Internet protocol-based broadband wireless is the catalyst that will foster services innovation sparking a second stage (Transition stage) of growth in the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) industry (see chart). Growth will be driven by rapidly emerging business-to-consumer services. The drivers for this change live outside...
After a one-year hiatus when the show visited Los Angeles, the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event is back in the city by the Bay for 2007. The move is minor considering the wireless trade association's larger spring show has been bouncing between the...
Numerex Corp., a wireless network and machine-to-machine services provider, announced it acquired Orbit One Communications Inc. in a deal worth up to $10.5 million and more than 1.5 million shares."We are very excited about this combination and the new M2M markets we are entering....
Third-generation networks are expected to capture only 30 percent of the machine-to-machine communications market by 2012, predicts a new report from ABI Research."Municipal Wi-Fi and WiMAX will both challenge 3G cellular technology as the most suitable methods to achieve high-speed M2M communications for many...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.From the "we can't make this up" department, there's a service provider getting started in the United Arab Emirates called "Moobility Telecom." Don't believe us? Go to...
Machine-to-machine communication is all about efficiency: collecting data from far-flung locations with less labor, less danger, lower power and in real-time. Thus one might conclude that the perennial drive for business efficiency would make M2M applications equally attractive everywhere. Certainly that's the promise. But...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced that it will acquire M2M vendor AirLink Communications Inc. for $10 million in cash and 1.3 million in shares. Under the agreement, AirLink shareholders will end up with around 4.8 percent of the combined company.The deal is notable as it...
Machine-to-machine wireless network operator Aeris Communications Inc. reported recent enhancements to its data services to support asset tracking, automotive telematics and stolen vehicle recovery using CDMA and GSM networks nationwide-a move that puts the company in the same space as telematics veteran OnStar.In fact,...
Machine-to-machine wireless network operator Aeris Communications Inc. said it recently enhanced its data services to support asset tracking, automotive telematics and stolen vehicle recovery using CDMA and GSM networks nationwide-a move that puts the company in the same class as telematics veteran OnStar.In fact,...
Big deals attract attention. Watching mergers and acquisitions play out is a perennial spectator sport in the technology business, in part because the results of M&As take time to reach fruition or wither on the vine. After Motorola Inc. announced last week it would...
LOS ANGELES--Aeris, which provides machine-to-machine services, said it expanded its strategic agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. The expanded agreement calls for Aeris to use U.S. Cellular's network to expand its footprint and to add 1x, text messaging and MicroBurst services to its portfolio."This partnership...
LOS ANGELES--The M2M module market is growing as enterprises grasp the technology's promise of efficiency in gathering data from many points and wirelessly transmitting it to a single cellular connection for those who need it. Applications range from fleet management to telematics, from home...
LOS ANGELES—Aeris, which provides machine-to-machine services, said it expanded its strategic agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. RCR @ CTIAClick here for complete coverage of the CTIA Wireless I.T. show. Click here for the latest headlines from the show.The expanded agreement calls for Aeris to...
Shipments of machine-to-machine modules are projected to more than triple by the end of the decade, particularly those modules that connect to a network of nodes via short-range wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi or Zigbee, according to ABI Research. And that's likely to be...
Consumer-side mobile virtual network operators that still want to get in on the game could be out of luck, but there are opportunities ahead on the business side and in serving the machine-to-machine space. John Caddell, vice president and general manager of mobile virtual...
OXNARD, Calif.—Wireless equipment and engineering services company CalAmp Corp. said it acquired TechnoCom Corp.’s Mobile Resource Management product line. CalAmp said the acquisition strengthens its position in the machine-to-machine communications business for enterprise asset tracking and fleet management applications. CalAmp said it will operate...
OXNARD, Calif.—CalAmp Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Dataradio Inc. for about $54.6 million in a move it says will expand its wireless data communications business for public-safety and machine-to-machine applications. CalAmp provides wireless equipment, engineering services and software for critical...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom announced plans to acquire Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P.'s machine-to-machine business, which specializes in automotive and industrial wireless solutions, in a deal valued at a maximum of $39.5 million. The deal is expected to close near the end of this month. Wavecom's...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France—Wavecom announced plans to acquire Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P.’s machine-to-machine business, which specializes in automotive and industrial wireless solutions, in a deal valued at a maximum of $39.5 million. The deal is expected to close near the end of this month. Wavecom’s...
CHICAGO-Air Products and nPhase L.L.C. have teamed up to explore using machine-to-machine telemetry technology to remotely monitor inventory levels in tanks and containers. Air Products brings data management capabilities and experience with remote electronic monitoring services to the joint venture. The company has used...
Qualcomm Inc. announced it has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc., a wireless chip designer, for $56 million in cash. Silicon Valley-based Berkana provides metal oxide semiconductor radio frequency integrated circuits, or RF CMOS chips, to the wireless industry, and Qualcomm said it expects Berkana's technology...
ATLANTA-Wireless machine-to-machine vendor Numerex Corp. announced it acquired Airdesk Inc., which produces digital M2M products including radio modules. The companies said the deal is worth around $4 million, with an additional $1.5 million in the form of an earn-out. Numerex said it plans to...
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless networking company Helicomm announced it acquired WirelessPlug, which makes wireless machine-to-machine modems working over GPRS, GSM and CDMA technologies for the Asian market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The combination of Helicomm's embedded wireless modules and network gateways with WirelessPlug's industrial-grade,...
