Chinese company Quectel is working with Tartabit to increase the speed of Microsoft Azure IoT deployment, the firm announced at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Tartabit announced the availability of Quectel BC66 low-code templates within its IoT bridge to enable an easier, frictionless pathway into Microsoft Azure. This update to the IoT bridge, in collaboration with Quectel, is said to demonstrate Tartabit’s commitment to easing integration between LPWAN IoT devices and Microsoft Azure and provides important capabilities for the LPWAN IoT marketplace.

“We are excited to announce the next steps in the collaboration with Quectel during MWC,” said Fred Yentz, CEO of Tartabit. “The announcement reinforces our combined dedication to helping customers onboard LPWAN devices into Microsoft Azure. IoT bridge provides Quectel customers with an easy to use and quick to deploy solution to be used in combination with Microsoft Azure in order to achieve hyperscale based IoT offerings.”

As LPWA IoT based products rapidly expand from a design and deployment point of view, the Tartabit IoT bridge and Quectel BC66 help developers, OEM device makers and enterprises seamlessly onboard LW-M2M or optimised UDP protocols into Azure IoT Hub, IoT Central and other services, with the ability to integrate Quectel-enabled LPWA devices in minutes.

“Tartabit’s IoT bridge enables Quectel’s OEM device maker customers to effortlessly benefit from the capabilities of Microsoft Azure,” said Norbert Muhrer, president of Quectel, “Getting closer to our customer’s needs is important to Quectel as demonstrated by our move into the CaaS business in Europe. Collaborating with Tartabit and easing integration with Microsoft Azure is another example of Quectel’s objective to provide end to end service options to our customers.”

In keeping with their objective to be the easiest LPWAN IoT service to find, use and deploy, the IoT bridge is available from the Azure Marketplace with a 30-day free trial to any developer connecting Quectel LPWA modules to Azure.

“Tartabit’s support of the Quectel LPWA IoT simplifies development for IoT providers and enterprise customers working on LPWA IoT based offerings,” said Tony Shakib, partner general manager at Microsoft Azure IoT. “The Tartabit IoT bridge provides a fast path, enabling a wide range of solutions that can be addressed by the combination of the low-power IoT partner ecosystem and Microsoft Azure services.”

Tartabit was founded by a team of experienced IoT executives and practitioners who share a passion to provide easy-to-use tools and services capable of accelerating the adoption of IoT globally.

Quectel’s growing global team of more than 3000 professionals is said to set the pace for innovation in cellular, GNSS, wifi and Bluetooth modules, antennas, and IoT connectivity.

Reducing friction for IoT developers and OEM device makers so they can benefit from the global scale and market reach of Azure is a key mission for Tartabit. As such, the company has announced participation with Microsoft in the Quectel Masterclass Series scheduled for March 29th, 2022, which provides an opportunity for the IoT developer community to learn more about the end-to-end capabilities of the combined offerings.