[February 03, 2012] NE2NE.com Names 'A-List in M2M Awards' Recipients Tweet Feb 03, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Compass Intelligence and NE2NE.com announced the official list of recipients of NE2NE's A-List in M2M Awards, which recognizes the top vendors in the M2M market by category. According to a release, NE2NE.com's A-List in M2M recognizes organizations at the pinnacle of the M2M world, and includes those companies who offer the best and finest M2M products, services, and service enablement solutions in the industry. The 2012 A-List in M2M award recipients are: -M2M Service Provider - AT&T -Chip/Modem/Module Qualcomm and Novatel Wireless -Platform & On-boarding Jasper Wireless -Wireless Infrastructure Ericsson and Alcatel Lucent -Application Developer Platform - Axeda -Integrator - IBM -Antenna - Wilson Electronics -Automotive Ford and Airbiquity -Hardware - Cradlepoint -Asset Tracking OnAsset Intelligence -People Tracking - OmniLink -Health & Wellness - GE -Retail/Point-of-Sale CoinStar / Redbox -Smart Grid / Energy Management Schneider Electric -Smart Grid / Infrastructure GE -Smart Grid / Electricity and Water Smart Metering - Itron Other vendors identified as "Companies to Watch in M2M" include: Echelon, Ecotality, Gemalto (Cinterion), ILS, Iridium, Quake Global, Telit, ThingWorx, ublox, and Viewbiquity. Award recipients were evaluated, interviewed, and vetted by the Compass Intelligence Mobile & Wireless analyst team. The list was then narrowed based on criteria such as product launches, R&D spending, products under development, product features and modifications, etc. Next, a panel of independent experts including editors, analysts, and consultants voted via an online ballot. The criteria used in evaluating 2012 A-List in M2M entries include vision, strategy, leadership and governance, organizational structure and alignment, key customers, partnerships, processes, openness, operational and financial metrics, and other qualitative factors. Compass Intelligence is a global technology and analytics consulting firm. NE2NE.com was launched by Compass Intelligence and is aimed at the M2M ecosystem, or vendors and end-users in the M2M or machine-to-machine communications industry and anyone interested in participating or learning more about this market. More Information: http://ne2ne.com/whos.php www.NE2NE.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]