A New Zealand company is looking to spark innovation in machine to machine (M2M) by offering a free Developer Pack to the Kiwi developer community.
“The rise of M2M connections globally has been phenomenal, and we’ve already seen a number of large businesses integrate M2M solutions into what they do every day,” explained Mark Moselen, Telecom Wholesale Labs business manager, in a statement. “However, this program is about us partnering with grass-roots developers and small businesses to help them unlock their potential and create new and innovative M2M solutions in their own backyard.”
The overall goal is to spark the imaginations of the New Zealand developer community, which could potentially make strides in creating products that would result in new M2M businesses for the South Pacific island community of 4.43 million residents.
“By giving developers access to the mobile infrastructure and expertise needed to create these solutions, we believe they’ll stand the best chance of creating a unique M2M application that can be taken to market and will potentially create a new revenue stream,” Moselen continued.
M2M is a rapidly growing market, and Telecom’s program is clearly an indication that the company wants a piece of that pie. The total M2M market is expected to reach $85.96 billion by 2017 with a 26.1 percent CAGR from 2012 to 2017, according to a report, “Machine to Machine (M2M) Market Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 – 2017).”
The Developer Pack includes four Telecom M2M-specialist SIM cards, connected to a private wide area network (WAN) within Telecom’s 3G mobile network, each with its own static IP address to support M2M communications. According to the company, the SIM cards will enable the wireless transfer of data between devices and allow users to capture information in real-time without dealing with issues related to dynamic IP addressing or malicious Internet traffic.
Telecom also has partnered with Advanced Portable Technologies to provide developers with access to expert advice throughout the planning, implementation and go-to-market phases of development.
Developers interested in receiving a pack can visit the Telecom website.
Edited by
Rachel Ramsey
