Seek-for-android - Secure Element Evaluation Kit for the Android platform - the 'SmartCard API' - Google Project Hosting - Aurora. Vision Our vision is that Android becomes an important platform for developing and deploying security-based applications, thanks to its openness and the strength of its tools. Finally, all code should be contributed into the Android platform in order to have hardware-based security support in every new Android phone. Proposed solution – SmartCard API for Android The SmartCard API adds the necessary modules and API’s to the Android platform.
It offers flexible access to secure elements, allowing a secure application solution to make use of any secure form factor, such as a USIM card, a secure µSD card, an embedded secure element, … Getting involved. How a Collaborative Economy Could Change Capitalism. Never loosing luggage again thanks to ‘Connected’ suitcases - KPN M2M (press release) - Aurora. Never loosing luggage again thanks to ‘Connected’ suitcases An easier luggage process and less stress for the passenger thanks to two smart innovations on basis of M2M technology.
KPN, Fast Track Company and Air France/KLM/Delta Airlines are working on two innovations for easier tracking and tracing of luggage. With M2M technology the position of just about every piece of luggage can be determined, anywhere in the world and at any time. From this basis, KPN, FastTrack Company and Air France/KLM/Delta Airlines started to make M2M applicable for the luggage processes in aviation. The results are eTrack and eTag, two applications that can be used both combined and separately. eTrack: Always know where luggage is eTrack is a compact device that a passenger can put in his suitcase or travel bag and that continuously tracks its location via GPS and GSM.
Also, eTrack helps to prevent theft, by connecting the luggage piece to the owner’s smartphone via Bluetooth. IMC - Aurora.
Gemalto revenues boosted by improving M2M demand. M2M and digital security specialist Gemalto has flagged a double-digit revenue increase for the three months ending September, citing improving demand for its range of M2M products and services in both the Americas and Europe.
The company announced a 10% increase in sales, to €596 million ($820 million), compared with the third quarter of 2012, with revenues up across all of its main divisions. Gemalto (Amsterdam, Netherlands) did not provide an update on profitability for the quarter but said it was expecting double-digit growth in both operating profit and revenues for the full financial year. “Gemalto’s diversified businesses and geographic footprint led to another quarter of strong revenue growth,” said Olivier Piou, Gemalto’s chief executive.
“A key component of our new multi-year plan is the development of our platforms and services activity, and its performance, expanding nearly +30% since the beginning of the year, evidences the trust our customers place in us.” Buzzinbees - Turn SIMs into gold - Aurora. M2M Ecosystem Recipe. M2M is rapidly approaching a tipping point.
Lower technological barriers pave the way for new entrants in the market. As communications specialists, telcos are in pole position to take advantage of the unprecedented growth that innovation promises, but only if they play their cards right. Download the report or contact us Ecosystem economics have proven to be a source of decisive competitive advantage in recent digital revolutions.
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AT&T to invest in new M2M research facilities. AT&T is to launch two new facilities dedicated largely to M2M research and development as it ramps up its commercial M2M activities.
The US operator has served notice of plans to open new ‘Foundry’ facilities in Atlanta and the Dallas-Forth Worth areas to speed up the development of M2M technologies and applications. “Since its founding three years ago, the mission of the AT&T (Dallas, TX, USA) Foundry has been to identify great ideas, put the right people and technology ecosystem around them and move them quickly to market,” said John Donovan, senior executive vice president of AT&T Technology and Network Operations. “As a result, our customers are benefitting from great products and services that set the pace for innovation and our company is realizing more enhanced efficiencies internally.
“We’re planning to move fast at these new locations, which will be focused on accelerating many of the new technologies that will drive AT&T’s growth in the near future,” said Donovan. MWC 2013 Roundup - WP-MWC-103.pdf - Aurora. Mobile World Congress 2013 - Aurora. This year at MWC, MirrorLink™ was all about developers.
The devcon offered everything attendees needed to know to efficiently create and deploy the world’s next generation of connected-car apps, whether they’re drive-aware versions of the ones we know and love or apps built specifically to enhance the connected driving experience. MirrorLink offers a one-stop-shop for interoperability between today’s most popular smartphones and cars. At MWC, the entire mobile ecosystem will have its eye on businesses that will transform our mobile lifestyles. And when it comes to apps, cars are a vast and relatively unclaimed territory. Alan Ewing, President and Executive Director at Car Connectivity Consortium welcomed guests as they kicked offa a variety of sessions that included: Why MirrorLink– one place for automotive apps – moderated by Antti Aumo (CCC) BUSINESS – Adapting established apps into the car with MirrorLink – moderator: Gautier Falconnet (PSA) Etisalat joins Jasper Wireless-powered M2M alliance.
Etisalat has joined the Jasper Wireless-powered M2M alliance that includes a number of leading international operators.
