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T-Mobile USA's M2M strategy is 'to be easy to work with' : DT announces new focus on growth areas, outlines plans for T-Mo going forward

T-Mobile USA Inc. is attacking the machine-to-machine space with four SIM form factors to enable companies that want m2M solutions to use the one that best fits their needs, said John Horn, national director of M2M at the carrier. “Our strategy for many years in the U.S. has been to make us the easiest company to do business with,” Horn said in an interview with RCR Wireless News.
The strategy has paid off well enough that parent operator Deutsche Telecom is implementing T-Mobile’s strategy throughout its operations to more closely align so that it is easy for multinational companies to use T-Mobile’s international resources. “Germany had a lead in telematics and we benefited from that. Now we’re returning the favor,” Horn said.
Separately, Deutsche Telekom yesterday announced a new strategy that focuses on intelligent networks as the world moves from voice-centric wired communications to one surrounding broadband. “The industry is changing and we are transforming Deutsche Telekom,” said CEO Ren

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Tracy Ford
Tracy Ford
Former Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, RCR Wireless NewsCurrently HetNet Forum Director703-535-7459 tracy.ford@pcia.com Ford has spent more than two decades covering the rapidly changing wireless industry, tracking its changes as it grew from a voice-centric marketplace to the dynamic data-intensive industry it is today. She started her technology journalism career at RCR Wireless News, and has held a number of titles there, including associate publisher and executive editor. She is a winner of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Silver Award, for both trade show and government coverage. A graduate of the Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Ford holds a B.S. degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on public relations.