Bruno Jacobfeuerborn is chairman of the supervisory board of 1NCE, the provider of simplified flat rate connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT).
He has worked at Deutsche Telekom since 1989, initially as a regional manager for the operator’s mobile network. From 2010 to 2016 he was director of technology for Deutsche Telekom in Germany and also served as chief technology officer for the Telekom group from 2012 to 2017. Now, he works as chief executive officer for Deutsche Funkturm, Deutsche Telekom’s cell tower business. Having studied electrical engineering at the University of Paderborn, he graduated as a Master of Science with a thesis on telecommunications. He has previously served as chairman of the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance. With 1NCE now well-established, Jacobfeuerborn tells George Malim the next step is to move from proving the concept to gaining massive numbers of connections.
George Malim: What attracted you to become chairman of the supervisory board at 1NCE?
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn: Alexander Sator, the founder and chief executive of 1NCE, had this great idea and explained to me how the IoT industry was missing something – a connectivity provider for the industry like 1NCE. He asked what would be necessary to make it happen. I said what he needed was a great team, industry know-how and the ability to put people together.
From my point of view, as a long-term chief technology officer at Deutsche Telekom and now running its cell tower infrastructure unit, I could clearly see there was an opportunity to help orchestrate those three attributes. Alex asked if I could do that for him and I was keen to get involved.
All our board members bring really good knowledge about the network and have huge experience that they were able to give 1NCE when it was an entry-level new company. For example, the board includes Ulrich Schumacher who has served on the management board of Siemens and held responsibility for the company’s semiconductor business earlier in his career.
We also have Alf Henryk Wulf, who has served as chairman of the management board of Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland and worked as president of GE’s energy businesses in Germany. He now serves on multiple supervisory boards and is a business angel. And finally, Hagen Rickmann who leads the business customers division at Telekom Deutschland and is committed to the digitisation of business customers in Germany. He has also worked at TSystems and as managing director for EDS group.
These are just a few examples of the impressive range and experience that my fellow board members possess. That said, it is quite unusual for a relatively new company to have such a high quality board.
GM: Has 1NCE developed as you expected and how are you seeing IoT development in general?
BJ: What is currently happening in the development of the Internet of Things is very interesting. If you include the Internet of Everything (IoE) that brings in humans as well as things, we are heading towards a future where there will be fewer humans connected than things and [...]
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