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ISSUE

Telit

01|06

2Market The Telit m2m Magazine

by Oozi Cats:

Telit pushes on the global m2m market Telitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique BGA modules Telit World: Applications Analyst Berg Insight: Telit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; main challenger on the European m2m modules market wireless solutions

Telit and SIRF join their forces

EUR 25.5 million for Telit from the Italian Ministry of Industry

Making machines talk.

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is in it.

TELITINTRO

Dominikus Hierl, President Telit wireless solutions Oozi Cats, CEO Telit Communications PLC

TELITNEWS

Telit and SiRF join their forces

TELITCOMPETENCE

The development path Telit’s unique BGA modules Telit’s quality process TTSC - Telit’s technical support centre

TELITPRODUCTS

How to develop your own m2m application –

TELITSTORY

Telit continues its success, EUR 25.5 million from the Italian Ministry of Industry

TELITWORLD

Customer Applications

TELITVISIONS

m2m and automated meter-reading by Chicco Testa, former Chairman of the Board of ENEL

TELITDISTRIBUTION

Telit worldwide Distributors corner: Round Solutions

TELITEVENTS

TELITPRESS

Berg Insight: Abstract of the latest m2m market report

TELITLIVING

Born from the Friulian tradition Enrico Ruffi

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NEWS +++ NEWS +++ NEWS +++ Change of fronts – Telit brings Wavecom sales expert on board. Felix Marchal becomes Telit’s new Vice President Global Sales +++ Tommaso Pompei, CEO of Tiscali and f ormer CEO of Wind It aly has been announc ed as Chairman of the Boar d of Telit Communications SpA +++ Chicco Testa, former Chairman of the Boar d of ENEL, has been announced as Director of Telit Communications SpA +++ The Italian Ministry of Industry has awarded Telit to receive a EUR 11.4 million grant, and has secured a EUR 14.1 million ol an facility. The funds, totaling EUR 25.5 million, were awarded to Telit to invest in a new R&D centre +++

TELITINTRO

INTRO Dear m2m professional, Telit proudly presents the first issue of T elit2Market,

The globalisation of the m2m business is in full swing

our new customer magazine covering information on

right now. Telit, as a leading pla yer in the mar ket,

the m2m mar ket, introducing new technologies and

understands the ch allenges emanating from this

of course on Telit, who is your competent partner for

movement:

wireless solutions.

a global presence to support our customers all around the world is in the process of being set u p. Telit offers

Our magazine will be a pla tform for our partners to

cost-optimised solution packages dedicated to the

present their prod ucts and sol utions to our global

needs of high v olume m2m a pplications, in or der to

readership, in or der to fac ilitate the ex change of

put our partners in a position to cope with the cost

Telit-based applications between global mar kets

pressures arising through new competition from low-

and promote the further business gro

cost markets.

wth of our

customers. In our next issue, w e will be presen ting our updated The market for GPRS products is in a transition period;

global structure and will u pdate you with the la test

market positions are being redefined r ight now. Telit,

product developments from Telit wireless solutions.

with its updated product portfolio offering substantial

Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Dominikus Hierl President Telit wireless solutions

cost and performance benefits to customers, is extremely well positioned to accom plish its mission – to become a global leader in most rele

vant m2m

market sectors. Telit has recently opened 10 dedicated sales offices in major European loca tions as w ell as in the US A and Asia to support customers locally and understand the

Dominikus Hierl

specific requirements of the indi vidual markets. The

President, Telit wireless solutions

offices have been staffed with seasoned experts from the wireless m2m industry.

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TELITINTRO

Trieste lighthouse

Join the Vision:

TELIT PUSHES ON THE GLOBAL M2M MARKET by Oozi Cats, CEO Telit Communications PLC

Telit Communications, long established as a man u-

market leader. We are already creating the foundation

facturer of mobile phones, is no

w conquering the

for this with our global mar ket strategy, for example.

global m2m market. This has become possible thanks

Telit markets its products worldwide via sales offices in

to our global stra

Trieste, Tel Aviv, Munich, London, Rome, Madrid, Milan,

tegy, our innov ative products

and our con tinued commitment to research and

Paris, Raleigh North Carolin a, Seoul and C openhagen.

development.

In addition, a global netw ork of leading distr ibutors

The

m2m mar ket

has

now

matured

and is

covering some 50 countries.

demonstrating continuous growth. According to the

Oozi Cats Chief Executive Officer of Telit Communications PLC

latest Gartner report en titled “m2m Cellular Module

Telit targets Asia and the Americas

Market Overview”, the n umber of m2m units sold

Of course, we will not be resting on our successes th at

worldwide rose in 2005 to 9.6 million. This is 63 per

we have enjoyed in Europe. This is beca use, in or der

cent more th an 2004. For 2008, the firm of an alysts

to fulfil our ambitious goals reality , a global mar ket

predicts that the number of units sold will reach 30. 7

presence is essen tial. The core com ponent is our

million – more th an three times as man y as in 2005.

recently announced acquisition of the Sou th Korean

The market will gro w to a v alue of around Euro 914

company Bellwave (Telit APAC). The man ufacturer of

million by then.

CDMA modules currently holds around h alf of the Korean m2m mar ket. With the acquisition, T elit is

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On the way to the top

augmenting its portfolio of GSM/GPRS prod ucts with

The consolidation of the global mar ket is progressing

CDMA modules. This is essential in order to address the

– and T elit has now worked its w ay up to fourth

US and APAC markets. Thanks to its extensive expertise

position. In Europe, w e are alread y among the top

in the development of CDMA products, Telit APAC will

3. Tobias Ryberg, Senior An alyst at the m2m an alyst

also in the future act jointly as a mutual R&D partner

firm Berg Insigh t, says about Telit: “Meanwhile, Telit

to our Trieste R&D centre for the development of UMTS

has emerged as the main ch allenger on the European

products. Moreover, Telit APAC will serve as our gateway

wireless modules market with an aggressi ve growth

to the promising m2mM markets in South Korea, China,

strategy. Telit ranks as the thir d largest su pplier of

Taiwan, India, Australia and New Zealand.

wireless m2m modules on the European market.”

In parallel with our acti vities in Asia, w e have also

We have a clear roadma p: in 2010, w e aim to be the

established a foothold on the Amer ican market and

TELITINTRO

This reduces effort, time and costs assoc iated with

By Yossi Moscovitz

development. As a resul t, we are able to set oursel ves

THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE

apart from the com petition, which generally changes the size and sh ape of its mod ules with ne w models. Our customers, ho wever, need mod ules that can be used for years in their applications. Take the atomotive industry, for exam ple: a car alarm should w ork with

Telit has three major technical advantages compared

the same mod ule for as long as the model of alarm

to its com petitors: we are so far the first and onl

is produced. This may be more th an five years. After

By Yossi Moscovitz,

m2m manufacturer that offers its clients a form factor

all, the in vestments in de veloping such an alarm

CTO of Telit

and family concept. All mod ules in a famil y have the

application are high. S ubsequent adaptations would

Communications PLC

same form factors and function ality – the same size,

be extremely expensive. Our family concept provides

the same sh ape, the same connectors and the same

long-term availability of the modules in the market.

SW interface. The advantage for users is self-e vident: all modules in a famil y are in terchangeable. Above

Scalable portfolio

all, customers can easil y replace the mod ules with

Our modules are tailored to v

successor products without changing the application.

and different production lot sizes: for quan tities of

opened a sales office in J un 2006 in Raleigh, North

now access all these functions with a single mod ule.

Carolina. Traditionally the Amer ican market was

This saves our customers time and money in terms of

dominated by Wavecom and Sony Ericsson.

integration and in terms of the production of devices.

Since Wavecom purchased Sony Ericsson in Q1 2006,

In addition, Telit has its own protocol stack. This means

arious applications

there was a lac k of com petition. Telit Americas is bringing competition back to Amer ica with a strong and aggressive offering of a GPRS and CDMA portfolio and some well-known m2m experts.

m2m cellular mobile market forecast through 2008 Millions of Euros

Market advantage through state-of-the-art products Telit now offers the four different product families EZ, GM, GE and GC. From our prod ucts, it is e vident that

Millions of Euros

800

Millions of Units

600 500

demands perfectly. We also use innovative technologies

400

from market-leading companies such as Infineon

300

or SiRF. Our cost-optimised prod ucts are tailored to

200

the demands of v arious markets and applications. In

100

the spring of 2006, for exam ple, Telit introduced the

GE864, the w orld's smallest quad-band GSM/GPRS y

30 707.6

700

functionality and pr ice, they ma tch our customers’

914.4

900

Telit has its finger on the mar ket's pulse. In terms of

module. With this mod ule, we are so far the onl

Millions of Units

1.000

30.7

555.7 450.0 345.0 270.0

9.4

20 20.3

13.6

5.9 3.7

5 0

2003

2004

Source: Gartner (May 2006)

Estimated 2005

Estimated 2006

Projected 2007

Projected 2008

module manufacturer to offer a GSM/GPRS mod ule with a BGA assembly concept. that we own the software that we need to de velop or What’s more, w e were one of the first providers

adapt the modules. Unlike many of our com petitors,

worldwide to develop modules that combine GSM/GPRS

we can thus respond flexibly to our customers' wishes.

and GPS in the smallest possible space. Applica tions

This protocol stack is the culmination of a development

that previously depended on se veral modules can

time of more than 400 man-years.

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TELITINTRO

a few thousand units, w e developed the GM famil y,

from the module to the application server – an essential

which offers low outlay and costs for in tegration. For

function for security applications.

applications that are produced in the several hundred thousands, low production costs are the prime concern.

Quo vadis

In this case customers can turn to the GE prod uct range

Our goal is to in tegrate GSM/GPRS, EDGE, CDMA and

with its BGA assembl y concept. The mod ules can be

UMTS products into our prod uct family concept.

assembled like electronic components and integrated

Users can then choose betw een various technologies

easily into the production line. Connectors and cables

for each module – depending on the mar ket in which

are obsolete. For the last two or so years, Telit has been

their application is being used. The main ad vantage

the only manufacturer to offer BGA modules.

is that no ch anges are required to the a pplication. Consequently, Telit supplies modules that can be used

Special features

worldwide without restriction.

One of our key USPs is our embedded function alities.

Thanks to the acquisition of the K orean CDMA expert

One of these is the jamming detection fea

ture, for

Bellwave, we now have access to sophistica ted CDMA

example, which we have integrated into our modules.

technology. We are also working on the development of

This enables users to detect immediately if there is an

UMTS modules that will be launched onto the market

interference preventing the transfer of informa tion

at the end of 2007.

