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USA Technologies Expands JumpStart Offering to Include Stand-Alone Wireless Telemetry Option
USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for self-serve retailing industries, today announced the expansion of its JumpStart program to include a stand-alone wireless telemetry solution. With this expanded product offering, USA Technologies now provides the full array of vending technology solutions under its JumpStart program, enabling customers the flexibility to participate in this program for cashless payments, telemetry, or [...]
Option reports First Half Year 2011 results
Option N.V., the wireless technology company, today announced its results for the first half fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. The financial information reported in this release is presented in Euros and has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of IFRS as adopted by the European Union. The accounting policies and methods of computation followed in the attached financial statements are the same as those followed in the most recent annual financial statements. The company released its IAS 34 interim [...]
FTS’ Leap Billing Selected by Content Provider in Europe for M2M and Content Billing
FTS' Leap™ Billing to Enable Innovative Content and M2M Billing and Superior Customer Experience FTS, a global provider of billing, customer care and policy control solutions for communications and content service providers, today announced that it has been selected by a Western European content provider to implement its Leap™ Billing, a comprehensive end-to-end billing and customer care solution. The service provider offers innovative content services combining Video on Demand (VoD) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. [...]
Utilities push smart water metering market in Europe, study finds
The smart water metering market, if fully embraced by utilities, could be worth $13.2 billion by 2020 in Europe for meter manufacturers, installers and network and data management companies, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan. Further, the U.K., France and Germany will have 57.2 percent of the market in 2020, Frost & Sullivan believe. While this figure is impacted by the speed of smart water metering adoption in these countries, they have a large share of the European population, and so a larger market. “The smart [...]
Orange Business Services to Increase Network Capacity across Latin America by Tenfold
Growing business demand for high-speed broadband in emerging markets spurs network expansion. Orange Business Services will increase the capacity of its Latin American network by ten times due to growing demand from its multinational enterprise customers. Implementation will begin in October 2011, covering Brazil and Chile, followed by Argentina, Peru and Panama. The upgraded network will accommodate customers’ needs for expanding high-speed broadband services, including MPLS (IP VPN and [...]
Axeda Named One of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Impressive sales growth for M2M cloud platform company showcases commitment to innovation and value of connected products. Axeda Corporation announced today that it was named to the 2011 Inc. 5000 list for the second consecutive year. The list is an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies, and represents a comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America's independent entrepreneurs. Axeda was recognized for posting significant three-year sales growth from 2007-2010. The company [...]
Boeing and Siemens work with U.S. Dept of Defense on smart grid
Boeing (Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.), an aerospace company that manufactures commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, and Siemens Industry, Inc., the U.S. affiliate of Siemens (Munich, Germany), an electrical engineering company, recently announced a strategic alliance for the joint development and marketing of smart grid technologies to improve energy access and security for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the largest energy consumer in the federal government. The collaboration centers on providing U.S. military [...]
Sybase Recognized as Leader in Mobile Device Management Enterprise Software for Tenth Consecutive Year
New Report from Leading Industry Analyst Firm Highlights Sybase Afaria Solution Holding 19.8% Share of MDM Market Sybase, Inc., an SAP company (NYSE: SAP) and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced that leading IT market research advisory firm IDC, in its recent Worldwide Mobile Device Management Enterprise 2011 – 2015 Forecast and 2010 Vendor Shares report,(1) recognized Sybase as the leader in mobile device management (MDM) enterprise software market for the tenth consecutive year. "The arrival of [...]
Ericsson closes acquisition of M2M technology platform from Telenor Connexion
Acquired assets from Telenor Connexion strengthens Ericsson's M2M communication offering. * Ericsson's Device Connection Platform allows operators to offer M2M connectivity beyond smartphones and laptops * Cloud-based and offered as a service to minimize entry barriers * Telenor Connexion becomes the first customer to Ericsson on the platform Ericsson has today completed the asset purchase agreement to acquire Telenor Connexion's M2M (machine-to-machine) technology platform, previously announced on April 19, 2011. The acquisition [...]
Numerex Organizes International M2M Event Hosted by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Numerex, a leading single source provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services, today announced the forthcoming international meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Standardization Task force (GSC MSTF), which will be held on September 20-21, 2011, in Atlanta, Georgia. This meeting, organized by Numerex in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), is hosted by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Participants will be coming from North America, South [...]
