Companies

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) announced that Arval, a leader in full service vehicle leasing, fleet management, and usage-based insurance owned by BNP Paribas, has selected Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to build its new global telematics solution.

m2mpaper.com announces the India Smart Supply Chain Forum 2015 (www.smartsupplychainforum.com) scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 4 August 2015 and Wednesday, 5 August 2015 at The Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi, India, the forum where adaptable working technologies, integrated communications and collaborations that allows a truly connected Smart Supply Chain Businesses will come together under one

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), an association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the key takeaways and the availability of an extensive line-up of videos from its recently concluded Network of the Future Conference.

Vodafone has been rated the best Machine to Machine (M2M) communications service provider in the world for the fourth year in a row according to independent research by Analysys Mason.

Fans of fashion designer Nicole Miller will be able to instantly buy her latest clothing line through their smartphones as she partners with innovative mobile app PowaTag.

Vancouver, British Columbia & Sophia Antipolis, France — Canada’s Sierra Wireless and MobiquiThings, a European mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), have announced that Sierra Wireless has definitively agreed to acquire MobiquiThings for €14 million in cash.

However, Frost & Sullivan survey finds limited progress towards commercialisation of public sector information

London, UK. June 16, 2015:  Last year saw global TME (telecoms, media & entertainment) mergers & acquisitions (M&A) reach US$34.5 billion*, and this trend is predicted to increase in 2015. Among others, Oberthur is buying OTA clients and expertise, Intel sees IoT potential in Altera, while HP is acquiring ConteXtream to accelerate NFV adoption. But

Merger activity in the semiconductor industry  has reached a new level with the announcement of the agreement for Avago Technologies to acquire Broadcom, says IHS. The deal, which is valued at US$37 billion in cash and stock, will create a new company valued at $77 billion.

Led by white star capital and McRock Capital MONTREAL, Canada – Mnubo, the Internet of Things (IoT) Data Analytics company, announced today that it has raised a $6 million round of financing to accelerate its IoT data science development and expand the commercialization of its SmartObjects™ analytics service. The Series A round was led by White Star

Telematics has over the decades reshaped the transportation industry. Fleet management (FM) systems based on satellite positioning and wireless communication have gradually been established as crucial enablers of business-critical functionality such as vehicle, transport and driver management, and regulatory compliance and reporting, as Rickard Andersson writes.

San Francisco-based August Home, Inc., the technology company behind the August smart lock device for home automation and security, has raised US$38 million in Series B funding. This brings the company’s total funding to date to $50 million.

San Diego, CA & Eugene, Ore., March 30, 2015 — Novatel Wireless, Inc., (Nasdaq:MIFI), a provider of wireless solutions for the IoT, and privately held Feeney Wireless, a US-based provider of end-to-end IoT solutions and services, have announced that Novatel Wireless has acquired FW for US$25 million in a combination of cash and stock.

We’ve had a rip-roaring start to 2015 with predictions of economic growth and falling costs of living.

Several of the leading companies providing managed M2M /IoT managed services and connectivity solutions have just appointed new leadership talent. As Jeremy Cowan reports, senior executives have been coming (and going) at speed in recent days.

Wireless Logic was formed in the UK in 2000 with a focus on selling connectivity to laptop users. This was the time of the birth of the mobile data market, where the focus was squarely on hardware. But just as the market has evolved to give rise to M2M and now the Internet of Things