Building on extensive R&D activities

for official certification procedures such as R&TTE/FCC,

Telit has been investing continuously in research and

CE/UL and GCF/PTCRB. This increases the probability

development for many years. In Apr il 2006, we were

for customers of passing certifica tion procedures on

declared eligible to recei ve Euro 25.5 million from

their first attempt.

the Italian Ministry of Ind ustry, comprising a gran t of Euro 11.4 million and a loan of Euro 14.1 million.

Winning team = winning company

We are in vesting this sum in the expansion of a

Telit is a grou p of 250 people and gro

new R&D cen tre in Sar dinia that will be in tegrating

employees feel happy with us since the man agement

complementary technologies such as GPS , Wi-Fi, Wi-

consists of execu tives that made it from the bottom

Max, Bluetooth, ZigBee and RFID. In combination with

up in the m2m mar ket. Those executives understand

these technologies, m2m mod ules are inc reasingly

the market and are able to c reate a winning stra tegy

making their mar k on the ind ustrial and consumer

with respect to prod uct definition and de velopment

electronics market – something th

as well as customer support. This winning team gi ves

at harbours

wing. Our

significant potential for us.

us a tremendous market advantage.

Our commitment to R&D , together with the global

Join Telit wireless solutions

rollout of our stra tegy, is also fin anced by the I PO on

As you can see, the next fe

the London AIM stock exchange in April 2005.

exciting and ch allenging time for us. I in vite you to

w years will be a v ery

join us on our way to the top of the m2m market – as an

Customer is king

investor, customer or employee. We are proud of what

For Telit, the customer al ways comes first. And th at’s

we have achieved so far. The global expansion of our

not just an em pty claim. W e accompany them ov er

sales activities, our con tinuous and high in vestment

the course of se veral years in the de velopment of

in R&D, and last but not least our innovative products

their applications. It should also be remembered th at

all highlight our progress to wards the position of the

Telit has 20 years of expertise in the de velopment of

market leader.

handsets and communications equipment. As a result,

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we know and understand the concerns and needs of

Yours

system integrators. Customers can also test their

Oozi Cats

terminals in Telit’s own laboratories and prepare them

CEO Telit Communications PLC

wireless solutions TELITNEWS

Telit and the l eading supplier for GPS-location technology SiRF together created a currently unique GSM/GPRS-mo dule with an integrated GPS receiver.

wireless solutions

SiRF and T elit follow the same objecti ves. “Our cooperation was very productive. We intend to provide exceptional sensivity GPS sign al detection while ensuring reliability e ven under ch allenging conditions”, explains K anwar Chadha, founder and vice president of mar keting for SiRF . The in tensive cooperation between the two companies' results in the innovative modules GE863-GPS and GM862-GPS T elit presented at CeBIT 2006 for the first time. “The combination of our T elit GSM/GPRS-technology with the innov ative SiRF GPS function ality in one module and with an ul tra-compact size en ables us to significantly reduce integration efforts and costs” , comments Dominikus Hierl, Presiden t of the T elit wireless solutions Business Unit. This mak

es the

TELIT AND SIRF JOIN THEIR FORCES

modules very attractive for cost-sensitive applications. Solutions that so far needed to access several modules are now able to retr ieve the GSM/GPRS and the GPS functionalities with one mod ule. With its mod ules, Telit enables cost-effective, easy to use de

vices in

pocket size and th us takes this trend further to the price-sensitive end user market.

SiRFstarIII-technology guarantees increased performance Key element of the unique T elit modules is a highsensivity SiRFstarIII 20-Channel Singlechip GPS receiver of the latest generation developed by the GPSexpert SiRF T echnology. “The SiRF technology is the most innovative and powerful solution available at the market. Moreover it is v ery well compatible with the GSM/GPRS chipsets con tained in the T elit modules”, explains Dominikus Hierl. W ith its small size of 7 mm x 10 mm the chip w as easy to in tegrate into the compact Telit modules. SiRF combines a com plete AGPS digital baseband processor with a RF front end in a single chip. The SiRF receiver is able to track more than 20 satellites at once. Thus, the SiRFstarIII-architecture achieves TTFF (time to first fix) of onl

y one second

in outdoor GSM environments. As it acquires sign als down to -159 dBM, real-time navigation is also possible in challenging environments such as urban can yons and dense foliage. E ven in closed rooms the recei ver yields amazing results.

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TELITCOMPETENCE Competencies of Telit Communications S.p.A.

Product Development

Testing and Certifications

Product Specification

Field testing

HW Design

R&TTE/FCC testing

SW Design

CE/UL testing

Mechanical Design

GCF/PTCRB testing

PCB Design

Operator approvals

Production Support

Customisation

AT commands

Production – Line design and set up Production support

Integration of customerspecific features

Prototyping

Full customisation

Test Equipment for production

Homologations

Proprietary GSM/GPRS Protocol Stack

THE DEVELOPMENT PATH AT TELIT COMMUNICATIONS S.P.A. by Sandro Spanghero Technical development at Telit Communications

Telit wireless solutions - modules

S.p.A. is the fruit of earlier exper ience at Telital and

In this mar ket the most im portant characteristics

subsequently at Telit Mobile Terminals. From 1996 to

are the ability to w ork on the prod uct, total con trol

2002 the engineers working at Telit Communications

of the prod uct, the ability to ada pt it to the clien t’s

S.p.A. were involved in projects th at enabled them

needs and, in con trast to the telephon y market, the

to acquire the kno w-how and technologies th at are

product’s service life. The GSM/GPRS modem th at we

currently the basis of the com

sell is not actually a finished product, but a component

pany’s intellectual

property, its main asset.

of an application that the client develops around the modem itself. This is why in this market it is important

It quickly became a pparent that being dependen t

to rely on in-house skills onl y, so th at products can

on external software houses for the de velopment of

evolve technically, be updated from the technical point

essential components of the prod uct was a ser ious

of view and costs cut, while avoiding all the problems

limitation, so the com pany decided to implement an

of incompatibility with previous versions that would

in-house software development platform.

inevitably occur if a stra

This programme took place in a highly complex series

external products were adopted.

of phases which were only gradually integrated into the

In this con text, the R&D team, curren tly comprising

product, beginning with the user-oriented application

110 engineers with 420 man-y ears of exper ience in

part, followed by the protocol la yers implementing

the field, is working both to maintain and update the

communication with the cell ular network and finally

current product range, and to extend the functions

with the lo west layers of the code con trolling the

built into the current technology platform, developing

hardware.

new software functionality to expand the com pany’s

In recent years the company updated its plans and in

intellectual property. The curren t in-house pla tform

2002 brought its first GSM / GPRS prod uct to market,

uses Infineon hardware.

all the software of which was developed in house.

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tegy based on mar keting

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TELIT´S UNIQUE

BGA MODULES

by Bruno Vittori

Advantages – disadvantages

is required. T o bake the mod ules properly, put the

One of the most commonly used packages for the latest

units at 125 ±5° C for 48 hours. All the GE mod ules are

generations of chipsets in consumer electronics is the

compatible with the relevant standard reflow process;

BGA. The main advantages of BGA components are the

this means th at no spec ial requirements are needed

high density of in terconnection for surface unit, the

for applying the thermal profile.

possibility of being used in SM T processes and their good behaviour in high frequency en vironments. For

Processing

the same reasons, Telit decided to use the BGA solution

The reflow profile to use is process dependent; anyhow

for its GSM/GPRS modules.

a standard profile gave good results. The only restriction

BGA also h as some aspects, mainl y the difficul ty in

on the SMT process is that the Telit modules can accept

reworking and some particular skill th

only one reflow: so the modules must be assembled on

at needs to

be taken into consideration during the solder ing

the last step of the SMT process of the host PCB.

process. As we shall see, these skills are v ery simple and easy to implement in the assembl y process. First, please

all the technical information you need to know to use Telit products correctly.

Critical Zone TL to Tp

Ramp-up

Temperature

product you are going to use, in w hich you will find

read carefully the Product Description of the relevant

Tsmax Tsmin

Features and handling Let’s now have a look at the BGA Telit modules’ current

Ramp-down

ts preheat

t 25°C to Peak

features. The com plete GE famil y is provided with a

Time

Full Grid Array package (different pitches for different models) with lead-free finishing of the solder balls

Profile Feature

Sn-Pb Eutectic Assembly

Pb-Free Assembly

Average ramp-up rate (TL to TP)

3°C/second max.

Preheat: - Temperature Min (TSmin) - Temperature Max (TSmax) - Time (min to max)(tS)

100°C 150°C 60-120 seconds

150°C 200°C 60-180 seconds

TSmax to TL: - Ramp-up Rate

3°C/second max.

Time maintained above: - Temperature (TL) - Time (tL)

183°C 60-150 seconds

217°C 60-150 seconds

Peak Temperature (TP):

225 +0/-5°C

245 +0/-5°C

Time within 5°C of actual Peak Temperature (tP)

10-30 seconds

you have received the mod ules, check the h umidity

Ramp-down Rate

6°C/second max.

indicator first: if the 10 % mar k is coloured, baking

Time 25°C to Peak Temperature

6 minutes max.

8 minutes max.

(some models are a vailable also in the SnPb v ersion). The special packaging of the GE famil

y permits

automatic processing in SMT, and to facilitate this, the modules are provided in tra ys suitable for pic k and place machines; if such opera tions are not possible, the modules can be placed on the host PCB by a BGA reworking machine before proceeding to the ov

en.

Due to the n ature of their com ponents, the modules are moisture-sensitive devices at level 3. For this reason they are provided in moisture-proof barrier bags with desiccant pouches and a humidity indicator card. Once

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The typical solder past used toreate c the balls is a Sn/Ag/

For the PCB pad design, the“Non Solder Mask Defined”

Cu alloy. For correct processing of the LF modules, some

(NSMD) type is recommended. Not recommended

rules must be taken into consideration: for example,

is the placemen t of mic rovias not cov ered by solder

using an electroformed and laser-cut electro-polished

resist near the pad, unless the microvia carry the same

stencil will produce the best pr inting characteristics.

signal as the pad itself.

