Machine-to-machine (M2M) provider Numerex has selected short message service (SMS) technology from mobile messaging company Tekelec to give customers new channels to monitor and manage their assets remotely. Tekelec's SMS capabilities will integrate into Numerex's M2M message delivery platform serving government, transportation, utility, healthcare and building security customers.
"Organizations are constantly searching for new ways to lower costs, automate tasks and track their products," said Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Numerex. "As we are continuing to build out our infrastructure to provide a secure and reliable end-to-end enabling solution for our customers (Numerex DNA), Tekelec opens up new M2M SMS options that have the power to expedite services and lower the costs of doing business across the most complex markets."
Machine-to-machine text messages can be sent and received anywhere a basic cellular connection is available, giving Numerex customers global reliability and rapid message delivery. With countless possible uses across organizations of all sizes, market intelligence company ABI Research forecasts that M2M SMS will grow at a 40.06 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2008 to 2014.
"SMS is the most affordable and dependable wireless communication method for both personal and machine-to-machine communications," said Vince Lesch, Tekelec's CTO. "Numerex's innovative network, and its ability to leverage service providers' mobile networks, provides a global M2M platform that can scale for the world's largest organizations."
Tekelec's Mobile Messaging Application Gateway allows Numerex to offer an expanded portfolio of wireless networks to their customers, with intelligent traffic distribution. This combination will give owners of remote assets new flexibility for controlling inventory while simultaneously allocating Numerex network resources to ensure message delivery. The Application Gateway provides SMS-based M2M communications by supporting SIGTRAN – signaling system 7 (SS7) over Internet protocol (IP) – and the industry standard Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol.