Friday, April 30th, 2010 by M2M Expert
Who are the players?
In Part 1 of this series we discussed the basics of M2M cellular devices. We covered the likely forms that will be encountered and talked about the radios and the major carriers that support the different radio types. Now it’s time to talk about who makes the devices and what types of devices they manufacture.
In the early days of wireless cellular, you only had a few choices in M2M devices. They were either external “bricks” with a serial port and an antenna connection or PCMCIA style card with a fragile little antenna on them. There were only a few manufacturers of the end devices and even less choices in radios modules (or just modules engineers call them) that went inside them. Most solutions were relegated to using the external modems because unless you had a Read the rest of this entry »
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010 by M2M Expert
Part 1 of 2: What are they?
You can’t talk about M2M and not have cellular communications come up in the conversation somewhere. You inevitably be talking about either the carriers or the devices that get you on the network…. the modems. Modems are what we are going to be discussing in this post. Primarily who the major manufacturers of the devices are and what devices they make. Before we go there though, I want give a brief background on the devices Read the rest of this entry »
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Who are the players?
