in Afghanistan, used to locate injured NATO troops and personnel
- Lone worker protection for BP in South America
- Location platform integration for mobile operators Claro and Zain
Banking and payments
- Barclaycard: product roadmaps for the payments innovation team; the Barclaycard and Orange contactless mobile site; the Freedom augmented-reality and Cycle apps
- Worldpay: hand-coded mCommerce checkout proof of concept
- Mobile banking app delivery for a major UK bank (case study)
Retail, media and charity
- Marks & Spencer mCommerce site, winner of Most Effective Mobile Site at the EMMAs 2010
- PlayStation iPhone and Android app; mCommerce for MTV, Skype, New Look and Clarks
- Vodafone JustGiving text donations, a world first
- Rough Guides mobile app, pre-installed on 6 million Motorola handsets
Health, government and professional services
- Technical lead for a government health service's Electronic Patient Record programme (case study)
- IoT strategy for a mobile operator group's accelerator programme: 22 product canvases and 13 sales demonstrators, against 3 in scope
- Platform integration for a global intellectual property technology company, freeing £400,000 of technology budget
- Document management for a financial services industry body
Recognition
IoT CI in the news
Digital Jersey · 2024
Featured in the Digital Jersey Annual Review
Our real-time sensor work features in Digital Jersey's Annual Review film.
Watch on YouTubeImpact Jersey · 2023
Open Programme One grant recipients
The Realtime Sensor IoT Project, supported by IoT CI, among the first Impact Jersey grant recipients.
Read on impact.jeImpact Jersey
Spotlight on success: Realtime Sensor IoT Project
Impact Jersey's spotlight on the real-time sensor project in social housing.
Read on impact.jeHow we work
Problem first
Only after we understand the use case do we recommend a solution. We would rather solve the right problem with a simple device than force a shiny gadget to fit.
We use what we sell
The networks, devices and platforms we recommend are ones we run ourselves, every day.
Local and hands-on
Based in Jersey, with on-site surveys, installation and support, and the reach to deliver further afield.
Technology we work with
Let's talk about your project
Tell us what you need to know, measure or track. We'll suggest the right devices, network and platform, and can start with a small proof of concept.