A reduction of stenc il apertures is recommended for minimising solder balling and br idging. The amount

Solder Resist

PCB

5-15 % is common. Belo w are some general rules for stencil printer optimisation:

Solder Resist

Metal

of reduction required is process-dependen t, however

Non Solder Mask Defined PCB pad

p Solder past bead size: 20-25 um diameter

It is recommended not to place mic rovia without solder

p Print speed: 25-50 mm

resist cover under the GE mod ule and no mic rovia

p Stencil thickness: 120-150 µm

around the pads (see following figure; inner red line).

p Squeegee pressure: 0.018-0.027 Kg/mm (blade length) p Underside stencil wipe: once every 10-25 prints

Solder Resist Opening

Metal

22-28° C

p Solder past stencil life: > 8 hrs @ 30-60 % RH & 1,

B A

One aspect th at has to be tak en into consideration during the design of the a pplication while using a

Solder Resist

BGA module is the compatibility between the alloy of the BGA pins (solder balls) and the solder paste used for the PCB a pplication. The two types (lead-free and

Recommendations for PCB pad dimensions Ball pitch [mm]

not possible to solder a lead-free mod ule onto a SnPb

Solder resist opening diameter A [mm]

1,150

application and vice versa.

Metal pad diameter B [mm]test

1 ± 0.05

By looking at the rules for the development of the PCB

Finish

non-lead-free) are not compatible; this means that it is

on which the GE mod ule will be placed, y ou have to note that the surface finishing should be Ni/Au in the case of either Sn/Pb or lead-free solder pastes. The PCB must be able to resist the higher tem

peratures that

Layer Properties thickness (µm) good solderability

Electroless Ni / 3 - 7 / Immersion Au

0.05 - 0.15

protection, high shear force value

occur during the lead-free process. This matter should be discussed with the PCB su

pplier. Generally, the

wettability of tin-lead solder paste on the desc

ribed

surface plating is better than lead-free solder paste.

A lot of a pplications for GE mod ules have been developed on some PCBs with differen

t lay-up

structures: 6 la yers with mech anical through-holes (sketch A), 6 la yers with inner via holes and mic rovia holes (sketch B) and a sim ple 4 layer with mechanical through-holes (sketch C).

sketch A

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sketch B

sketch C

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In order to understand the behaviour of the solder joints between a Telit GE module and an a pplication, some environmental qualification tests were performed.

Test

Conditions

High temperature test

16h + 85°C

Low temperature test

16h -40°C

Change of temperature test

10 cycle; -40°C / +85°C; t1=t2=2 h (∆T≤5°C/min)

performed before the tests and after; by com paring

Free Fall

height = 1 m, 2 falls on each face

the metallographic sections it is possible to poin

Shock test

30g - 10ms - 20 per axis

out any alterations in the solder join t structure. After

Bump test

25g - 10ms - 4000 per axis

To check the sta tus of the solder join environmental tests, some c

ts after the

ross sections w ere

the complete set of tests, no c racks or other kind of

5 ÷ 10 Hz +30 dB/oct

problems were found, as the pictures show. Random vibration test

10 Hz ASD = 20.5 m2/s3 (0.213 g2/Hz) 10 ÷ 1000 Hz –3 dB/oct 8 hours per axis 5 ÷ 12 Hz 5 mm

Sinusoidal vibration test

12 ÷ 200 Hz 30 m/s2 Swap: 5 ÷ 200 Hz @ 1 oct/min 8 hours per axis

Damp heat test

+ 40°C 95%RH 5 days

X-ray needed or not? Another myth is the fact th at an X-ra y machine is

all the pins of the BGA m ust be in con tact with the

essential for processing BGA com ponents; this is not

relevant solder paste. By follo wing the indica tions

strictly true. Of course, doing an X-ra

y inspection

on the Product Description regarding the pad design

during the first run of the process will hel p ensure a

and process requirements, there is no reason w hy the

quicker definition of the optimal parameters, bu t it

module should not solder correctly.

is not manda tory. Due to its self-cen tring behaviour, incorrect positioning of the com ponent (in a sk ewed

In short, all this information shows that processing a BGA module is not as difficult as some might believe

and in a straigh t direction). The onl y aspect th at

and offers a lot of advantages in terms of re ducing

must be k ept under con trol during the set u p of the

production costs.

the solder process will be also be useful in the event of

processing line is the vertical descent during placement;

X-RAY NEEDED OR NOT? TELIT 2 MARKET

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TELIT´S

QUALITY PROCESS

by Guido Walcher

Telit’s quality mission in company

processes. F

volves all ocusing

its

contributions on the wireless sol utions Business Unit’s operations, it provides all the rele vant processes, polic ies and procedures to assure the adherence

Taking care of the emerging wirel ess solutions BU‘s mission vis-à-vis the automotive segment market, quality intends to consolidate the enh ancement of the Quality Management System within Telit towards the ISO/TS 16949 standard.

Telit’s manufacturing processes, directly controlled by

consistent with certifica tions, approvals

the company, are managed by contract manufacturers

of m2m de vices to quality standar

that are certified to ISO-9001:2000 and ISO-14000.

and contractual obligations. Telit,

applying

its highl

experienced,

consolidated know-how, intends to achie ve best-

High reliability products The high reliability of prod

ucts is assured from

all m2m prod ucts through a sy stematic approach

the

onwards,

that emphasises quality in e very phase of prod uct

through a w aterfall phase’s structure, con trolling

development and man ufacturing: from the initial

the quality. All selected com ponents achieve a fin al

in-class quality and reliability performance on

design

conception to fabr

ication,

test and

measurement, monitoring of the

fabrication

product product

processes,

inspections, ne w qualifications

and

reliability monitoring of finished products. The quality procedure also encompasses all products and services provided to customers; spec ifically the distribution, design and in tegration of services for m2m solutions and customer support. By focusing on the com plete overview of the m2m value chain, the wireless sol utions Business Unit allows us to im plement feedback at every step of the process, enhancing the level of quality of the whole business. The Telit Quality S ystem is modelled on the

ISO-9001:2000

development

phase

MeanTimeBeforeFailure

usually

progressing

exceeding

the

lifetime of our clients’ m2m applications. Continuous monitoring of fa ults permits us to im

plement

corrective actions and to furthermore improve product reliability. System Requirements Software Requirements Analysis Program Design Coding

Quality Standar d.

Testing

In effect from 1999, it is committed also to en vironment, health and safety

Operations

excellence, meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements.

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Since 2005, T elit has been im plementing

Multiple testing ph ases during the man ufacturing

programs to red uce the use of h azardous

process until the fin al test of the prod uct guarantee

substances and/or emissions in accor dance

that all our mod ules’ functions are tested properl y

with European Directives ROHS (Restriction

on a 100% basis. Therefore early death is dramatically

of the Use of Certain Hazar dous Substances

reduced and means th at Telit’s products are join tly

in Electrical and Electronic Equipmen t) and

designed with global contract manufacturers in order

is approaching the WEEE (W aste Electrical

to exceed the requirements of an average and usually

and Electronic Equipment) directive.

very low outgoing quality limit.

TELITCOMPETENCE

T T S C

TELIT´S TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTRE The abovementioned results are a der ivative of Telit’s

m2m integrators require reliable

know-how applied to m2m prod ucts. This is assured

modules and spec ific, professional

by the organisa tional structure th at harmonises

support.

our quality and in tellectual property mission and

The applications that use GSM/GPRS

as a resul t we offer a v alue added sol ution that, in

technology are numerous, varied and

conjunction with con tinual improvement processes,

technically demanding. For this reason

After-sales phase

consolidates our high le vel of quality as one of T elit’s

Telit

In the after-sales phase, our Customer

intangible assets.

intensive support in different phases:

Wireless Solutions Business Unit

Acquisition phase

process. A dedica ted support line

Telit manages its wireless sol utions business using a

In the acquisition ph ase by Technical

answers all the enquir ies by email or

process-based approach consisting of da ta analysis,

Sales: a dedica ted team of experts

telephone.

with metrics that are based on curren t needs, fu ture

offers technical su pport during the

plans and past performance. T elit’s performance is

pre-sales product selection process.

measured and analysed on a periodic basis, favouring

Telit’s sales engineers ad

vise you

Pre-approval measurements in Telit’s R&D facilities

implementations of coun termeasures to achie ve the

in selecting the a ppropriate radio

Our Support Teams, working in

stated objective.

modules for y our application. Our

cooperation with the T

Technical Sales departmen t works

experts, are able to offer further

wireless sol utions

provides

Support and the After-Sales teams help you even after the in tegration

elit R&D

uct

with our customers to coordinate their

technical support such as:

performance metrics that are monitored and analysed

project requirements and hel p put

p RF TEST CAPABILITIES

for conformity and continual improvement.

together the most suitable su pport

p EMC TEST CAPABILITIES

Metric variables include:

packages.

p VALIDATION TEST ON PRODUCTS

p Manufacturing pass-through-rates

In order to help our customers to learn

p VALIDATION TEST ON

p Internal audits

more about wireless technologies,

p Preventive and corrective action activity

Telit experts sh are their kno wledge

p VALIDATION TEST ON PRODUCTS

p Customer satisfaction

and experience through a range of

p ACHOUSTIC TEST

p Warranty failure rates / occurrence of DOA

educational training courses.

p THERMAL TEST

Implementation phase

In our anechoic chamber it is possible

During the im plementation phase,

to perform: C onducted RF T est,

our Customer Support Team provides

Radiated RF Test, EMC Emission T est,

support during the en tire module

EMC Immunity Test, Radiated Power

integration phase. Very professional

and Radiated Receiver Sensitivity.

people are assigned to your project and

Telit offers its extensi ve laboratory

share their expertise and kno wledge

facilities to help customers in the pre-

to ensure y our project is com pleted

homologation phase.

Quality

plans iden

tify

process and prod

MANUFACTORY PROCESS

(Dead On Arrival) p After-sales service performance

Product’s Reliability Report Failure Rate (failures per million hours)

FR vs Temperature 6,5 6,0 5,5 5,0

successfully and the time to mar ket

4,5

is shortened. C ustomer Support is

Thanks to the comprehensive range of

4,0

the interface between customers and

Telit’s support services, you are able to

3,5

Telit’s R&D experts and coor dinates

reduce your development times, costs

3,0

activities with Hardware and Software

and risks, and remain competitive with

2,5

engineers to speed up the integration

products that meet mar ket demands

process of in tegrating Telit products

and employ the latest technology.

-20

-10

20 30 40 Temperature (C)

into the final application.

by Max Lonzar TELIT 2 MARKET

TELITPRODUCTS

Telit’s customers are companies that design applications and that mak e use of the mos t advanced and suitable technology according to their r equirements. We take this r esponsibility seriously, and all the members of our team, the product managers and the engineers, keep a constant control of the market, to identify the new requirements and to create specific lines of products and maintain their leading position. At the same time, w e are developing our ideas in line with cus tomers’ expectations, a method that often leads us to completely new concepts.

