- September 24, 2007
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — September 24, 2007 — Jasper Wireless announced the Jasper Wireless Global SIM, the Jasper Wireless Control Center, and vertical application solutions that power its service.One global SIM. The Jasper Wireless Global SIM gives M2M providers cost-effective, local service in over 35 countries, with more countries coming online every month. The Jasper Wireless Global SIM also means streamlined certification, manufacturing, and distribution processes, which encourages revenue growth by eliminating the high costs and effort associated with entering new markets.Real-time visibility, total global control. For M2M OEMs managing hundreds of thousands of devices around the world, the Jasper Wireless Control Center is the first and only Web-based application to offer one dashboard for all machines, with complete visibility and control of communications. From changing rate plans to viewing up-to-the-minute data usage to instantly activating and deactivating devices, the Jasper Wireless Control Center provides insight to communications costs on a machine-by-machine basis as well as the power to act on that insight.Jasper Wireless extends its global control with instant and automated device provisioning. When a device with a Jasper Wireless SIM reaches the end customer and is powered on for the first time, it simply works – no phone calls, no manual steps.The Jasper Wireless debut marks the landmark union of wireless machine connections and control. In turn, the company is pioneering the future explosion in the machine-to-machine (M2M) communications market. Harbor Research estimates 110 million machines communicate today. However, that number is generally expected to reach billions of connected machines worldwide within the next 10 years. “The promise of connecting machines lies in reducing costs and increasing revenues,” said Jahangir Mohammed, chief executive officer of Jasper Wireless. “But the new M2M era depends on both connecting machines and managing them globally. Jasper Wireless spent years meticulously studying the needs of the global M2M businesses and building a solid foundation with our technology, our team, and our finances. We are ready for the new M2M era.”“In M2M, communications is only part of the equation,” said Mohan Gyani, former president and CEO, AT&T Wireless Mobility Group. “The other parts are control and vertical applications to manage thousands of devices around the world from a single console. So far, only Jasper Wireless addresses the whole equation.”Continued Mohammed of Jasper Wireless, “The common assumption is that in the near future, there will be billions of connected machines – more connected machines than people on the planet. That’s the future we’re prepared to serve today.”“We approached M2M with a clean slate – no preconceived notions, no legacy technology to retrofit,” said Daniel Collins, chief technology officer – wireless of Jasper Wireless. “That allowed us to study the market objectively, and we identified problems like high communications costs, lack of control over devices in the field, and missing vertical capabilities. These problems were pervasive, so everybody else saw them as unavoidable costs of doing business. We saw them as barriers to M2M proliferation, so we developed a wireless service model to crush them.”Amit Gupta, chief technology officer – services of Jasper Wireless said, “Jasper Wireless has converged wireless and Internet-based business software technologies. This is a first for the industry and the only way to truly meet the unique needs of M2M device communications. OEMs and their customers around the world not only need global wireless communications, but must be able to easily and cost-effectively manage all of those devices.”