Leading brands pledge support to £1m IoT Launchpad competition

Tech City UK, the Technology Strategy Board and Cambridge Wireless announced five new partners in support of the flagship £1 million (€1.2 million) Internet of Things Launchpad competition. Leading brands Bosch, Cisco, Hive by British Gas, RPD International and Fab Lab London will join existing partner companies providing support for startups and SMEs in London

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Numerex receives 2014 M2M Telehealth Award

Numerex, announced that the HeartAssistRemote™ Monitoring System powered by Numerex recently received a 2014 M2M Telehealth Award from M2M Evolution Magazine.

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Altiux Innovations acquires M2M platform provider P – Device Systems

Bangalore-based Altiux Innovations Pvt Ltd, a provider of product engineering and innovation services, has acquired P-Device Systems Pvt Ltd, which develops machine-to-machine (M2M) and converged cloud platforms for companies operating in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, for an undisclosed amount.

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Innovation World Cup announces partnership with Gemalto to support IoT entrepreneurs

Innovation is one of Gemalto’s core values, being at the forefront of developing technologies to enable organisations to offer trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals that want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe.

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SEGGER emSecure product launched to tackle the cloning of embedded devices

SEGGER emSecure claims to be the first digital signature software package designed specifically for embedded systems. The emSecure module provides a selection of functions, which allow developers to add a digital signature to a product.

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Numerex and Omnilink come together to form a complete M2M value chain

In April this year, Numerex acquired fellow Atlanta, Georgia headquartered M2M technology provider Omnilink. The acquisition enables Omnilink to become a Numerex branded solution and brings greater presence in the personal emergency and response (PERS) and judicial and offender monitoring markets to Numerex.

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Airbiquity adds Inrix and parkopedia to its connected car content portfolio

Airbiquity Inc., announced the integration of two industry leading geo-aware content providers into its Choreo™ connected car services delivery platform. With these additions, both INRIX®, a provider of traffic information and driver services, and Parkopedia®, the largest provider of parking information used by millions of drivers per month, are available to Airbiquity’s automotive OEM customers

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3G/4G technologies will dominate cellular M2M communications by 2018, says Berg Insight

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the global cellular M2M market has entered a period of transition from 2G to 3G/4G technologies. The share of cellular M2M devices connected to HSPA/LTE networks is projected to more than double from less than 20% at the end of 2014 to more

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Surge in smart meter installations to support European, meter data management market

Although the scope for meter data management (MDM) in Europe is currently limited, the market is expected to take off in the foreseeable future. The main driver for the adoption of MDM solutions is the need for utilities to manage and use the growing volume and variety of data created by widespread smart meter installation.

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Logic PD Blueprint™ wireless communication device framework helps OEMs tap into the power and potential of IoT

Logic PD, a product innovation and realisation company for connected devices, has introduced a Wireless Communication Device Blueprint™, a step-by-step application guide for turning legacy equipment into a wireless solution.

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Second CyLec pilot successfully deployed in Brazil

Cyan Holdings, the integrated system and software design company focused on utility metering and lighting control, has announced that its Brazilian partner, Nobre, has successfully deployed a smart metering pilot with a second Tier 1 utility in the region.

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Customisable, plug-and-play Spectre LTE Cellular Router ready for M2M on AT&T’s 4G network

B&B Electronics has expanded its family of rugged wireless Spectre routers to include the new Spectre LTE Cellular Router. Taking advantage of the fast data transfer speeds (up to 100Mbit/s for download, 50 Mbit/s for upload) of the LTE cellular network, the router is built for industrial remote M2M monitoring applications that demand speed, low

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Stadium buys M2M device manufacturer United Wireless to target Internet of Things business

Stadium Group  has acquired a device manufacturer which specialises in M2M wireless devices for use over cellular networks. UK-based company, United Wireless operates in the automotive and telematics sectors employing 40 people.

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‘Connected management’ trend drives the global wireless M2M market as connections rise 21% in 2014

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the global number of mobile network connections used for wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication will increase by 21.0% in 2014 to reach 213.9m at the year-end. East Asia, Western Europe and North America are the main regional markets, accounting for around 75% of the

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Vodafone report shows adoption of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) on the rise in the Americas

Vodafone announced findings for the Americas from its second annual ‘M2M Adoption Barometer,’ a global survey of the machine-to-machine (M2M) market. The study finds that M2M adoption has increased by more than 80% globally in the last year and predicts that more than half of companies in the Americas will implement M2M by 2016.

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Landis+Gyr and Ericsson join forces for smart meter reading in Finland

Landis+Gyr, has chosen Ericsson to provide smart meter reading and related field operations as a service for Landis+Gyr’s utility customers in Finland. For Ericsson, this is a breakthrough deal in the Finnish energy sector that underlines the company’s commitment to using ICT to meet the needs of the utilities industry.

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