Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...
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Security continues to be a hot topic in all areas of technology, including machine-to-machine applications. While most analysts agree that the current security risk is relatively low, the consensus
RCR Wireless News’ editors Dan Meyer and Kelly Hill discuss top headlines from the week in wireless, including Verizon Wireless’ third quarter results and what they might mean for rivals; Sierra Wireless investing in the machine-to-machine space; and the potential impact on FirstNet from...
Sierra Wireless is gaining a foothold in the Korean machine-to-machine market, with the recently announced acquisition of AnyData Corp.'s M2M assets.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is expected to close by the end of this month. AnyData's M2M embedded module and...
Canada’s Sierra Wireless is getting out of the AirCard business, announcing plans to sell its wireless modem business to NetGear for $138 million. The deal includes all assets and operations from Sierra’s AirCard operations, including customer relationships, products, intellectual property, inventory and fixed assets,...
LAS VEGAS – Days after announcing plans for initial market launches, Sprint Nextel added more color to its LTE plans with news on devices. The carrier said its LTE network would begin rolling out later this year in an initial 10 markets.
Sprint Nextel said...
Automobiles in the near future will be controlled with smartphone apps, Â will "phone home" in the event of an emergency and will be driven through a world that's wired from top to bottom.
A major new partnership was announced Thursday that could help make that...
Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) rolled out the country’s first LTE network late last week, getting a jump on its rivals.The launch was limited to the Ottawa region, with plans to expand coverage to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal later this year and...
Australian operator Telstra Corp. turned on LTE services in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane, using network equipment from L.M. Ericsson and Sierra Wireless. However, the service is not yet commercially available.Telstra in February said it planned to upgrade its network with LTE technologies in...
Sprint Nextel Corp. expanded its play into the prepaid mobile broadband space announcing an agreement with Telespree Communications to provide a mobile service management solution to the carrier’s wholesale partners looking to add broadband to their line up.The offering, dubbed Mobile Broadband on Demand,...
Networking specialists LANCOM, LTE modem manufacturer Sierra Wireless, and Rohde & Schwarz, a provider of wireless test technology, presented at CeBIT the first live public demonstration of an LTE business router. The live demonstration included a fully integrated multi-mode radio module and pan-European network...
BARCELONA, Spain – Machine-to-machine communications are gaining traction among the world's top wireless operators and vendors, which recognize the potential of the emerging market, characterized by lower revenues, but also lower churn and the potential to gain new business partners and customers as enterprises...
Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility (TU) said it will begin rolling out upgrades to its HSPA+ network designed to provide maximum download speeds of up to 42 megabits per second and upload speeds up to 11 Mbps.
The technology upgrade consists of the dual cell...
Sprint signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan. The agreement will allow certain Sprint devices to automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks and allow customers to connect and roam onto the networks. Pricing and launch...
Scanbuy said customers who have downloaded its ScanLife mobile barcode scanning application on their smartphones have contributed to 30 times more traffic on the platform compared with last year. The application allows shoppers to scan barcodes to obtain information about products. The company said...
Tellabs Inc. (TLAB) acquired substantially all of the assets of Zeugma Systems Inc., a Vancouver, B.C., Canada-based company that offers a service delivery router. Tellabs said it acquired the staff, intellectual property and Internet Protocol expertise of the company, which was founded by Andrew...
Motricity said it has been chosen by Celcom, a 3G operator in Maylasia, to provide its mCore Platform so that Celcom's subscribers can experience a personalized mobile Internet browsing experience. Motricity's solutions allow Celcom to design, configure, customize and implement personalized mobile data experiences.Airbiquity...
Novatel Wireless Inc. entered a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Enfora Inc., which provides asset-management solutions that use wireless technology and machine-to-machine communications. The deal is valued at $64.5 million in cash, with a possible additional consideration of up to $6 million...
Looking to capitalize on the growing machine-to-machine space, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) today opened its M2M Collaboration Center in Burlingame, Calif., where the carrier said it will work with partners and enterprise customers to develop “commercially viable offerings” using M2M technology.The carrier named 30...
The increasing emphasis being placed on next-generation networks by mobile operators is good news for device makers, according to a new report from Canaccord Genuity.The financial research firm noted that a number of companies that produce wireless modem products designed to work with next-generation...
Telus announced a multi-year strategic agreement with Sierra Wireless that calls for Sierra to provide machine-to-machine services management for the carrier. Telus will integrate the Sierra Wireless AirVantage Services Platform into its network operations to provide M2M customers with online access to M2M service...
SAN FRANCISCO – Looking to prime the pump for its eventual LTE network launch scheduled to begin next year, AT&T Mobility said it will begin offering a wireless modem from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. that will be upgradeable to LTE compatibility with a software...
Sierra Wireless (SWIR) reorganized to take advantage of the emerging machine-to-machine communications space, and has let 60 employees go after the organizational change. The Vancouver-based company said it expects to save $1 million per quarter once the reduction is fully implemented, which it...
