Automotive

Telefónica’s M2M business consolidates its position in the automobile sector to support OnStar’s future global expansion plans.

29 February 2012, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona –Ford Motor Company reveals the all-new B-MAX.

28 February 2012, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona — RIM have unveiled a Porsche 911 fully loaded with Blackberry technology and equipped with one touch NFC pairing.

28 February 2012, Barcelona, Spain – Airbiquity, a global leader in connected vehicle services, is participating in the GSMA Connected House at Mobile World Congress 2012.

Electricity distributor EDP, mobile operator Optimus and WeDo Technologies consider the M2M challenges and opportunities in the utilities and telecom sectors.

Allstate Roadside Services, a provider of roadside assistance in the USA, and Airbiquity Inc., a provider of global connected vehicle services, have announced their collaborative efforts to create integrated connected vehicle systems for automotive manufacturers.

Telular Corporation has announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to acquire SkyBitz, Inc. They claim that the combined companies will create the largest “pure player” asset tracking and management company in the world.

Cinterion, a leader in cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules and a Gemalto company has launched AH3, its new high-speed automotive M2M module with a new triple-diversity antenna design.

Karlsbad, Germany – HARMAN, the global audio and infotainment group (NYSE:HAR), is ready to begin road tests of an LTE module integrated into production-ready infotainment systems, as first reported at iot-now.com in January.

Telefonica, through its O2 mobile brand, is to provide M2M technology to connect Chargemaster’s UK-wide network of electric vehicle charging stations.

RF Monolithics has expanded its distribution agreement with Avnet Electronics Marketing from its current North and South America to cover most of Asia. Avnet distributes RFM products

Although there has been a reduction in road fatalities in Europe over the past decade, the figures still make for sombre reading. So the latest move by the European Commission

Ford and Bug Labs, an open-source hardware and software provider, have announced a joint development project to research, develop and distribute open-source developer tools to advance in-car connectivity.

Electric vehicles, or EVs, offer a compelling option for environmentally sustainable travel and transportation and they are fast becoming a regular part of daily life worldwide.

Developers are building M2M applications to help companies reduce service and fuel costs, generate new sources of revenue, and increase customer satisfaction. The principle market segments and applications driving this market need for M2M solutions include

Agnik, a data analytics company for distributed, mobile and embedded environments, has selected the Kore Telematics M2M network to power its usage-based automobile insurance application.