BROWSING: M2M

Wireless HD TV could take off, ABI notes

Wireless hi-definition TV, while still in its "incubation" phase, could reach 1 million installations by 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.The market is fractured by three competing markets loosely grouped as 5 GHz, 60 GHz and ultra wideband. Fewer than 100,000...

Verizon open network gets first, unsexy device

When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications.

Hackers crack cash machine PIN codes to steal millions

Citibank machines in 7-Eleven stores targetted in most effective remote PIN code theft scam in US banking history. Millions of bank customers face a new threat to their money after it emergedyesterday that hackers had cracked PIN codes used in cash machines.

M2M sees unbridled growth : Space ‘only limited by your imagination,’ Sprint Nextel exec says

With wireless connectivity becoming ever more common in vehicles, security systems and utility meters, machine-to-machine technology is on the path to transform vending machines, real estate lock boxes and mail drop-boxes. Although the M2M space is still evolving (even the definition of which devices...

Cell phones tracking nightlife activity

A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies.

Automated profiling tech is crap, says Home Office

Automated passenger profiling is rubbish, the Home Office has conceded in an amusing - and we presume inadvertent - blurt.

Compressed VoIP leaves eavesdropping clues

Eavesdroppers might be able to gain clues about the content of encrypted conversations even without breaking the cryptography.

White space group: amnesty for illegal wireless mic use

The White Spaces Coalition has some strong words for one ofits harshest critics, the wireless microphone industry.

Velocita nabs SkyTel’s paging service for $7.5M

Bell Industries Inc. has finally gotten SkyTel off its plate. Velocita Wireless L.L.C. bought the division for $7.5 million, paying $3 million in closing, $3 million in 30 days and $1.5 million in deferred payments over the next year. SkyTel offers paging, messaging and...

GE Healthcare gives white space broadband a boost

Advocates of unlicensed broadband devices may have won a small but significant victory at the Federal Communications Commission.

Microsoft and Harrah’s unveil high-tech interactive bar table

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft and Harrah's Entertainment introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.

Vendor punts coin-operated Wi-Fi base-station

People rarely need coins to make a call these days, but don’t ditch your coppers just yet because manufacturer Handlink has designed a coin-operated Wi-Fi access point.

Qinetiq ships first ‘Transformer’ war-droid

The US war robot manufacturing arm of controversial Brit gov spinoff bonanza company Qinetiq has announced the first shipment of its so-called "Transformer" battle droid.

Mother gives ‘smart card’ for cigarettes to son

TOKYO — A Japanese woman who allegedly lent her 15-year-old son one of Japan's new "smart cards," which are intended to prevent minors from buying cigarettes from vending machines, may face charges.

Siemens’ M2M unit taken over by indie investors

Siemens Wireless Modules has become Cinterion Wireless Modules, after a buyout led by private equity firm Granville Baird, the company said yesterday. Investors included the company's management and T-Mobile Venture Fund. The company cited Gartner data that showed it holds 34% of the M2M...

MDM to hit $20B in sales by 2013

The mobile device management services market is expected to grow from $583 million in 2007 to more than $20 billion by 2013, according to a report from ABI Research."The range of services needed to manage a business's mobile investments requires inputs from many different...

Soft landing on a rough Mars terrain

PASADENA, CALIF.-- NASA's Phoenix Lander settled softly onto the frozen plains surrounding the unexplored Martian north pole late Sunday and sent back a crystal clear portrait that revealed a healthy machine in one piece.

M2M provider picks Blueslice to aid roaming efforts

Wireless Maingate, a machine-to-machine company in Europe, has chosen Blueslice Networks to provide its ngHLR 3000T to help Maingate with roaming and other applications.Blueslice said the ngHLR 3000T has a suite of applications specifically designed for M2M, including the company's Multi-IMSI that provides low-cost...

Study: M2M market to see 80M module shipments by 2013

The market for cellular machine-to-machine communications modules is expected to grow to nearly 80 million shipments in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research.The firm predicts four applications will provide the strongest drivers for growth in the M2M market, including OEM telematics,...

Sierra shows off new in-vehicle modem

Sierra Wireless introduced its PinPoint XT intelligent device targeted at vehicle tracking, fleet management and telematics applications.The product is part of the company's AirLink suite of in-vehicle modems. The PinPoint XT features ALEOS embedded technology and the company's AceWare suite of remote management tools....

Wireless can be good for your health

With an aging population there's going to be bundles more cash to splash on health care in years to come, if you believe UK regulator Ofcom and this year's edition of its future technology report, the Wireless World of Tomorrow.

Sierra adds VPN to AirLink platform

Sierra Wireless announced it added an IP security layer of virtual private network security enhancements to its AirLink product line, which the company said will improve data security on its AirLink intelligent wireless gateways. "Ensuring the security of the data from enterprise assets located...

Vehicle telematics to dominate M2M space

Analyst firm Berg Insight predicts 186 million machines will be connected to wireless networks by 2012, up from 37.5 million connections last year.Vehicle telematics applications likely will lead the machine-to-machine cellular market in most markets and account for more than half of all network...

RFMD Unveils 2.4 GHz ISM Band Transceiver

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RF Micro Devices (RFMD), a provider in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions introduced the ML2726 ISM band transceiver.