TELIT

by Marco Contento TERMINAL

EZ10-GPRS Terminal

EZ10-QUAD-PY Terminal

The experience

The features

Telit is a multinational, high-tech company focused on

Making use of a common h

the m2m market, with a know-how of over 20 years in

platform on all products, Telit has been able to optimise

the design, manufacturing and marketing of more than

the development costs, making T

10 million handsets based on different technologies.

extremely competitive from the price point of view.

In 1988, Telit developed the first cellular phone based

The common platform has allowed the main features

on RMST 450 MHz an alogue technology, followed by

that Telit has developed to be available on all products.

ETACS in 1990 and GSM in the 1996. Telit was also one

Quad-band GSM/GPRS class 10 capabilities, integrated

of the pioneers in the GSM Vehicular Communication

TCP/IP/UDP/FTP/SMTP stack, jamming detection, Easy

Systems with its VT125 model in 1996, and in d

Scan®, Easy Sc ript® in P ython (PY and GPS v ersions

ual

mode GSM/Globalstar in 1999.

MODEM

ardware and softw are elit’s solutions

only) are available on all models, giving the customer’s application extended functionalities at no additional

The technology

cost.

With its o wn IPR and its GSM/GPRS protocol stac k software platform, Telit is no w an innov ative and

Protecting the customer’s application

flexible partner for any potential machine-to-machine

The technology of the GSM chipsets is in constan

application. Its length y experience in the h andset

evolution, making curren t technologies quic kly

market has enabled Telit to design com petitive m2m

obsolete. In this regar d, Telit has been able to define

products. The full control of its own GSM/GPRS protocol

a strategy that has proven a demonstrable success.

stack and the AT command in terface allows Telit to

As a ma tter of fact, despite the ch

be at the cutting edge of softw are technology, and to

technology of the com ponents, Telit has been able to

respond very quickly if an y specific customisation

keep the form factor and pin-ou t of the GM862 and

should be necessary.

TRIZIUM, now GE863, unch anged. As a resul t, Telit’s

Telit understands the current and future requirements

solutions allow customers to protect their applications

of the industries, and thus is able to offer a com plete

and make their investments effective.

GM 862-QUAD

portfolio of cost-optimised and scalable sol

Telit has understood th at the mar ket requires high

delivering the la test technology from the leading

quality and stable products, not only from a functional

GM 862-QUAD-PY

suppliers, such as Infineon and SiRF.

point of view, but from the point of view of mechanical

GM 862-GPS Modem

Modem

utions,

and electrical characteristics too.

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anging internal

TELITPRODUCTS

The GM862

The GC864

When Telit presented the first GM862 module in 1999,

The new GC864 is der ived from the GE864 and

it was just a simple GSM-enabled device.

represents the smallest GSM/GPRS quad-band module

Now, at the top of the family, the GM862-GPS combines

with an industrial connector on the mar ket. With its

a quad-band, class 10 GSM/GPRS modem with a 20

ultra-compact form factor, it is the perfect engine for

channel, 200,000 correla tor, high sensiti vity (-159

medium-volume m2m a pplications and mobile da ta

dBm) SiRFstarIII™ Single Chip GPS recei ver, for faster

devices.

start times and fix.

The GC864 is equipped with an 80-pin Molex boar d-

The GM862-GPS provides access to a full RS232 CMOS

to-board connector and a 50 Ohm Murata GSC type RF

UART, GSM 07.10 compliant, and a ser ial port for GPS

connector. With its 36 x 33 mm dimensions and lo w

NMEA 0183 output. It supports 1.8 and 3 volt technology

profile, the GC864 fac ilitates the design of extremel y

SIM cards and SIM access profiles. Moreov

compact applications.

er, the

GM862 is equipped with an embedded SIM car

EMBEDDED

GE 863-GPS Embedded

holder.

PRODUCTS The GE863

The EVK2

The GE863 famil y represents the e volution of the

The Telit Evaluation Kit E VK2 provides a read y-to-

successful TRIZIUM module. Just like the GM862, a t

go, future-proof and flexible en vironment for the

the top of the family, the GE863-GPS combines a quad-

quick and easy de velopment of a pplications with

band, class 10 GSM/GPRS modem with a 20 ch annel,

Telit’s GSM/GPRS mod ule families, drama tically

200,000 correlator, high sensiti vity (-159 dBm)

reducing the time to mar ket. The kit com prises a

SiRFstarIII™ Single Chip GPS receiver.

motherboard, on top of w hich an adapter board with

The unique Ball-Grid-Array (BGA) mounting technology

the related module is pl ugged. This concept allo ws

of the GE863-GPS offers a v ery low profile and small

it to be used ac ross the boundar ies of v arious form

size; this fac ilitates the design of extremel y compact

factors and prod uct generations, in the fu ture too.

applications. Since all connectors are elimin

ated

The motherboard holds all the basic in terfaces, such

from the connection, the solution cost is significantly

as several power input facilities, a SIM holder , audio

reduced

monitor outputs, 2 x RS232 and USB 1.1, as well as Reset

compared

to con ventional

mounting

technologies.

GE863-QUAD Embedded

GE863-PY Embedded

GE 864-QUAD Embedded

GE 864-PY Embedded

COMPACT

and ON keys, representing a reference design for the module’s peripheral circuitry. Jumper settings define

The GE864 – the smallest on the market

the routing of the ser ial interfaces, audio signals and

At the cu tting edge of T elit technology, the GE864

power supply. The PC or D TE sending and recei ving

represents the frontier in terms of size. W ith its 30 x

information over the AT command in terface can be

30 mm dimensions and BGA moun ting technology,

connected to a USB or RS232 socket.

together with its lo w profile, it fac ilitates the design

Adapter boards convert the connection technology

of extremely compact applications. Telit continues to

of the mod ule (board-to-board or BGA solder) in to a

enhance and improve its wireless modules that enable

PTH pin connector. The part of the basic in terfaces is

the customers to design competitive products, reducing

played by the motherboard, whereas specific interfaces

the cost of ma terials. The GE864 is the perfect de vice

according to the type of the module (antenna, general

for dedicated data, voice and telema tics applications

purpose inputs/outputs (GPIO), ADC/D AC, UART

such as telemetry and telecon trol, security systems,

etc.) are a vailable on the ada pter board to connect

automated meter reading, POS terminals, PDAs, mobile

to the user’ s application, extension boar ds or other

computing and others.

development tools or measurement equipment.

GC 864-QUAD Compact

GC 864-PY Compact

EVK

EVK2 with GM862 Interface

Evaluation Kit EVK2 for Telit GSM/GPRS-Modules

For detailed information about the product-range, please go to www.telit.com > products > modules TELIT 2 MARKET

TELITPRODUCTS

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN

M2M APPLICATION? by Milena Miloševi´c

software applications on m2m mod ules has grown

No licence fees or dependence on manufacturers‘ technology

over recent years. The Telit engineers were among the

Easy script is a complete software platform that enables

first to in troduce GSM/GPRS mod ules supporting a

you to develop m2m applications without additional

revolutionary feature called “Easy Script®”.

investment in hardware, licence fees and dependence

It offers the fac ility to run a customer program on

on other man ufacturers‘ technology. It is aimed a t

the Telit modules, writing the controlling application

low-complexity applications where the application is

directly in a high level open-sourced language:

usually handled by a microcontroller that manages I/O

Python ( www.python.org )

pins through the AT command interface.

The importance of embedding and running proprietary

In order to elimin ate this extern al controller and further simplify the programming of the sequence of operations, Telit modules supporting Easy Script® offer: For programming, Telit chose Python above others since it is known as a dynamic, object-oriented programming

p Python script interpreter engine

language that can be used for various kinds of software

p Around 3MB of non-v olatile memory for users’

development. It offers strong su pport for integration

scripts as well as for data

with different tools, comes with extensi ve standard

p 1.5 MB of RAM reserved for Python engine usage

libraries and can be learned in a few days’ time.

p Integrated TCP/IP stack

Python scripts are text files stored in the NV M inside the Telit module.

FLASH ROM Available User NVM FLASH Memory (3Mbyte)

GSM-GPRS Protocol Stack FLASH ROM memory

RAM PYTHON INTERPRETER ENGINE MDM module VIRTUAL INTERNAL AT SERIAL PORT AT commands GPRS MODEM ENGINE

HARDWARE RESOURCES

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Available RAM for Python Interpreter (1.5Mbyte)

RAM for GSM-GPRS modem Protocol Stack

TELITPRODUCTS

Java

OpenAT

Python

licence + royalty costs

FREE: No licence costs

not m2m dedicated

dedicated to m2m

Needs powerful processor

and a lot of memory to

low power processor =

be executed

be executedd

low power consumption

Built-in custom modules dedicated to m2m

Operates efficiently with

Reduces the total cost of modules

Over-The-Air update modules is the possibility of updating the customised

This combination makes the mo dule the smallest complete hardware platform for individual customer solutions

application, using the Over-The-Air (OTA) interface. It

Apart from sa ving development time, T elitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Python

permits even more effic ient remote control systems,

modules supporting Easy Script reduce your costs, as

allowing system integrators to change or update their

the module requires no additional hardware such as a

program wherever and whenever it is needed.

controller, memory or a TCP/IP stack.

Built-in interfaces

This combination makes the mod ule the smallest

Built-in interfaces are dedicated to the communication

complete hardware platform for individual customer

between the P ython script and the T elit module

solutions and the first choice for prod uct developers

functionality. These in terfaces provide the follo wing

looking for an intelligent plug & play solution for m2m

possibilities:

applications. With new features, the T elit module is

p sending and receiving of the data from the network

perfectly designed for a pplications in fields such as

p reading and writing information from the

security and alarm sy stems, meter readings, fleet

Another issue of crucial importance supported by Telit

TRY TELITÂ´S PYTHON EASY SCRIPT

serial port in the case of GPS or other additional

management, tracing / trac king, remote con trol and

device connected

many others.

p handling general purpose I/O m

uch faster with

direct control of the pins p and finally selecting appropriate timers for customers applications

GM862-QUAD-PY

GE863-PY

GC864-PY

GE864-PY

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TELITSTORY

Over EUR 25 million for Telit: Italian government backs establishment of a new research and development centre

TELIT CONTINUES ITS SUCCESS The Italian Ministry of Industry is providing Telit Communications S.p.A. with a total of EUR 25.5 million to set up a new research and development centre. The sum is comprised of a donation worth EUR 11.4 million and a loan worth EUR 14.1 million. With this move, the Italian government is acknowledging the telecommunications specialists' commitment to the field of machine-to-machine (m2m) communication.

