M2M

Inmarsat is working with Skywave Mobile Communications to develop a low data rate tracking, monitoring and messaging service that is planned for launch in the summer.

Numerex has announced that it is leveraging its M2M platforms to address the multifaceted needs of the global logistics market.

M2M equipment maker Elecsys saw its sales for the quarter ending 31 January 2011 rise 29% to US$6.1m.

Doctor Florent Frederix, media directorate-general for the European Commission, will present the policy project of the European Commission with respect to the mass deployment of the emerging internet of things applications (internet connected objects) at the M2M Forum Europe.

Evolving Systems, a provider of software and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets, has had its eighteenth consecutive quarter of positive operating profit.

Quatech has introduced the AMC airborne management centre software to support installation, configuration and setup of rugged and secure enterprise-class Wifi networking device servers, Ethernet bridges and embedded modules.

Mobile operator O2 has signed a multi-million pound contract with UK smart meter operations service provider G4S Utility Services to simplify the remote management and monitoring of the company’s national smart meter network.

In its latest study “Energy Harvesting for M2M Devices,” ABI Research has determined that the market for energy harvesting systems totalled US$3.82m in 2009, and that it will reach $418m by 2016.

Elecsys has received an order for remote monitoring systems to be delivered to the United States Department of Defense.

The European machine-to-machine (M2M) market is quickly recovering from the economic crisis of 2008–2009 and is starting to prosper again with growth rates exceeding 12% over the 2010–2015 period, according to research from International Data Corporation (IDC).

At Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, this week, Eurotech demonstrated a complete wireless gateway based on Intel hardware and a software development kit that lets machine-to-machine (M2M) devices, applications and services get to market quicker.

M2M and embedded mobile applications will lead to strong growth in mobile cellular connectivity, according to a report from Ian Streule, senior manager at Analysys Mason.

Event date: May 13-15, 2015 Tokyo Big Sight, Japan Held under the scope of Japan IT Week – Japan’s largest IT show, IoT/M2M Expo Spring (Formerly known as Wireless M2M Expo) is the long-awaited specialised exhibition in Japan gathering all kinds of IoT (Internet of Things) and M2M related products and services.

Netcomm, a manufacturer of data communications products for small business and home users, has selected Sierra Wireless Airprime MC7750 and MC7710 intelligent embedded modules to provide 4G cellular network connectivity for its Liberty series of LTE Wifi routers.

EDMI and Sierra Wireless were awarded the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities at the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Comarch has rebuilt the architecture of its flagship product suite – Comarch BSS – to help operators enter markets such as B2B and M2M.