Nordic telco and M2M platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Tele2 has made a string of announcements recently, which collectively show the firm switching its focus to the IoT in the face of increased cellular competition in eastern Europe and saturated markets in the west. The announcements span an IoT partnership with IBM; the unveiling of plans to launch a LoRa network in Gothenburg, Sweden; and a contract win with the 1-Fleet Alliance – a group of European telematics service providers. The deal with IBM aims to speed up the process and lower the barrier to entry for IoT projects at European businesses. IBM will harness its powerful Watson IoT platform and Global Business Solution (GBS) consulting services, combining them with Tele2’s connectivity…