Several of NWP's current submeters that measure electricity, water and gas. Image courtesy of NWP. Water meters and vending machines could have easier connectivity. #Verizon Communications got a boost for its software platform for connected smart devices, announcing a new partnership with chipmaker #Qualcomm. The carrier has been rolling out a new wireless service, known as CAT-M1, for connecting smart devices such as water meters, vending machine,s and health monitors along with a software platform to help programmers write apps for the devices. On Tuesday, Verizon said Qualcomm QCOMM 0.00% would integrate the software platform, called ThingSpace, into low-power modems designed to connect to the CAT-M1 service. The target market is devices with relatively light connectivity needs, only occasionally needing to send data over the wireless network or only in small amounts. The goal is to capture a growing share of the market from the Internet of things movement. Verizon faces competition not just from other major carriers like #AT&T T 0.10% , but also startups like SigFox that are aiming to provide wireless connectivity for smart devices at a lower cost. Verizon hopes its top-to-bottom offerings integrating software tools, apps, and connectivity will be more compelling than solutions requiring multiple suppliers. But it still needs to work with leading hardware vendors, like Qualcomm.
http://fortune.com/2016/09/06/verizon-qualcomm-smart-device-push/
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