The operator’s membership was announced during this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and means the alliance now comprises eight players, including an operator from the Middle East for the first time. Etisalat (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) was already a customer of Jasper Wireless (Mountain View, USA), whose Control Center platform is a core component of the M2M alliance. Members say the alliance “is also open to prospective members who do not have a partnership with Jasper Wireless”, but the deal may stoke speculation about the future involvement in the alliance of other Jasper Wireless customers, which include US operator AT&T (Dallas, USA) and Latin American telecoms giant America Movil (Mexico City, Mexico).
The alliance has also announced it is conducting trials of a worldwide SIM card on a connected management platform. CeBIT: European operators urge M2M standardization, collaboration. European operators have called for greater progress on the development of “horizontal” M2M standards independent of the vertical industries they are addressing.
Speaking at this week’s M2M Zone Conference at the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Jurgen Hase, the head of M2M for Deutsche Telekom (Bonn, Germany), warned operators that if they built up “silos”, as they have done in the past, they would fail. “We need standards for different layers – not just connectivity,” he told attendees. “Otherwise this will not be scalable enough.” Hase says Deutsche Telekom is working on the development of such standards while partnering with specialists in the various industries it is targeting. Deutsche Telekom also recently announced it would support a new M2M platform from Qualcomm (San Diego, USA) based on Java, which is currently used by around 9 million developers worldwide. According to Ansgar Schlautmann, a principal at management consultancy Arthur D. Telecom Italia joins the Global M2M Association.
The Global M2M Association (GMA), a cooperation agreement in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) sector between TeliaSonera, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, today announced the addition of Telecom Italia to the association.
Through the GMA, four of the leading mobile operators in Europe can now collaborate to deliver best-in-class, enhanced and seamless M2M services, making it easier for businesses to deploy and manage M2M solutions and innovations around the world. The unique partnership provides global coverage with an unmatched European footprint of 28 countries, or 94 percent of the European population. At the core of the GMA is a strong commitment by all partners to enable unsurpassed global M2M solutions across multiple sectors. Examples include traditional telemetering services, critical eHealth solutions, automotive commercial services and innovative services, such as consumer electronics connected devices. Telecom Italia joins the Global M2M Association. Jasper Wireless - Overview for Operators of M2M Acquisition Engine, Customer Platform, Operator Platform and SaaS Advantages - Aurora. DOCOMO to Launch Global M2M Platform.
Docomo pushes global M2M service. NTT Docomo of Japan is expanding its machine-to-machine (M2M) services on a global basis as the major cellcos look to create broad platforms in this area.
A platform approach, as seen at Vodafone, Telefonica and others, promises a higher role in the value chain than merely supporting M2M connectivity, embracing SIM management, security, applications and vertical optimization. A few operators, notably Vodafone, have developed their own platform, incorporating many of the core network functions of their conventional networks, but most rely on third party offerings, such as those from Ericsson or Jasper Wireless. KPN, NTT DOCOMO, ROGERS, SINGTEL, TELEFÓNICA, TELSTRA and VIMPELCOM to Cooperate Globally in M2M Business. Jasper Wireless – Global Service Platform for Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Embedded Mobile, Embedded Wireless and Connected Devices.
Get the Jasper Control Center platform from leading operators worldwide. Ericsson and Gemalto aim to simplify M2M adoption. Device Connection Platform. Managed connectivity through the device life cycle Ericsson Device Connection Platform is a dedicated M2M platform to handle connectivity management, subscription management and OSS/BSS and allows for automation of the business processes between the operator and enterprises.
The platform supports enterprises’ business critical communication for a high number of devices and applications in a wide range of industry verticals efficiently. The platform offering comprises: Basic functionality delivered as a service (DCP aaS) from our production sites including hardware, software and the right to use licenses.Service portals and APIs for operators and enterprises for managing business related processes.Initial setup towards Ericsson Device Connection Platform.Solution analysis providing advice to the operator based on its environment.Training package for the operator.
Supporting operators' sales preparation. Beyond mobile: telcos hook up hospitals, cars and coffeemakers. WP_Mobile Operator Strategies for Success.pdf - Aurora. M2M SIM shipments up sharply in 2012: SIMalliance. Shipments of so-called MFF2 SIM cards designed to withstand the harsh conditions of various M2M deployments rose by 42%, to 5 million, between 2011 and 2012, according to new figures released by trade association the SIMalliance.
The organization said the increase illustrates the potential of the M2M opportunity and expects to see further growth in the next few months as applications are introduced in new vertical markets. “Business models are flourishing because of improved connectivity,” said Frederic Vasnier, the chairman of the SIMalliance, who expects the smart grid and automotive sectors to drive take-up in the near future. Community for development of machine-to-machine (M2M), embedded wireless, embedded mobile and connected consumer devices.
Video: M2M Beyond Connectivity seminar. European Communications held a lively M2M event in London on 20 September. Videos of the presentations, featuring keynote addresses by Telefónica and Arthur D Little, are now available to view. Standardized Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Software Development Platform - InterDigital-M2M-white-paper_Oct2012.pdf.