T-Mobile USA Inc. is attacking the machine-to-machine space with four SIM form factors to enable companies that want m2M solutions to use the one that best fits their needs, said John Horn, national director of M2M at the carrier. ... Read More »

Historically, manufacturers, operators and retailers each focused on capturing and defending their respective market shares, fragmenting the wireless ecosystem. ... Read More »

A group of M2M veterans has launched Connected Development, a project outsourcing company that provides end-to-end design and development, certification and manufacturing processes for bringing new wireless M2M devices to market. ... Read More »

Vodafone, Verizon Wireless and nPhase formed an initiative to make it easier for global businesses to integrate machine-to-machine communications into their enterprises. Specifically, the alliance will make remote monitoring and ... Read More »

VeriSign Inc. said it partnered with CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations, to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate secure authentication for health IT interoperability. The six-month ... Read More »

The Challenge Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd markets business machines manufactured by Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc, in the United Kingdom, through a direct sales force and a ... Read More »

Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, system ... Read More »

Numerex Corp. said it will offer machine to machine communications services on Vodafone Group's network in the United Kingdom. Today's announcement is the latest in a series of tie-ups between wireless operators and M2M ... Read More »

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. The final ratification of 802.11n ... Read More »

Globalstar Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spot L.L.C., have acquired substantially all of the assets of Axonn L.L.C., which makes satellite GPS asset-tracking and messaging products including Globalstar's Spot Satellite ... Read More »

Innovation in 160 characters: How SMS continues to evolve By Alan Pascoe, Senior Manager of Product Marketing, Tekelec ABI Research noted in its Q4 2009 “Mobile Messaging Services” ... Read More »

While e-readers and personal navigation devices may be popular “embedded device” gift items this year, their success also will drive the emerging sector to bring even more innovative products to market in the next 12 ... Read More »

China Mobile Communications Corp., the world’s largest wireless operator, will use Red Bend Software’s firmware over the air (FOTA) software for updating and device management for China Mobile’s OPhone operating ... Read More »

SAN DIEGO – Highlighted by the event's name, this week's 3G CDMA Americas Regional Conference took a step back from the hype surrounding so-called “4G” technologies and instead focused on the benefits carriers ... Read More »

The first predictions for 2010 are officially here with inCode Telecom's Top 10 list. This year's list involves a couple of blessing-curse combination predictions, as well as consolidation speculation and regulatory ... Read More »

The federal effort to ban texting/e-mailing and driving is common sense. It's not wise to read or write while driving a car. But it seems a ... Read More »

Just about a week has gone by since the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event in San Diego and I have just now been able to go through the notes I jotted down during the half dozen or so meetings I had while at the event. ... Read More »

The emergence of the Internet of Things and communication using wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment (M2ME) promises to drastically increase the number of devices operating on any given wireless network. Because of ... Read More »

Wireless technology will be used to help utility grids become smarter as the technology can help better manage in the delivery of electricity in real time in a more efficient manner. But how great a role wireless plays in the ... Read More »

The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. ... Read More »

Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Inc. announced their joint venture company focusing on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications would be named nPhase and headed by the original company’s president, Steve Pazol. ... Read More »

In North America, the swift growth of mobile broadband has been instrumental in shoring up ARPU (average revenue per user) numbers, which were threatened by the commoditization of voice. With new applications and ideas coupled ... Read More »

Machine-to-machine technology represents one of a small number of bright spots in the global economic slowdown. According to a new study from market research and consulting company Harbor Research, M2M device shipments are ... Read More »

Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global mobile industry will remain relatively unscathed — and could even benefit. ... Read More »

Intelligent Distributed Controls (IDC) has extended its range of Zigbee wireless communications products with the introduction of the ZB107 wireless switch interface. ... Read More »

A Frost and Sullivan workshop in Frankfurt on 5 February discussed the future outlook for wireless solutions in industrial automation. Summary is a short abstract of the article. ... Read More »

A Frost and Sullivan workshop in Frankfurt on 5 February discussed the future outlook for wireless solutions in industrial automation. ... Read More »

Nokia Corp. begged for forgiveness from consumers after its new cloud-based service broke down. The Finnish manufacturer — which is striving to evolve into a mobile Internet services company — said its Contacts for Ovi offering ... Read More »

Podsystem, the telemetry specialist, has released a UK M2M data Sim that is compatible within the UK on O2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile. The Sim can roam across multiple UK mobile networks, reducing the chances of losing signal. ... Read More »

A defunct Russian satellite has collided in orbit with another from the Iridium satcomms fleet, according to reports. Both spacecraft were wrecked, creating two large clouds of hazardous high-speed debris. The International Space ... Read More »

A major communication provider to the oil and gas industry plans to resell wireless broadband and WiMAX services to oil companies in North America. Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services provider, has been providing the oil ... Read More »

Corporate wireless solutions provider Spring Wireless is hoping to make its services a household name in the wireless industry. With a presence in 16 countries, Spring Wireless CEO Marcelo Conde said it sells its M2M solution ... Read More »

The device the size of a Motorola RAZR is keeping track of the vehicles the NFL is using to transport the Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals and the media during this week’s Super Bowl XLIII festivities in Tampa. Come Sunday, ... Read More »

Market research firm iSuppli has taken apart the BlackBerry Storm and discovered that the sum of its parts is worth more than those of Apple's iPhone 3G . ... Read More »

Forum Nokia unveiled 11 finalists in a developer contest designed to spur the development of environmentally friendly applications. Nokia Corp.’s developer community said its “Calling All Innovators” site generated submissions ... Read More »