Blog: M2M – When “easy” isn’t easy

Many mobile operators talk about how easy it is to do business with them and several service providers make bold claims about being the best in this regard, but let’s

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RF Monolithics extends distribution deal with Avnet into Asia

RF Monolithics has expanded its distribution agreement with Avnet Electronics Marketing from its current North and South America to cover most of Asia. Avnet distributes RFM products

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Deutsche Telekom extends its SaaS portfolio to include SAP for Utilities

Bonn, Germany. 28 September, 2011 — Deutsche Telekom has extended its Software as a Service (SaaS) portfolio to include the SAP system, ‘SAP for Utilities’. Energy providers, the housing sector,

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Telenor provides wireless connectivity for Dutch security system

Sector Alarm, a provider of security and safety for residential homes, has picked Telenor Connexion as its supplier of wireless connectivity for home alarms and security systems in the Netherlands.

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Telekom Austria Group delivers promised new M2M company

Vienna, Austria: As first reported by M2M Now on July 7th, 2011, the Telekom Austria Group has set up a new subsidiary company in the M2M field. The new company,

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Is AT&T looking down the road to M2M as it opens up to app developers?

Palo Alto, California, USA. 18 September, 2011 — AT&T (NYSE:T) is taking down the protective walls it has built over the years around its applications infrastructure, and the operator is

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Turkcell, Huawei and NXP combine to launch Turkey’s first NFC-enabled smartphone

Istanbul, Turkey – Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL) working with NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) have selected the PN544 Near Field Communication (NFC) radio chip for Turkcell’s new T20 smartphone.

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EXCLUSIVE: Vodafone claims a first as it partners to launch pre-integrated global M2M bundles

Newbury, UK. 15 September, 2011 — Vodafone M2M is launching a new bundled service with its partners that aims to make life simpler for businesses wanting to take advantage of

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M2M to be key sector in Telefonica business unit

Telefonica has set up a digital services unit combining areas such as e-health, cloud and M2M.

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Frost & Sullivan identify the next layer of M2M revenue opportunities

Following our report (Sept 2, 2011) that IBM is to accelerate smart city data analytics with the acquisition of i2, comes a new report from Frost & Sullivan. According to

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UK government announces €5.22bn investment in smart meter network and data services

The government of the United Kingdom has announced up to €5.22 billion in seven to nine year contracts, to build a wide area network and data services, to support smart

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Ericsson M2M completes acquisition of Telenor Connexion’s M2M technology platform

Ericsson announced today that that they have successfully completed the asset purchase agreement to acquire Telenor Connexion’s M2M (machine-to-machine) technology platform.

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The Benefits of a Multi Carrier Strategy

As the Machine to Machine industry matures, the once seemingly complex value chain has become more compressed, offering faster time to market for what has proven to be an excruciatingly

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Embedded Mobile and M2M: With Opportunity Comes Threat

Embedded Mobile (EM) encompasses a host of devices and services using wide-area mobile network technologies to provide communication between machines themselves (M2M) and people.

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White Paper: Embedded Mobile – Telecoms Fraud & Security Management

This brand new White Paper, by Praesidum Consultancy Group, the business consultancy division of WeDo Technologies, focuses on the risks M2M services can cause operators in terms of fraud and

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Etisalat and Telefónica announce the signing of a strategic multinational agreement

The two operators have jointly announced that they have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to enter into a broad-based cooperation. The partnership is designed to allow

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