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Inmarsat is working with Skywave Mobile Communications to develop a low data rate tracking, monitoring and messaging service that is planned for launch in the summer.

M2M equipment maker Elecsys saw its sales for the quarter ending 31 January 2011 rise 29% to US$6.1m.

Evolving Systems, a provider of software and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets, has had its eighteenth consecutive quarter of positive operating profit.

We ask Philippe Guillemette, CTO of Sierra Wireless, to look into his crystal ball and tell us about the year ahead in M2M.

Elecsys has received an order for remote monitoring systems to be delivered to the United States Department of Defense.

The European machine-to-machine (M2M) market is quickly recovering from the economic crisis of 2008–2009 and is starting to prosper again with growth rates exceeding 12% over the 2010–2015 period, according

In the first part of this article, we suggested that there are three primary challenges that M2M creates for operators. The first two are security/secure authentication

M2M and embedded mobile applications will lead to strong growth in mobile cellular connectivity, according to a report from Ian Streule, senior manager at Analysys Mason.

EDMI and Sierra Wireless were awarded the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities at the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Bridgewater Systems has announced that during 2010 it surpassed management of more than ten million devices supporting a range of machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.

Cinterion, part of Gemalto, and Numerex have announced their partnership to distribute and integrate Cinterion modules across all M2M markets, enabling customers to implement securely and rapidly M2M applications.

A new research report from Gothenburg, Sweden-based analyst firm Berg Insight, says that 2.0% of mobile network connections worldwide were used for wireless machine-to-machine communication at the end of 2010.

Minnesota-based Digi International has introduced what it says are the industry’s first commercial-grade integrated 4G routers – the Digi Connect WAN 4G and ConnectPort X4 4G.

New systems can raise the efficiency of SIM ordering, activation and marketing, putting more cards in the supply chain yet controlling costs

Jasper Wireless and Telefónica, Spain’s incumbent communications network operator, have partnered to wirelessly connect M2M and consumer electronics devices.

As part of an initiative announced in November 2010, the GSMA has formed a task force of mobile operators to explore the development of an embedded SIM