The M2M Opportunity is Knocking
There is a growing consensus among industry observers that M2M is poised to be a major growth area for telecom companies over the next five years. Spurred by recent advancements in mobile technology,...
View ArticleUtilities and M2M: Four Challenges En Route to Smart Grid
As utilities shift to smart meters and more customer-oriented systems under new government-mandated Smart Grid initiatives, they will quickly face the need to handle billions of real-time energy...
View ArticleExpert Opinion: Flexibility is the key to smart energy billing
Energy providers are facing numerous billing and charging challenges. In increasingly competitive energy markets, providers need to offer pre-paid and post-paid billing, timed tariffs, and...
View ArticleOrder-to-cash service boosts offering from electronics distributor
Order-to-cash billing services company Cycle 30 is changing the way one of the top electronics distributors does business. Arrow Electronics has 150,000 customers in more than 50 countries and...
View ArticleThe Benefits of a Multi Carrier Strategy
As the Machine to Machine industry matures, the once seemingly complex value chain has become more compressed, offering faster time to market for what has proven to be an excruciatingly long business...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom extends its SaaS portfolio to include SAP for Utilities
Bonn, Germany. 28 September, 2011 — Deutsche Telekom has extended its Software as a Service (SaaS) portfolio to include the SAP system, ‘SAP for Utilities’. Energy providers, the housing sector, and...
View ArticleBlog: M2M – When “easy” isn’t easy
Many mobile operators talk about how easy it is to do business with them and several service providers make bold claims about being the best in this regard, but let’s be clear: there is no...
View ArticleAustralia’s AAPT replaces legacy billing system to cut costs and launch M2M
Australian network operator, AAPT has replaced its legacy wholesale billing system with Comverse BSS, reportedly lowering operating costs and opening up new data service possibilities for its users,...
View ArticleMetering, Billing/CRM Europe
Event date: 9-11th October 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands Visit Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2012 on October 9-11 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands – the most established platform for 6500+ smart energy...
View ArticleCompanies connect M2M data and the enterprise to enhance customer care
Chicago, Illinois and Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA — Etherios and Axeda Corporation are enabling real-time data from connected machines and products to automatically populate a leading customer...
View ArticleAtmel shows first ARM Cortex M4-based single-chip system for PRIME smart...
Metering, Billing & CRM Show, Amsterdam, Netherlands. October 9, 2012 — Atmel® Corporation today showcased the world’s first single-chip power line communications (PLC)-based system using an ARM®...
View ArticleSmart grids can offer the key to utilities’ sustainability
(CASE STUDY:) January 3, 2013 — Mobile connectivity is enabling utilities to more effectively manage the supply and demand of consumers’ energy and water use. A good example of this is EDP’s Smart City...
View ArticleWeDo Technologies launches RAID 7.0 to combat ‘profit pitfalls of next...
Lisbon / London / Washington, DC – February 7, 2013 – WeDo Technologies, a worldwide provider of revenue and business assurance, today released its latest software suite, RAID. The launch coincides...
View ArticleExpert Opinion: Telcos should look closely at their M2M billing and rating...
Cycle30 may not be a familiar name yet to every reader, but as a spin-out from General Communication Inc., (GCI) this two year-old business has an enviable pedigree in developing billing and...
View ArticleUtility industry white paper published on customer communication and...
Paderborn, Germany — A new utility industry white paper entitled, How to evolve smart grid roll-outs into a smart customer experience is available for download. The white paper is published by Orga...
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