On a market which, according to the latest study by ABI

wireless solutions Business, in order to push ahead the

Research, will grow by 33 per cen t year on year from

development of ne w and sophistica ted products for

2005 to 2010, Telit has already successfully established

wireless communication.

itself with a wide portfolio of versatile m2m modules. The communications experts, who thus far have been

The support that we are getting from the Italian

known primarily for their mobile telephones, h ave

government is hel ping us main tain our position as

their own protocol stac k with GSM / GPRS netw ork

specialists on the l ucrative m2m mar ket. With our

protocols. It is in vesting around 400 man-y ears in

technology expertise and our o

the development of this softw are platform, which

we are able to focus on the further de

enables the company as the sole owner of its software

innovative products for this growth market.

wn protocol stac k, velopment of

to respond flexibly to individual customer needs and

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requirements.

The investments we are currently making in research

The Italian gov ernment is no w supporting Telit's

and development are br inging our goal of becoming

project, which involves expanding its research and

the market leader in the most important vertical m2m

development capacities. Telit wants to use the financial

market sectors e ver closer. Our strong commitmen t

support to expand its team of experts involved with its

to this mar ket is also demonstra

ted by our

TELITSTORY

€ 86.4m high-profile appearance at the m2m forum in Milan in May, explains Dominik us Hierl, Presiden t of Telit

2005 Revenues Growth of 16% from last year.

2005 Semi Annually (CM)

wireless solutions.

Million Euro

m2m applications can no w be found in a range of industries and sectors – incl uding vending machines, remote reading sy stems (automated meter reading

100.0

Revenues

86.4

or AMR), transport and logistics, heal thcare, security

80.0

technology and a w ealth of other a pplications. In this context, the requirements on m2m mod ules are growing: they need to be v ersatile in use and th us satisfy users’ increased needs. The in tegration of

60.0

complementary technologies a t module level, for

49.8

example, will pla y an inc reasingly important role (GPS, Bluetooth, Zig-Bee, etc.). Demand for small and

40.0

compact modules for ne w terminals geared to wards the consumer market will also grow (e.g. body function monitoring, localisation and alerts for sick people and

36.6 20.0

navigation). Only by using mod ules that satisfy these c riteria system integrators can develop reliable end prod ucts with an optimised cost-benefits ratio.

H1/2005

H2/2005

0.0

2005 Total

Mr. Oozi Cats, CEO:

»We have focused our company’s wireless solutions business unit on the m2m market. This will give Telit an outstanding position and growth in the next years.« TELIT 2 MARKET

TELITWORLD

WEAR AB LE www.interactive-wear.de

System: Know Where Jacket Product: GE863-GPS

Andreas Röpert, CEO:

»We are looking always after components that are very small and provide best-in-class power consumption. With the integrated Telit module, we achieve a seemless integration and very good operation times.«

logistics systems. Data is transmitted from the jac ket by a small, energy-saving Telit module. This integration offers clear benefits for n umerous application scenarios. The w hole textile-integrated system has been minia turised and is u p to 30% lighter than standalone sol utions. It is comfortable and discreet to wear, easy to opera te, protected, safe and therefore less prone to fa ults – not to men tion practically impossible to lose. The integration of electronics in textile prod

ucts

opens up new market opportunities in man y areas

Wearable Electronics – a new application for communication solutions

such as leisure and sport, medic ine and health, work

Suits with buil t-in BlueTooth headsets, ruc ksacks

Electronics". The added v alue for the user lies in the

with video control and a jacket that knows where it is

increased mobility and freedom of mov ement and

– electronics is offering a whole range of new functions

the straightforward, convenient operation. These

for our clothing. Interactive Wear AG, founded in 2005

benefits lead to a general inc rease in quality of life

as a resul t of the "W earable Electronics" acti vities of

and well-being, and in the case of w

Infineon T echnologies AG, presen ted innovative solutions for fashion, sport and work clothing at CeBIT.

and security. These products are known as "Wearable

ork clothing

boost productivity and enh ance the secur ity of work processes.

Its portfolio ranges from the multimedia rucksack with "campack" video camera remote control and the "Know

Wearable Electronics unite tw o completely different

Where Jacket" with integrated GPS, GSM, Bluetooth and

industries. The semicond uctor industry is quite

MP3 functionality to "Augmen ted Reality Slee veless

young – the first semiconductor was unveiled in 1947,

Jackets" for the automotive industry which can be used

and so the ind ustry was born. Its innov ations act as

to link the virtual to the real world.

a driving force behind man y other ind ustries such as the aerospace, a utomotive, communications and

The "Know Where J acket", a sol ution from partners

industrial sectors. Modern in tegrated circuits boost

Interactive Wear and GPSov erIP, was one of the

progress in man y areas and en able applications that

highlights at this y ear's CeBIT. The jac ket combines

were dismissed as inconceivable in the past.

functions from the infotainmen t sector (MP3 pla yer and Bluetooth communication) with an in tegrated active GPS an tenna on the shoulder . The GPS da ta is sent using the GPSov erIP open protocol via a GPRS connection to a serv er. The position can be read and displayed via the In ternet using v arious systems, from Google Earth and route planners to professional

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Communicationbox with Telit GE863-GPS

TELITWORLD

EL ECT R ON I C S Studies by the V enture Development Corporation

The solutions from Interactive Wear are highly reliable,

report sales of ov er US$ 1 billion w

easy to use and a ttractively designed. They are easil y

orldwide for

the "intelligent textiles" mar ket in 2008. The base

integrated by the man ufacturer and do not affect the

technology available from Interactive Wear opens up

wearing comfort of the textile end product.

new markets and sales ch annels which the com pany aims to significantly expand from its curren t leading

Features:

position.

p Sports Jacket with integrated electronic systems

As one of the largest ind

ustries whose potential

p MP3-Player

customers include every human being, the textile

p Bluetooth Headset/Handsfree Profiles

industry is poised to harness the benefits of intelligent

p Active GPS-Antenna integrated on the shoulder

functions, now that electronic elemen ts can be integrated in textiles for the first time. The numerous potential applications include not just infotainmen t and communications but also logistics, medic ine and security, Bluetooth, GPS and GSM sol

utions,

RFID solutions and biometr ic sensors. Work clothing (uniforms, functional and protecti ve clothing) also offer tremendous potential.

p Telit GPRS Modem for Data Transfer p Textile Switches on the sleeve to control the system p Alarm-button for emergency calls

About interactive Wear Interactive Wear develops electronic systems for integrating in textile products. Its portfolio includes: p Development and marketing of electronic solutions and components for integration in textile products (e.g. clothing, accessories, technical textiles) p Advising textile com panies on electronic sol utions and components for clothing (e.g. feasibility studies, design, prototype development) The solutions for clothing and accessor ies include communication,

localisation

applications, sensors for bod

and m

ultimedia

y and en vironment

monitoring, and systems for active climate regulation (heating and cooling). In the technical textiles sector , an increasing need for com plete system solutions is expected, such as in tegrated seating solutions in automotive and aircraft construction.

TELIT 2 MARKET

TELITWORLD

In Latin, Certus means r eliable, secure, which is the main mott

o of our c ompany.

Certus was established in 2000 as a company for the engineering, development, production and implementation of remote management and control. In less than five years, Certus has grown into a regional leader in the field of remote control and management using analogue and digital telephony and GSM/GPRS mobile telephony as well.

Certus AutoTrack Automatic Vehicle Location system which allows positioning, control, management and trac king of mobile objects from any location using GPS and GSM/ GPRS technologies, without reducing the functionality, reliability and flexibility of the sy

stem itself. The

vehicle could be located at any time and detailed data of its current position and sta tus (longitude, latitude,

www.certus.co.yu

altitude, the time of measurement, etc.) are stored in the device's local memory. This same data is sent through the GSM/GPRS netw ork to our monitor ing centre, where it is recorded in the database on the local server. Users can obtain informa tion regarding the position

System Certus GPRS POS Terminal Certus AutoTrack

and status of the v ehicle easily at any time through

Product GM 862-GPRS

p Locate the vehicle and view its status via SMS

the GSM/GPRS netw ork using SMS messages or the Internet.

Features Certus AutoTrack: p Notification by mobile phone in the event of an attack on the vehicle (alarm) p Real-time vehicle tracking on the Internet

Certus d.o.o. Company: Implementing up-to-date technological sol utions, our development team constan tly improves our products, in or der to gain more function

ality

and to provide more services to end users. The latest version of the Certus Au

totrack device

communicates with monitoring centres through GPRS, which enables tracking of vehicles in real time.

p History of the vehicle's movements on the Internet p Independent power source which recharges automatically while driving p Internal (EPROM) memory capable of storing positions of the monitored vehicle together with the most significant information, enabling the reconstruction of the vehicle trajectory and its conditions p Complete device programming is done remotely from a PC using the AutoTrack software package (over-the-air functionality) p Once installed in the vehicle, its presence cannot be detected

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p No special maintenance is required after installation in the vehicle

TELITWORLD

POS-TERMINALS Certus GPRS POS Terminal Certus GPRS POS T erminal is the latest Certus prod uct dedicated to various online fin ancial and other specialist services (mobile accoun t top-up, mobile pa yment for goods and services, c redit card payments, internet time top-up, ticketing, etc.). The

communication

medium

used

for all these services is the GSM/GPRS mobile network, which represents the main technical enhancement to the Certus GPRS POS Terminal compared to the classic POS terminal. Together with an embedded battery, this feature facilitates total mobility of POS termin als. It is possible to perform wireless transactions totally

independently

of public switched

telecommunications networks (PSTN). Another important practical fea ture of the Certus GPRS POS termin al is its m ultifunctionality – a t one point-of-sale you are able to provide a lot of services in a single, easy-to-use, mobile de

vice. And GPRS

data transfer mak es transactions extremel y fast (it takes only a cou ple of seconds, incl uding the time required to pr int the bill). The time required to serve the customer is th

us reduced to the

minimum possible. Until now, our termin als have been used for recharging prepaid c redits of both GSM opera tors in Serbia – T elekom Serbia and Mobtel Serbia, as well as a uthorisation and pa yment using Diners Card. We are also de veloping additional services which could be performed using our termin (mobile

payment,

Internet

time top-u

als

Features: Certus GPRS POS Terminal p Does not require the communicational resources of the sale locations at which it is implemented p thanks to GPRS technology Certus GPRS POS Terminals are fully independent from both analogue and digital terrestrial telephony networks p Working autonomy – in terms of both the regular power supply and battery charging, we can proudly say that the Certus GPRS POS Terminals are completely autonomous wireless POS terminals p Lower implementation costs – using Certus GPRS POS Terminals does not require extra investments in infrastructure, which result in a decrease in the costs of their implementation p Drastic efficiency increase – Certus GPRS POS Terminals manage all transactions within few seconds, which drastically increases the service provider’s efficiency p Remote reprogramming option Certus GPRS POS Terminals allow remote downloading using the GPRS network (over-the-air), meaning that the addition of new functions to POS terminals is possible at any time p Additional serial port An additional serial port enables communication with magnetic card readers as well as smart card & non-contact readers

postpaid bills payment, ticketing, etc.).

