Swiss develop watch that alerts emergency services when a wearer needs help

Zurich, Switzerland — A potentially life-saving mobile phone-based emergency watch has been developed by a Swiss-based watchmaker, Limmex. When a wearer needs help it can be used to alert emergency services.

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ECW's 'next generation' E9-1-1 call management and mapping system selected in Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — Emergency CallWorks Inc., a provider of 9-1-1 (emergency) and incident management software for public safety, reports that Jefferson County has chosen Emergency CallWorks® (ECW) to supply advanced 9-1-1 call management and call mapping.

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Ovum says smart cities are key to recovery, as Libelium launches 'smart lighting' sensors

London, UK, Zaragoza, Spain & Redwood City, USA. March 19, 2013 — New research by technology analysts, Ovum, says that ‘smart cities’ are crucial to kick starting the economy. This comes on the same day that Libelium has announced a new Smart Lighting system for smart city deployments

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INSIDE Secure claims to have 'reinvented' the NFC tag

INSIDE Secure has introduced a new near field communication (NFC) tag that is said to create “virtually limitless possibilities” for interaction between NFC mobile devices like smartphones and a broad range of medical, communications, entertainment and other electronic devices

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Mobile health system connects people to emergency care at critical moments

Dallas, Texas — Until now, an elderly person suffering from a fall or heart attack could use a device around their neck to send for help – as long as they were at home. AT&T aims to beat this limitation with a mobile health (mHealth) solution that automatically connects people in distress to medical assistance,

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Kamstrup delivered the 150,000th smart meter to Enexis

The Dutch energy distributor, Enexis, and smart metering provider Kamstrup recently celebrated their successful cooperation through the last five years

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Yota Devices and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. enter into software license for mobile devices

Yota Devices announced that it is the first Russian company to enter into a software license for mobile devices with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Vodafone launches MachineLink 3G with NetComm Wireless and inks new deal with ThyssenKrupp

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. February 26, 2013: A new M2M terminal, The Vodafone MachineLink 3G, has been officially launched by the giant mobile network operator. Vodafone has also announced the sale of 50,000 M2M cards to ThyssenKrupp.

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Telit expands Qualcomm-based portfolio with LTE Concept product, and builds Intel® collaboration

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. February 25, 2013 – Telit Wireless Solutions today announced the expansion of its long-standing relationship with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. At the same time it is expanding its mobile computing offerings with Intel®

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Aeris launches crowdsourcing for machines

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona-Aeris Communications announced the launch of AerPort 3.0, a portal that leverages patent-pending M2M crowdsourcing technology

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New smart energy billing suite from Orga Systems aims to make smart grid more profitable

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona & Paderborn, Germany. February 25, 2013: Orga Systems has today announced the availability of OS.Energy 2.0, a new dynamic energy billing system tailor-made for utility companies and M2M communication providers.

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Oberthur and FICOSA demonstrate a 'complete connectivity solution' for the automotive market

(Mobile World Congress) Barcelona, Spain & Levallois-Perret, France — Oberthur Technologies and FICOSA are demonstrating a remotely provisionable SIM for the automotive market at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona.

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Digi adds mobile subscription management capabilities to iDigi Device Cloud

Digi International‘s newly announced incorporation of carrier subscription management capabilities into the iDigi® Device Cloud™ means that organisations can now create M2M applications, manage remote devices and oversee wireless subscriptions from one interface.

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Weightless Specification silicon for M2M launches

The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the release of the world’s first transceiver chip using the Weightless Specification and operating over white space spectrum

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Orga Systems integrates telecoms, utilities, automotive and M2M services with MyDigitalLife

(MWC PREVIEW:) Paderborn, Germany. February 19, 2013 — Orga Systems is to present its ‘MyDigitalLife’ service at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, to help network operators achieve cross-vertical revenues.

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Aeris Communications certifies 'world’s smallest M2M module' by AnyDATA Corp

Aeris Communications has announced the certification of AnyDATA’s DTW-200D on the Aeris Network

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