How M2M and IoT Managed Service Providers are shaping up for a busy future

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,

Read more

Vodafone Ireland announces IT communications partnership with Ryanair across 189 locations in Europe

Vodafone Ireland has today announced details of its partnership with Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, to provide 95 per cent of the carrier’s telecoms, machine to machine and communications needs. The

Read more

Konekt raises US$1.3m to enable the Internet of Things through cellular connectivity

Chicago, IL, USA. February 19, 2015 – Konekt, the developer of a new toolkit for IoT device management and network connectivity, today announced it has raised a US$1.3 million round

Read more

Telefonica launches machine to machine (m2m) global partner programme in LATAM

Companies in LatAm can now join more than 500 partners already signed up to Telefonica’s m2m Global Partner Programme

Read more

DataArt announces 2014 results: Record revenue, new industry expertise & global expansion

DataArt, a leading technology consulting firm, today announced that 2014 was its best year yet: the company posted record revenue of $54M, a 36% increase year-on-year; expanded operations to Central

Read more

No let up in M&As as British Gas acquires AlertMe for £65m and ARM buys Dutch IoT security firm Offspark

London & Cambridge, UK – AlertMe announced on Friday it has agreed the sale of the company to British Gas (part of the Centrica plc group) in a deal said

Read more

Cellular Internet of Things connectivity provider SIGFOX secures €100m round of funding

Labege, France. February 11, 2015 – SIGFOX, a leading provider of cellular networks dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it has secured a record €100 million (US$115

Read more

Business growth in M2M and IoT outstrips the global economy

The global economy is picking up, even though a dark cloud still looms over the Euro zone. The financial results that Telit and others have reported recently are very positive

Read more

Stream Technologies appoints Low Power Radio Networks specialist for ‘crucial’ IoT deployments

London & Glasgow, UK. January 26, 2015 — Tracy Hopkins formally joins Stream Technologies today as SVP, Low Power Radio Networks (IoT). Previously with Neul, Tracy’s appointment underlines Stream’s commitment

Read more

Industrial connectivity manufacturer B&B Electronics morphs into global IoT/M2M firm B+B SmartWorx

January 20, 2015 – Networking expert B&B Electronics, today emerges after a major re-branding and re-positioning as B+B SmartWorx, writes Jeremy Cowan. While continuing the tradition of developing mission-critical network

Read more

Gemalto completes US$890m acquisition of SafeNet

Amsterdam, Netherlands. January 8, 2015 – Digital security specialists, Gemalto, today announced the final closing of the acquisition of SafeNet, a worldwide provider of data and software protection. The deal, worth US$890

Read more

Silver Spring Networks to buy utility data analytics solution provider Detectent for US$12m cash

Redwood City, CA, USA – Silver Spring Networks, Inc. has agreed to acquire privately held Detectent, Inc., a provider of utility data analytics solutions for approximately US$12 million in cash.

Read more

Intel spends US$25m for a 30% stake in Vuzix Corp to expand the Google Glass rival

Rochester, NY, USA — Intel Corporation has made a US$24.8 million investment in the loss-making Vuzix® Corporation, a supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial

Read more

Sierra Wireless expands into M2M connectivity services with US$90m acquisition of Maingate

Sierra Wireless and Wireless Maingate AB, have announced that Sierra Wireless has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Maingate for US$90 million in cash. The transaction is expected to

Read more

M2M Evolution Conference & Expo Signs on Additional Event Sponsors

TMC and Crossfire Media announced today that more industry-leading companies will be lending their support as sponsors for M2M Evolution Conference & Expo, an IoT Evolution Expo event held January

Read more

Alun Lewis appointed as the new Editor of M2M Now Magazine

West Malling, Kent, UK. December 3, 2014 —  WeKnow Media Ltd (WKML) has appointed Alun Lewis as the new Editor of the market-leading, M2M Now magazine, this website’s sister publication.

Read more