M2M Applications Dominating Verizon Wireless’s Open-Access Network - Caller IP

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JUMP TO PRIORITY::: Caller IP :: XMLVoIP, video, teleconferencing and other IP-based communicationsM2M Applications Dominating Verizon Wireless’s Open-Access NetworkPosted by Carl Weinschenk on September 16, 2008 at 4:54 pmApparently, the soul of the new machine is mechanical.This Unstrung piece says that machine-to-machine (M2M) projects account for 90 percent of the initiatives in the pipeline for certification in Verizon Wireless’ open-access network. The piece rightly calls these projects – which can include sensors, tracking devices and temperature monitors – as “distinctly non-sexy.”Sexy or not, there is great demand for this kind of connectivity. The limiting factor, the story implies, was cost. The open-access rules not only offer an economical approach, but allow customers to begin using the network within about a month, the story says.There is a lot of movement in this sector, perhaps because of the emergence of open-access networks. Trackn/Enfotrace, which provides remote vehicle- and asset-tracking products, agreed earlier this month to include Telit Communications’ M2M cellular technology in its location-based service applications beginning next month. T

JUMP TO PRIORITY::: Caller IP :: XMLVoIP, video, teleconferencing and other IP-based communicationsM2M Applications Dominating Verizon Wireless’s Open-Access NetworkPosted by Carl Weinschenk on September 16, 2008 at 4:54 pmApparently, the soul of the new machine is mechanical.This Unstrung piece says that machine-to-machine (M2M) projects account for 90 percent of the initiatives in the pipeline for certification in Verizon Wireless’ open-access network. The piece rightly calls these projects – which can include sensors, tracking devices and temperature monitors – as “distinctly non-sexy.”Sexy or not, there is great demand for this kind of connectivity. The limiting factor, the story implies, was cost. The open-access rules not only offer an economical approach, but allow customers to begin using the network within about a month, the story says.There is a lot of movement in this sector, perhaps because of the emergence of open-access networks. Trackn/Enfotrace, which provides remote vehicle- and asset-tracking products, agreed earlier this month to include Telit Communications’ M2M cellular technology in its location-based service applications beginning next month. T

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