Russia

In western Europe you may think of security of power supply in terms of keeping the regulator happy and avoiding fines. In the extreme cold of Russia and Kazakhstan says Jeremy Cowan, the focus is on saving lives by avoiding unexpected shutdowns in power generation. 

According to estimates by Russian mobile network operator, MTS over the first nine months of 2014 the country’s machine-to-machine communications (M2M) market increased by 14% to reach 5.5 million SIM cards, while the number of MTS’s M2M SIM cards grew by 16% to 2.9 million.

Moscow, Russia. June 3, 2013 — Officials from three federal operators have met in Moscow to confirm their planned discussions on co-operating to create a joint system for handling emergencies. The co-operating countries are the Republics of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.

San Diego, California, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — QUAKE Global Inc. and SkyWave Mobile Communications have introduced Q-Pro, an M2M solution designed to operate on the Russian Federation’s Inmarsat satellite network.

BLOG — In the second of a two-part article Jan Stojaspal reports* on the growth of the fleet telematics market in Asia, Europe and the US.

In the first of a two-part feature Telematics Update reports on the growth of the fleet telematics market in Latin America and Russia. And Register Here for a $100 discount on a Fleet Management event, exclusive to M2M Now readers. (Discount Code: 216769)

Austin, Texas, USA. May 30, 2012 – Government regulations and initiatives will be a key factor driving the market for cellular modules used in machine-to machine (M2M) communications, according to a new report from IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)).

Kontron has signed a long-term technology agreement with the Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System (FGC UES), the largest operator of energy supply networks in Russia.

BPC Banking Technologies is to provide key infrastructure components to support the planned introduction of the universal electronic card (UEC) in Russia.