Etsi

(BLOG:) A lack of standards in M2M has been repeatedly flagged up as a key barrier to driving the M2M market forwards, says Andrew Brown*. Over the last few years, various Standard Development Organisations (SDOs) have been working on unifying initiatives.

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced it has joined the oneM2M Partnership, which was launched in July 2012 to enable the deployment of services in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications systems.

Oulu, Finland. August 14, 2012 –- Sensinode Ltd, a provider of software that powers the Internet of Things, is offering a free trial version of its NanoService™ software, a scalable, end-to-end solution for M2M. NanoService™ is designed to enable rapid deployment of challenging M2M systems by providing efficient M2M data management

Bellevue, Washington, USA – A new global organisation, oneM2M, has been formed to create technical specifications to ensure that machine-to-machine (M2M) communications can effectively operate to agreed standards on a worldwide scale.

Berlin, Germany. May 29, 2012 — Fraunhofer FOKUS, supported by Technische Universität Berlin, has released a new M2M communication platform, OpenMTC. With the OpenMTC platform, the two institutions are providing an ETSI standard-compliant middleware platform for M2M-oriented applications and services

Creating a premium service for M2M or Telematics solutions is a team effort between M2M solution providers and their customers. Based on a set of guidelines

The Major Standards Development Organisations (the “SDOs”) have turned their attention to addressing the need for a common and widely available M2M Service Layer,

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) organised a multi-vendor demonstration this week of wireless M2M functionality using its latest standards.

M2M has been a success story and it came through the recession in good shape, but success has been achieved in vertical market sectors and proprietary platforms. That is yesterday’s stovepipe model:

NEC is to host Asia’s first meeting for worldwide standardisation of M2M communications; the Etsi meeting will take place at NEC’s Tamagawa plant from 12 to 16 September.