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Three UK has signed an agreement with Macheen Inc., a global cloud service provider for connected devices. The Macheen platform is now available, with individual device manufacturers pending but yet to be announced.

Telefónica’s new Digital unit and Giesecke & Devrient have reached an agreement to establish a single European-wide platform for Near Field Communication (NFC) services.

Enhanced for M2M roaming requirements, MACH’s data and financial clearing solutions provide global coverage for MobiquiThings’ customers.

SkyBitz®, the provider of remote asset tracking and information management technology has announced that GP II Energy, Inc., an oil and gas drilling and rental equipment company, has selected their GLS asset tracking product for more than 600 of its frac tanks and other equipment.

Singapore. October 2011 — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a provider of digital security services, has been selected by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) to deploy mobile NFC contactless services nationwide.

Telenor Connexion has become the global supplier of embedded connectivity for Amelti, a manufacturer of industrial engine and vehicle fuel and emissions monitoring and management systems.

UAE telecoms provider Etisalat has introduced a service that allows expecting parents to share ultrasound scans of their foetus with family and friends. Called Mobile Baby, the service also enables remote medical diagnostics.

Raco Wireless is to support M2M connectivity and sim management for Teletrac’s Fleet Director GPS and vehicle tracking products and it is teaming up with Aeris Communications, a US cellular carrier for telematics programmes.

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.

Cycle30, a Seattle, Washington-based provider of hosted billing services for communications, utility and machine-to-machine (M2M) service operators, has chosen the Comverse BSS solution to power the billing and rating services platform for its growing M2M business.

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.

The Proliphix IMT-550 internet managed thermostat has been made available for use with Sprint wireless network connectivity.

Novatel Wireless has selected Acal BFi as a distributor in the UK, Italy and Germany for Enfora’s M2M portfolio.

Eurotech has won a US$1.7m follow-on order to supply the Zywan cellular router to a US regional power company rolling out smart meters to more than two million customers.

AT&T has given official approval to the Lisa surface-mount 3G module from Swiss positioning and wireless chip and module company U-Blox for use on its mobile broadband network.