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MobiPower reportedly have reportedly entered into an agreement to collaborate on the development of stolen-vehicle recovery and asset protection solutions based on Sierra Wireless (
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In a release, MobiPower officials said that the brain of the device is to be a Sierra Wireless WMP100 Wireless Microprocessor, which hosts an Open AT application and communicates information via cellular connection to the Internet, enabling remote monitoring of vehicles and other personal property.
Officials said that the MobiPower device will offer Brazil’s industry the ability to protect valuable assets including vehicles and possibly real property in order to improve service delivery.
To do so, MobiPower has focused on providing a compact, low-power-consumption device that can be easily applied to a variety of different assets – all designed and produced locally in Brazil.
“We chose Sierra Wireless because they offered the most cost-effective, feature-rich solution available on the market,” said Carlos Cecanecchia Neto, director of MobiPower, in the release.
“By embedding our application on the module we are able to reduce component redundancy and realize both cost savings and a more compact design,” said Neto.
MobiPower is a Brazilian leader in embedded industrial wireless communication solutions for automotive, machine-to-machine and Windows mobile professional applications.
Dan Schieler, senior vice president of worldwide sales for Sierra Wireless said that Sierra Wireless is pleased to be actively involved in the growing marketplace in Brazil and particularly with the company’s relationship with MobiPower.
“MobiPower is uniquely positioned to provide best-in-class asset monitoring, and we’re proud to help keep insurance costs in check for business and consumers, especially in today’s difficult economic environment,” said Schieler.
Sierra Wireless says that the products connect people and machines to wireless networks around the world. The company offers an advanced, comprehensive product line, addressing consumer, enterprise, original equipment manufacturer, and specialized vertical industry markets.
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ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, and Sierra Wireless had
announced that they have entered into an agreement to integrate innovative capabilities of Sierra Wireless’s M2M services platform (M2MOperatingPortal) within ORBCOMM’s (
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