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F L E E T M AN AGEM ENT XL-one: After we used the Telit GM862-GPRS with external high sensitive GPS modules in automotive Track & Tracing, we have decided to develop a new unit using the latest GM862-GPS module of Telit.

System: XL-one

Without the need for an extern al processor d ue to the Python scripting and using the high sensiti vity SiRFstarIII chipset which is embedded in this mod ule

Product GM 862-GPS

we are designing a com pact and lo w-cost Track & Tracing device for years to come. Python scripting is used to run the application, internal memory for da ta storage, GPIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s for LED indica tors indicating GPRS connection, system running, GPS on/

The DTT Group is a fast growing, Pan European player

off or fix. Also a vailable are remaining GPIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for any

in the Au tomotive Market. With our headquarters

other customer needs. The PCB is already designed and

based in Almere, the Netherlands, w

is only 75 x 75 mm in a housing of 35 x 85 x 80 mm and

e are ra pidly

growing the in ternational markets. The combin ation

this includes the battery and SMA/FME connectors.

of, having our own R&D department in combination

We have implemented an USB port for configura tion

with our in ternational sales and a v ery experienced

and possible firm ware updates. It is also possible to

management team mak es the D TT Group an

upgrade and configure the de vice over the air . This

organization which it is good to do business with.

increases the flexibility and also pro hibits the need

The DTT Group was established se veral years ago by

for service at the dealers.

merging the kno wledge of se veral companies with

Together with the unit our dealers recei ve Windows

independent knowledge of Secur ity, GIS and Car

based configuration and upgrade software tools.

Telematica. Now a days we provide total solutions with our own products, our OEM prod ucts and with GPS

AVE delivered us one of the 1st a vailable GM862-GPS

Buddy fleet management systems.

units together with the E VK2 enabling a fast time to the market with the new module.

We are not onl y selling a single prod uct but we are selling a total solution.

Telit Product:

www.gps-buddy.com

GM862-GPS unit together with the EVK2 enabling a fast time to market.

DTT XL-one

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Windowsbased configuration tool.

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TE L EMAT I C S Punch Telematix is a telematics service provider

Features:

offering ‘total’ solutions (inclusive of airtime) for:

Main features of the solutions are: p track & trace p route planning p task planning p driver identification p extensive journey reports p alarm monitoring on e.g. unauthorized movement, speeding, geo-fence violation, temperature, doors and battery

p fleet and remote assets management p field force management p truck & transport management (see pyramid graphic) The telematics devices (with or without board computer), installed in the v ehicle or attached to a remote asset, send data over the wireless mobile network or through satellite connection, to the secured Punch T elematix framework. The frame work is accessible from an y computer with an in ternet access through the Punch Telematix web application the clients subscribes upon

p fuel delivery registration p hours worked and wage calculation p integration with other applications

www.punchtelematix.com

System: Telematics Solutions for Fleet&Assets, Field Force and Truck & Transport Management Product: GM862-GPS

or their own integrated application. The Punch T elematix solutions enable customers to locate their remote assets, find out their status in realtime, communicate with them in an effective and cost efficient manner and generate comprehensive reports encouraging pro-active management. All the abov e result in improved productivity, reduced operational costs, increased revenues and inc reased security for the customer. By offering total solutions inclusive of airtime at a fixed monthly fee, the clients can benefit from upfront cost predictability and a lower cost of ownership and service level agreement improving their competitiveness. Moreover, Punch T elematix can guaran tee coverage in Europe, the Middle East, North Afr ica, Russia and South-East Asia, also in areas w

here GSM or GPRS

coverage is limited or non-existent, this thanks to their SpaceChecker Satellite system. The SpaceChecker Satellite system based solutions are mainly used for trailer man agement or remote assets management requiring international coverage.

Paul Schillebeekx, CEO , Punch Telematix: Supported by:

»The emerging telematics market lies ahead and Punch Telematix will be leading it, together with its partners and customers.« TELIT 2 MARKET

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t+t netcom offers individual solutions in the mobile business sector. The main focus of t+t netcom is its handheld series tt7000 which is suitable for fields of road accounting, mobile business and delivery services as well as stock and warehouse logistics. The handheld series tt7000 is developed as a modular

The BackPack kit is designed to connect the additional

product range. This concept allo ws the integration of

module directly to the C OM5 interface by sim ple

a wide v ariety of com ponents for almost all mobile

change of battery cover.

applications with significant reduction of costs at the

The COM5 also provides the power supply.

same time. The standar d device is the common basis

The lateral ribbed structure guaran tees secure fit

for the entire product family. The basic configuration

of the Bac kPack on the basic de vice. The in tegrated

is designed flexibly to be suitable for v arious fields of

seal provides d ust and splash w ater protection. The

application, for exam ple, all the la test technology in

BackPack has eyelets to fix the regular hand strap. The

data transmission such as GSM, GPRS,WLAN, Bluetooth

standard vehicle or desktop cradle can be used without

and infrared.

modification.

Customer specific demands and wishes can be tak en

The biggest advantage of the Bac kPack concept is the

in account as w ell as addition al expansion by using

independence of the basic de vice. Using the BackPack

card slots or the unique Bac kPack technology. Instead

kit the tt7 000 series can be extended a t any time to

of replacing the com plete device only modular

meet subsequent upgrading requirements in mobile

extensions are required for la

computing. No devices have to be replaced; the existing

ter on demands in

mobile applications. This concept is the guaran ty for

devices can be extended by using the BackPack.

minimizing the spare part stock as well as accessories and consumables. All cables and ba

tteries can be

For using the tt7 000 in the car or on the desktop t+t

used in all de vices; one cradle supports the complete

netcom offers a special solution:

product family.

The universal cradle specifically developed for the

The tt7000 series is designed for use in extreme

tt7000 series is the ideal solution for in-vehicle mobile

working conditions. No protruding an

computing. A simple change of base plate enables the

tennas, no

unnecessary ports, protection against drop, d ust and

cradle to be used on the desktop and this mode also

splash water guarantee a long life time.

provides numerous communication options (2 ser ial

In addition to the in tegrated Telit modem for GSM/

interfaces, USB connection and power supply).

GPRS/Easy-GPRS, the tt7 000 series offers models

The cradle is suitable for each tt7 000-series device

with WLAN, Bluetooth, CCD or laser scanner , camera,

irrespective of whether with or without hand strap or

imager, internal GPS recei ver, RFID reader, magnetic

BackPack. With this comprehensive solution the cradle

and/or chip card reader.

can be used freel y even for subsequent upgrading to

The standard rechargeable battery guarantees an

the tt7000.

exceptionally long period of use. t+t netcom has developed a multi-functional BackPack solution which allows the in tegration of di verse components. The Bac kPack can accommoda te the internal GPS module, different make RFID readers with diverse frequencies and ranges as w ell as magnetic card or chip car d readers. Radio mod ules as w ell ultrasound measuring devices can be in tegrated for special applications.

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www.tt-netcom.com

System: tt7000 Product GM862-GPRS

Features tt7000: p Modular configuration, subsequent upgrading or extension possible p Telephony/GSM/GPRS/WLAN p Scanner/RFID reader/card reader p Stability provided by aluminium core p Three serial interfaces, USB and Infrared p Standard long-life rechargeable battery p Ribbed housing surface guarantees non-slip handling p Customised software with all options in the Windows CE.NET速 range

Telit Product: GM862-GSM-GPRS Triband Modem (GM862-PCS) t+t netcom has chosen a Telit modem in The cradle is designed for one-h

and operation to

guarantee fast insertion and removal of the device. The

the handheld tt7000 for various reasons: p Easy GPRS stack

dynamic storage of the plug-in connection guarantees

For our customers Easy GPRS is the ideal solution for

continuous good contact even in bad road conditions

programming their comm unication environment

and the stop spr ings provide stable reten tion of the

on their own.

device in the c radle. In the v ehicle version the cradle

The customer can use a multiprocessor environment

is fitted with a uni versal assembly plate which can

and independent functionalities in terms of

be connected to all the common v ehicle mountings. The cable connections are in conformity with the international automotive standard (Molex plug).

communication. p Wide technical support by Telit in Italy and Round Solutions in Germany p The flexibility of Telit in terms of service p Good cost/performance ratio Supported by: TELIT 2 MARKET

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V ENDING System: Mobile payment solutions in machinerelated environments like vending machines as well m2m solutions

Finlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading mobile/fixedline operator TeliaSonera (www.

Product GE863-QUAD

developed by 2001, when a MBO took place concerning machine

teliasonera.com) started a mobile payments business unit back in 1998, and many kinds of mobil e payment solutions had been related mobile payments. Since then, Uphill Oy has been oper ating this business as a service provider (mobile payments) particularly in vending machines, automated equipment, car washing machines etc. We are an independent, privately-owned company that has close cooperation with Elisa (one of the l eading mobile operators in Finland and the Vodafone partner). We are expecting to h ave the same kind of customers

The revenue-sharing model desc ribed above has

in other countries as we have in Finland and to market

worked to the sa tisfaction of all parties. The mobile

and support the system locally. We are therefore looking

operator has experienced an inc rease in airtime,

for new partners to establish a local presence/office in

the vending operator reports inc reased sales (d ue to

appropriate countries. First of all, we would like to agree

alternative, more flexible method of pa yment) and

the revenue-sharing arrangement with local operators

cost saving (banks charge for handling the coins, plus

in co-operation with local partners. Our intention is to

collecting the money could presen t a problem), and

have thousands of mobile payment machines handled

the Uphill/local partner h as naturally taken its share

via premium rate numbers or premium sms numbers

as system supplier and manager). Therefore we would

quickly (here in Finland, an end user could buy a soda

like to find local partners h aving contacts/experience

with Euro 1.50 in coins and Euro 1.64 - 1.80 with mobile

of the vending machine sector ou tside Germany and

payment, for example. It is always clearly stated on the

Finland.

vending machine what the cost of the product is when bought using a mobile phone).

