AT&T expands M2M services portfolio

AT&T is broadening its M2M services portfolio with new application integration, development, and management products, as well as enhanced global roaming features. AT&T has signed contracts with companies that specialise in M2M technology to offer to customers more options for development, enterprise integration and management of M2M products across the 1,100 total connected non-stocked devices approved for use on the AT&T network, of which over 450 are M2M devices. Axeda provides a cloud-based M2M application platform for the development and deployment of products for customers in various industries and running on AT&T's high-speed global network and M2M management platform, Axeda can offer a complete connected product. Working with ILS Technology's deviceWISE M2M Application Platform, AT&T helps customers simplify deployment of remote services for optimisation and support of critical infrastructure in the building automation, data centre, energy management, and industrial markets. AT&T is working with SensorLogic to bring to market M2M products for businesses that need to track and monitor their fleets and mobile assets with highly secure managed services. SensorLogic's cloud-based service delivery platform will help deliver customised location-aware applications for mobile resource management . Sierra Wireless and AT&T will jointly offer a product for building, deploying and operating M2M applications. The combined offer brings together the power of the AT&T network with Sierra Wireless' M2M communication devices and the Sierra Wireless AirVantage Platform, a cloud-based service and development environment. In addition, AT&T plans to extend its M2M global roaming footprint for AT&T Control Center, to increase wireless device connectivity worldwide. The AT&T Control Center, a service delivery platform powered by Jasper Wireless, is expected to cover roaming in more than 200 countries by the second half of this year. Companies planning international roaming applications will get consistent operations regardless of location by deploying AT&T M2M solutions across the globe.