M2MAPPS: You have been giving M2M talks, together with Dr. Mischa Dohler, all around the globe for the last two years. Which are your main research activities in this field?
JESUS ALONSO-ZARATE : Yes, we started off in December 2010 at the international conference IEEE GLOBECOM 2010. Since then, we have been giving a series of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) tutorials around the globe in different events, universities, and companies. (more…)
May 3, 2013
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M2MAPPS: eDevice is involved in products, solutions and services and you cover a lot of bases. Can you indicate your core competence? Where do you focus your activities?
MARC BERREBI: The company is focused on health care, where we’re involved in every link in the value chain. Historically our core competence is based on the development of low-cost, very-efficient software stacks that enable connectivity to the Internet. (more…)
March 25, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Ericsson is the leading provider of networking equipment to the world’s carriers. Last year revenues were over 26 billion Euros. When and why did the company decide to enter the relatively small M2M area?
MIGUEL BLOCKSTRAND : The decision was made in 2009 as part of a strategy review that looked at the way society was heading. We came up with the vision of a networked society in which 50 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020, driven by products such as smartphones and the increased use of wireless communications in M2M verticals. (more…)
February 18, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Monnit focuses on low-cost wireless sensors. When and why did you decide to specialize in this part of the value chain?
BRAD WALTERS: I’d been a successful serial entrepreneur and investor and around August 2008 I was looking around for a new opportunity. At that time wireless sensors were large and they cost around 500 hundred dollars, but it was clear that there was a huge market opportunity for products that could be battery-powered and would cost a lot less: around 50 dollars. (more…)
January 21, 2013
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