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MACHINES Our customer base in Finland includes: p The one and only Pepsi vending machine operator

Every vending machine will need mobile subscription

(hundreds of mobile payment-equipped vending

and a voice call or sms will send the commands to that

machines),

subscription.Uphill operates the system via premium

p One and only Coca-Cola vending operator,

rate calls. End users pa y for their purch ases via their

hundreds of mobile payment-equipped

mobile phone bills, regar dless of their opera tor. Our

vending machines)

role as service provider is:

p Funworld distributor Pelika (touchscreen

p To have customer contacts as B2B

playmachines) having hundreds of mobile

p Make all the necessary contracts

payment-equipped machines

p Maintenance, which means maintaining all the requested premium rate numbers

p Shell, who have mobile payment facilities in all their own car washing stations

p Sell and develop all the required hardware (each vending machine needs to be furnished

p Esso (car washing machines)

with a GSM/GPRS modem, antenna, charger

p Mars chocolate vending machines

and a specially-made external card)

p Selecta p Buying lunch with your mobile payments, e.g. pizzas p Parking systems for several cities

We are currently looking into introducing this concept to other mar kets in Europe other th an Finland and Germany.

Please contact: Mr. Risto Ihalainen risto.ihalainen@uphill.fi mob. +358 400 500824

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TELITWORLD IRISTM is a ‘Carrier Class’ wireless da ta pro-

Pedagog (www.pedagog.com) is a small wireless

position aimed a t the v olume consumer

multimedia development team and this project, which

market. It is the largest global deploymen t of

rapidly acquired in ternational dimensions, required

wireless data outside ringtones, texting and

financial backing, consumer knowledge and channels

the Blackberry (www.iris.tv).

to market. To gain this Pedagog en tered into a join t venture with Br idisco Ltd (www.bridisco.co.uk), Uk’s

www.iris.tv

System: IRISTM Product GM 862-GPRS

It is the provision of a wireless service in volving

no. 1 electrical distributor to independent retailers with

a range of 2G/3G cameras aimed tathe domestic

an own Micromark brand (www.micromark.co.uk) that

user allowing live video to be transmitted

dominates the self-install C CTV UK market with 95%

to ordinary colour mobile phones, and

monopoly. Backed by this substantial partner, quality

gaining recurring revenues from the airtime

volume manufacturing was sourced through Celestica

provision. Easy to articula te but difficult to

(www.celestica.com)

do. Main a pplications are for poin t-to-point applications such as Security providing peace

Although the service mak es a reason able margin on

of mind to the user (w atching family, kids,

camera sales where we are trying to dr ive sales pr ice

spouse, and assets such as car , boat, etc) as

down to domin ate our mar kets, the real u p side is

well as point-to-multipoint applications such

the annuity from recurr ing airtime re venues which

as Entertainment (traffic, clubs, tourism, adult,

are cumulative. Then there are other re venues from

sports, etc) where many mobiles dial in to the

premium content, advertising, OTA charges of the

same camera.

player to mobiles, premium rate SMS to alert users of

SECU R ITY SY S T E M S

alarm events, upgrades to 3G and bundling options that makes IRISTM a hypergrowth opportunity. We have found rou tes to mar ket are predomin antly

Features:

through major Mobile Netw ork operators, national

No requirement for broadband, in ternet account,

electrical Retailers, and White Label ch

PC, router, or technical kno wledge of I P addresses

annels such

as insurance com panies. We operate a licensing

• Consumer priced • w orks with all mobiles (mid p

business and found ra pid global success in Sou th

1.0/2.0, PPC, WMM5, Smart phones • integrated PIR and

Africa (www.spotsa.co.za), UK (www.3rdisecure.tv),USA

VMD • 10 hour standby ba ttery • 8-18v for transport

(www.kriscowireless.com), Hong Kong (www.simcam.

boats/cars/lorries/caravans • single bu tton operation

hk), Malaysia (www.mmn-zoom.com) with a further

• Push menu for con tent management • Middl eware

9 territories recently signed and 27 in

that controls provisioning/security/recording/ billing/

ternational

networks who have made enquiries.

TETRA It’s key success h as been to hit the 3 ‘Holy Grails’ of mass Wireless Data usage appealing to the Netw orks, of consumer C CTV into the home, and targeted personalised content direct to the mobile. This h as been

Telit Product:

achieved through a cle ver combination of pa tented

Pedagog chose T elit because it w as necessarily

technical innovation, a robust re venue model from

competitively priced in a consumer proposition, it

the mobile ind ustry, and com prehension of the k ey

offered an integrated IP stack to reduce development

channels to market.

time and a very helpful GPRS interface.

Mobile operators have generally found themsel ves

Prototyping was carried out wi th the T elit GM862

unable to persuade their v

PCS module, then migra ted over to the Tr izium in

oice customers to use

their mobiles to do wnload volume content. Texting,

a BGA package as i t was smaller and better sui ted

ringtones and logos are not da

to surface moun t mass pro duction. The Tr izium

ta rich and fail to

fulfil the massive US$ 350 billion in vestment into 3G

is not available in a RoHS com pliant package, s o to

licenses to date. We have used the sale of the camera

accommodate this and to cov er the 850MHz part of

as the hook to place the IRISPlayer on consumers’ own

the US market Pedagog will use the GE863-QU AD in

phones and thereby use it as a portal to provide other

future production.

kinds of compelling content to the customer (see www. videocommunity.tv) 30

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content • Netw ork agnostic GPRS/CD MA/EDGE/3G/

Supported by:

T E L EPHON Y UNICOCEL is an an

alogue GSM/UMTS gateway

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Telit Product:

developed to com plement Tellink solutions for Call

Tellink Sistemas h as selected the GE863-QU

Shops, supporting the interconnection of the Call Shop

module because it can be used in all GSM netw

orks

to the GSM netw ork quickly and easil y and w orking

that currently exist in the w orld, which means th at

with any mobile carrier existing in the country.

UNICOCEL equipment can be marketed in all countries where our Rou tel public billing sy stem is installed

The Routel public billing sy stem will rou te the calls

(America, Europe, Africa).

made to mobile telephones through the installed UNICOCEL, so th at the comm unication will be made

The reduced size of the GE863-QU AD and its po wer

as a mobile to mobile comm unication, obtaining the

consumption makes the installa tion of our GSM

maximum benefit in every call.

adapter UNICOCEL easy, as well as supporting low cost maintenance.

This device enables any company to sa ve money on calls from fixed to mobile phones, interconnecting the

The automatic scan of the GE863-QU

analogue PABX with the GSM network using your own

GSM frequencies allows its quic k installation. The

cellular network provider.

voice quality obtained with the GE863-QU AD module

AD moduleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

is excellent, even in situa tions of lo w GSM sign al It allows communication between remote places

reception.

and the C ontrol Centre, eliminating fixed line costs and installing U NICOCEL devices to replace old PS TN modems. In general, this de vice is used for differen t applications where there is no option to install fixed lines (houses, business, remote units, etc.)

www.tellinksistemas.com

System UNICOCEL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; analogue GSM gateway Product GM863-QUAD

Features: p Substantial cost reduction

p Easy control with handset

p Compatible with any

p AT command set

GSM carrier in every country p DTMF dialling p Answer incoming call p Caller ID p Reversal polarity generation

p Band: EGSM 900/1800 and GSM 850/1900 MHz p Wall mountable or desktop compatible p Optional 2x16 line display TELIT 2 MARKET

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Health In 2001, Medical In telligence started to w ork on a bracelet to prevent wandering for people suffering from

The secure zone is personalized to each individual and

Alzheimer’s disease and a wireless wearable automated

go, knows is whereabouts, and can roam freely without

cardiac alarm sy stem integrating Global Positioning

triggering an automated alert. The area does not h ave to

System with a 12 lead electrocar diograph for people

be circular around the residence. It can have the shape

suffering from car diovascular diseases. In its vision,

you want to include the nearby house of a fr iend, but

mobile telephony worldwide was going to improve to

not the w ood behind the residence, for instance. The

come up to its vision of carrying th at much data and

secure zone is then programmed by the medical call center and integrated inside the COLUMBATM bracelet

it did. Three de vices have been developed by Medical Intelligence: the VPS TM (Vital Positioning S ystem)

consists of an outdoor area where the wearer is used to

from a distance.

and the W -ECGTM (Wearable ElectroCardioGraph) for cardiovascular diseases as well as the COLUMBATM.

Should a C OLUMBATM wearer move beyond the predefined secure z one, an a utomatic alert is sen t to a

The

COLUMBATM

(Latin name of the rac ing pigeon,

specialized monitoring center which, in turn, alerts

which comes bac k home) is made

the caregiver or the famil y according to the pre-

especially to secure people suffering

established protocol.

from cognitive disorders and those

With the integrated two-way voice module, the medical

who take care of them. It is an

call center or the caregiver can communicate with the

outdoor geolocation system

wearer and/or people around him to validate the alarm

with automated alert and

and the necessity to intervene.

audio communication to

By accessing a secure W eb Site or through our 24 /7 phone line, the C OLUMBATM system allows the

prevent a disappearance.

geolocation of the person w earing the bracelet a t all The COLUMBATM is a very user friendly system

times.

that consists in a small

The COLUMBATM bracelet also incl udes an indoor/

wrist worn bracelet (one

outdoor panic bu tton (which can be remotel y de-

and a h alf the size of

activated if needed), th

a watch and w eighing

communication with the medical call center.

at allows for a direct

54 grams). Besides the regular battery charger,

Wandering is very common for people suffering from

there is no need for an y

a cognitive disorder and can be triggered by a number

other home base de vice

of factors. They will not c ry out for hel p or respond

or home ada ptation or

to shouts and will not lea ve many physical clues.

modification of any sort.

Critical wanderers are people with demen

tia who

To utilise the the family or caregi ver of

have wandered away of their own free-will from their

the wearer predetermines a

local authorities with special problems. Someone with

COLUMBATM

‘secure zone’.

caregiver(s). It ca uses worry and stress and presen ts Alzheimer's, for instance, is disor ientated and unable to judge potentially dangerous places and situa tions. Time is critical when a life is a t risk and increasingly so in cold weather.

