17/08/2010 By http://www.marketwatch.com ( Source: http://www.marketwatch.com )

Numerex Invited to Promote Global M2M Standardization Activities

Numerex Corp. a leading single source provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services, today announced that Dr. Jeff Smith, Chief Technology Officer of Numerex, was invited to speak in the forthcoming months at several key M2M Standards events as Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-50 Engineering Committee for Smart Device Communications. TIA TR-50 and similar Standards Developing Organizations around the world are working to provide the necessary foundation for M2M end-to-end functionality and interoperability.

"We are fortunate to be able to rely on Numerex and other such premier companies with a thorough knowledge of the industry to lead our Smart Device Communications-related standardization activities. M2M is a critical area of focus at TIA. As a matter of fact, Smart Device and M2M Network will be one of our summit tracks during our annual event, TIA 2011: Inside the Network, on May 18-20, 2011 in Dallas," said Grant Seiffert, President of TIA.

Dr. Smith, as part of the TIA delegation and Chair of TR-50, will give a presentation on TR-50's activities during the M2M session of the 15th meeting of Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-15), hosted by the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), which will take place in Beijing, China on August 30th - September 2nd. At GSC, which meets approximately every year, the world's leading telecommunications and radio standards organizations meet to promote innovation and collaboration on a broad spectrum of standards topics. M2M has been identified as a "High Interest Subject" for 2010. Some hundred participants from Participating Standards Organizations (PSO) and ITU (International Telecommunications Union) attend, along with observers from additional groups.

On September 25th, he will be speaking at the Benson Center of Santa Clara University at a workshop on M2M Communications, Emerging devices and "the Internet of Things" sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter and the North America Taiwanese Engineers' Association. The presentation will be on "Standardization as a Catalyst of M2M Market Expansion".

Dr. Smith will be one of the keynote speakers at the M2M Evolution Conference event during Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s ITEXPO at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 5th. His talk will highlight "International Cooperation in the Area of M2M Standardization." "The participation of experts with concrete and proven experience such as Dr. Jeff Smith of Numerex as well as the active support and interest from TIA will be extremely valuable to the M2M Evolution Conference attendees," said Carl Ford Co-founder of Crossfire Media, a partner in the M2M Conference.

Later in the month, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), recognized as an official European standards organization by the European Union with more than 700 members drawn from 62 countries across 5 continents, will host an open workshop on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications, to be held at the ETSI headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, on 19th - 20th October. The goals of the workshop are to present the status of M2M standards work, both in ETSI and other standards bodies; identify additional needs from the impacted industrial and academic segments for the further standardization of M2M communications; and examine how M2M capabilities will be one stepping stone amongst several toward the Internet of Things. Dr. Smith will be addressing the main characteristics and challenges of "M2M's Intelligent Edge".

Stratton Nicolaides, Numerex's Chairman and CEO commented, "The adoption of standards will open up new opportunities and accelerate the growth of the M2M industry. Standards enable scale and make application development easier, faster and more cost-effective. As a result, Numerex supports the M2M standardization efforts around the world. TIA, with its long history in telecommunications standardization and policy advocacy, is the ideal venue for Numerex to play an active role in this undertaking."

More information on these different events is available on the Numerex website at: Numerex Events