M2M

The number of enterprise cellular M2M connections is set to triple by 2015, according to a report from the Yankee Group.

RF Monolithics has added the WLS-series of Wifi and Wifi plus Bluetooth combination modules to its integrated short-range radio products.

South Korean operator SK Telecom is to work with China’s biggest telecoms company, China Mobile, in areas of mobile gaming and M2M.

Video surveillance and M2M provider Clear2There has expanded its distribution agreement with Jenne Distributors, a value‐added distributor of business telephony, data, audio and video conferencing, and security products to resellers

Wireless technology expert Kelvin Chan has joined ABI Research as industry analyst for M2M connectivity.

M2M-focussed mobile network operator Stream Communications has introduced a quick and secure way to access remote devices. Removing the need for software installation and network configuration, Dina is a secure

CML Microcircuits has launched the CMX7164 multi-mode wireless data modem IC.

Machine-to-machine communications company Telit has posted preliminary net profits of US$8.4m for the year ending 31 December 2010 against a loss for the previous year of $4.2m.

Veolia Water and Orange are joining forces in the smart metering sector and are launching M2O City, an operator specialising in remote environmental data and water meter reading services.

Arrow Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Exosite, a machine-to-machine (M2M) application and cloud computing software company.

Mobile broadband company Tekelec has enetered a co-marketing agreement with Numerex to deliver intelligent M2M products to global service providers.

Verizon Wireless and Axeda have formed an alliance to speed the development and deployment of global machine-to-machine (M2M) products.

This will be the year that M2M really starts to take off, said Robert Wainwright (pictured), general manager and director of BVM, speaking at the launch of the company’s new

Taoglas has launched the FXP830, a flexible antenna with 80% efficiency for the M2M wireless device and module market.

NPhase claims to have found the missing link in M2M for device OEMs, application providers and enterprise customers with its NPhase One developer programme.

To future-proof data transmission devices against non-availability of the 2G network, Telit is launching the HE863 fully equipped HSPA M2M module with embedded GPS receiver and 22 GPIOs (general purpose