OEMs

Gemalto, a global provider of digital security, will supply its Cinterion® wireless module to Wuhan Intest Electronic Technology Co Ltd (Intest) to enable 4G LTE connectivity on their Telematics-Box (T-Box).

EMnify, the privately funded Berlin-based global cellular M2M and IoT connectivity company, has signed on Lars Singbartl, former partner and head of Warburg Pincus Germany, as its latest investor.

Jasper, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, and recently the subject of a $1.4bn takeover offer by Cisco, and POST Luxembourg, Luxembourg’s national telecommunications services operator, have combined their network and IoT platform.

Avnet, Inc. a global technology distributor, has introduced the Agate™ IoT Solution, a family of integrated kits designed to lower the cost of long-life connected gateway and network edge device development for OEMs.

Security providers Gemalto and Bridge Alliance are demonstrating a solution for multi-country deployment of IoT devices at Mobile World C ongress , using Gemalto’s LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution.

Spirent Communications plc, a provider of device intelligence solutions, and Oasis Smart SIM, a global Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) connectivity and management provider, have announced a strategic partnership.

Wind River® is teaming with Ricardo to deliver solutions for autonomous driving. Wind River will be showcasing its automotive solutions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) and holding a press conference unveiling its latest innovations on January 12 at 4:25 p.m. in the Concourse at the Cobo Center in Detroit.

Taoglas has introduced the DCP.5900, a unique ceramic patch antenna designed for emerging V2V and V2X applications.

Any observer of the relationships between business and technology over the years will recognise those slightly awkward periods between the first emergence of a new technological concept and its eventual acceptance as a part of everyday life.

In August, it was hard to ignore the Jeep hack carried out by a WIRED journalist, where he arranged for the car he was in to externally be taken control of whilst he drove a St. Louis highway. It was also hard to ignore the furore that followed. The story was shared over 200,000 times,

The trade association the International M2M Council announced that it has amassed over 10,000 members in just 18 months of operations, almost entirely comprised of individual OEMs, enterprise users, and applications developers that buy IoT solutions.

The momentum of the Internet of Things is growing strongly and its transformative power starts to appear clear to many industries. Certainly, there are challenges to be faced in terms of technologies and business models, but the Internet of Things (IoT) industry is committed to unveiling the enormous potential of the IoT vision. Saverio Romeo of Beecham Research

Thomas Seiler is chief executive of u-blox, a provider of wireless and positioning semiconductors and modules for the automotive, industrial and consumer markets. The company’s products enable people, vehicles and machines to locate their exact position and wirelessly communicate via voice, text or video.

In the last post I discussed the growth in the fleet management and the wave of M&A (merger & acquisition) activity it seems to have triggered among the suppliers. But the turbulence in the fleet management market is not simply a game of musical chairs among the traditional specialists. Outsiders have also been buying into

At Machina Research we recently updated our outlook on the fleet management sector. Although it is often considered as one of the more mature M2M sectors, it is growing rapidly and, more importantly, evolving in many different ways.

Telit Wireless Solutions, has announced that Aquarius Spectrum has selected the Telit HE910 module for its innovative water leak detection system, which is based on fixed, always-on, correlating sensors.