Ericsson is extending the reach of its Device Connection Platform (DCP), the heart of its IoT services strategy, with two deals with operator alliances. The platform will be adopted to support connectivity, security and device management by members of the Asia-centric Bridge Alliance of mobile carriers, and the Global M2M Association, a group of six tier one MNOs. The Bridge Alliance was formed in 2004 to support roaming, common services and seamless connectivity among its members’ mobile networks, and reduce cost and risk via shared back end platforms. At the start of 2014, an 11-strong subset of its participants created the Bridge M2M Alliance, to do the same for their IoT services. Now many of the activities of the two…