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care

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The COLUMBATM can be used to im prove the safety

they usually still live at home or in a grou p home, to

and security of indi viduals with a utism, Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

more severe forms, w here the indi viduals live in a

or developmental disabilities w ho may be a t risk of

nursing home or a chronic care hospital. It is also for

technology gi ves more

the healthy active person who just wants to feel secure

freedom to the person suffer ing from a cogniti ve

knowing he can call for assistance by the pressure of a

disorder knowing that to confine him/her just mak es

button and someone who knows where he is will talk

matters worse. It also gi ves more freedom to the

to him.

wandering. The

C OLUMBATM

caregiver who will be alerted immediately if the loved one wanders away from his secure surroundings.

In a time when the prevalence of degenerative diseases is increasing and when there are fewer places available

hen someone The COLUMBATM does not send an alarm w leaves home to step in to the garden for instance and

in homes and hospitals, a caregi ver might be incline

launches a rescue effort. If a w earer comes out of his

to keep a loved one at home, wearing a COLUMBATM bracelet, without looking him up and without fear of

secure zone, then the C OLUMBATM sends an alert

exhaustion.

immediately. That prevents for lost time to recuperate the loved one. With the two-way wireless voice module, one can communicate with the wearer or anyone who might be with him to v alidate the alert. Furthermore, it eliminates the problematic of a potential false alarm and useless intervention.

Moreover, if the indi vidual has in fact w andered off, the Assisted Global Positioning S ystem (A-GPS) te of the C OLUMBATM will permit his immedia geolocation; thus rendering the loss of a person virtually impossible. The COLUMBATM bracelet h as a panic bu tton which works inside and outside. We thought of senior citizens, in the early stages of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s, who might not be lost but in somewhat of a trouble. If they fall, or h ave a chest pain, they can tr igger an alarm v oluntarily to ask for hel p. Remember th at we can immedia tely be

System ColumbaTM Product Trizium / GE863-QUAD

in audio contact with them as well as knowing exactly where they are. If a person is in an advance stage of the disease, the panic button can be deactivated from the medical call center upon request by the caregiver. The COLUMBATM system is a freedom device adapted to operate and benefit the users in man y different settings

Supported by:

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www.temix.it

In the Wireless Sensor Network area, Temix has consolidated a leadership position Meter

System: LegoGAS

in AMR (Au

tomated

Reading) a pplications,

focusing on gas, energy and water distribution networks for utilities companies. Automated

Product GM 862-QUAD

meter reading is gro wing rapidly in the new competitive environment created by the deregulation of European energy markets. The use of AMR sy stems has resulted in an improvement in operational efficiency and quality of

A U TO M AT I C METER READING

service, with a high reduction in logistic costs compared

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to conventional meter reading services. Temix solution is n amed LegoGAS: it is the most integrated, flexible and cost-effective AMR solution on Temix is a leading global sol utions provider dedicated to

the market, with important customer references and

the research, design, development and manufacturing

currently over 6000 units w orking in the field and

of wireless da ta solutions for Broadband W ireless

25,000 more will be installed in this year.

Access, Satcom Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks as well as v arious mobile da ta applications. Since its

LegoGAS units are designed for high reliability and will

beginning, Temix has outshone the com petition by

operate from batteries for many years, even in severe

focusing on its goal, w hich is to deli ver quality, high-

weather conditions. In telligent signal processing in

performance and yet cost-effective wireless networking

the devices ensures reliable readings and provides

end devices to our very valued OEM/ODM customers.

enhanced, secure communications using auto recovery and time synchronisation routines.

Temixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is focused on supporting customised solutions in or der to guaran tee the maxim um

Temix devices are com pletely autonomous. Solar

integration between various technological areas:

panels and lithium cells deliver power in any condition. Links between nodes and remote terminals are wireless

Satcom Data and DVB-S Broadcasting

in ISM band. The de vices can collect sched uled reads

Wireless ISP, Public and Enterprise Wireless LAN

(meter reads) and/or provide instan

Wireless Automated Meter Reading System

of alarm e vents via sms, fax and e-mail, for a lo

VSAT Network and Digital Satellite News Gathering

monthly fee.

Advanced Video Surveillance System

t notification w

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The Wireless Meter Reader is based on a v

ery low-

power, highly integrated system-on-chip solution. Bi-

Features: p Low unit cost; Intrinsically safe

directional communication ensures data integrity. ISM

and environmentally protected;

868 MHz and 915 MHz fac ilitate worldwide operation.

p Completely power-autonomous;

The readings are detected by an electromech

p Long battery life;

anical

transducer (switch reed), stored locall y in a LegoGAS

p Reliable measures and communications;

reading terminal and are subsequen

p Records tank fill and usage;

tly sent via

radio frequency to the concen trator at pre-scheduled

p Instant alarm events notification;

times. The readings da ta is recei ved by the h ub unit

p Minimum installation effort;

(concentrator) from w here it is sen t to local storage

p User-friendly WEB interface.

and recorded readings are relayed to the data centre at

Telit product:

scheduled times using GMS SMS.

Communication records tank fill and usage. C

between

the concen trator

and

trator

data centre is performed by a T elit GM862 modem.

omprehensive sets

We have chosen the T elit module due its sim ple

A GPL le vel meter connected to the concen

of self-diagnostic informa tion are sen t to the da ta

implementation

centre with each call-in, providing notifica

reliability in field opera tion.

tion of

and high

any performance changes and allowing scheduling of battery replacement. The concentrator is based on a smart radio de

vice.

Completely autonomous, supplied by an in tegrated solar panel, it is installed near the users, generall y in the building area, and it h as an operating coverage of about 100 m radius.

MAIN UNIT This device is powered by a solar panel and can manage: -via radio an unlimited number of transponder (meters); -via cable one meter and up to 120 fuel level detectors.

FUEL LEVEL DETECTOR This device it's used for the remote monitoring of the fuel level of the fuel tanks. The system is designed in order to send an alarm to the operating when the fuel level crosses the threshold.

SETTING TERMINAL This device is used onl y during the ins tallation an maintenance activities. Thr ough this t erminal it is possible to setup the netw ork and verify the status of the network itself.

TRANSPONDER This device records the meters' values and sends them via Radio (ISM Band).

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VISI

M 2 M A N D A U TO M AT E D M E T E R -

This is not com pletely new. Already today we are unlocking the car or opening the garage door with a

remote control, the modern equivalent of saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;open sesame!â&#x20AC;?. What until recently we were doing manually is now being taken over by a virtual butler, that unlocks the door for us, opens the ga te and switches on the house lights. But this is prehistory, that we can already regard as in the past. The development of transmission capabilities and the a vailable technologies, cou pled with all the other elements of IT, will mak e an inc reasingly wide range of a pplications possible. The mar ket is just waiting for good ideas, new products and services. It was certainly a good idea th at inspired Enel to undertake the project of replac ing the old electr icity meters, which was not onl y a grea t success, bu t also placed Italy at the cu tting edge in ternationally. This

Machine-to-machine communication will undoubtedly be one of the most important developments over the

example of the meters sho ws the poten tial of m2m communication in terms of con trol, speed, sa vings, transparency and efficiency.

coming years. It will open up an infinite number of

Until a fe w years ago, electricity meters w ere read

possible relationships in communications. Between

the readings on the meter . These w ere then en tered

machines, between people, from machines to people

Several thousand meter readers carr ied out this work

and vice versa.

manually. Someone w ent to the site and transc ribed into the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s database and processed for billing. with all the assoc iated disadvantages, ranging from incorrect reading to in accessible meters. Any missing

A huge grid destined to further liberate humans

readings made billing difficult and inaccurate. In cases

from tasks regarded as dumb and repetitive, increase

manually, with all the assoc

overall productivity and improve quality of life.

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of non-payment the electricity had to be disconnected iated problems. The

same applied to the subsequen t reconnections. An y contractual operation requiring a change or work on

TELITVISIONS

ONS

-READING

the meter also required human intervention.

throughout the world. And the sy stem could also be

In some sense it w as strange th at this instrumen t,

extended to incl ude gas and w ater meters: a h uge

the main in terface between the electr icity utilities

network and a huge market.

and the customers, w as so “dumb”. All it could do

But we can already imagine enormous new markets. An

was count kilowatt-hours. But probably only a large

existing one is remote payment systems. The next one

company, like Enel, could affor d the in vestment and

will probably be motor vehicles, able in future not only

time needed to install a com pletely new and m uch

to receive signals but probably also to transmit them.

more sophisticated instrument. It w as a da unting

One of the irrational elements of road traffic sy stems

task. First of all to develop a new combined measuring

is the lac k of “organised” information. However, the

and communication instrument. Secondly, to replace

ability to combine information with mobility can lead

something like 30 million meters, one in every Italian

to substantial time and energy savings.

house, was an ambitious logistical exercise.

And then there is telemedic ine, safety, and industrial

The device now installed in millions of Italian homes

processes. More “bits”, in other w ords, to hel p the

is no longer just a meter bu t something com pletely

“atoms” work efficiently.

different: more lik e a com puter that meters, and

A vast market built on innovation and intelligence.

Chicco Testa Director Telit Communications SpA, former Chairman of the Board of ENEL, Italy

transmits and recei ves signals and commands. And its potential is not e ven fully exploited. For instance,

Chicco Testa

it could e ven receive and transmit messages (SMS) and images. But the main thing is th at all the functions are in tegrated

Sales of m2m modules vs. handsets

together. The meter reads the electricity consumption and sends it to the company’s system, which feeds it in

400

and prepares it for billing (though still on paper). From the company’s system it is also possible to acti vate

300

W. Europe mobile phones

and cut off users, and u pgrade the power rating. The charging system can also be changed, and is now much

200

more flexible. This has made it possible to introduce a multi-hour tariff system, which helps to save money and optimise energy consumption.

W. Europe m2m devices

100 m units

It was a huge investment, but well worth it in terms of reduced operating costs, system reliability and more effective revenue collection. There are h undreds of millions of electr icity meters

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Source: ABI Research – Cellular Machine-to-Machine (m2m) Networks 2004

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TELITWORLDWIDE ARGENTINA Cables Opticos Contact: Marisa D´Onofrio E-Mail: mdonofrio@ubicar.com.ar AUSTRALIA Glyn Ltd Australia High Tech Distribution E-Mail: telit@glyn.com.au AUSTRIA Round Solutions Contact: Harald Naumann harald.naumann@roundsolutions.com BELARUS Microdis E-Mail: microdis.by@microdis.net BELGIUM AVE Contact: Michiel Vercauteren E-Mail: michiel@ave-be.com BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Bojan Zaletelj E-Mail: bzaletelj@arrowslovenia.com BRAZIL Mobix Contact: Avedis Balakdjian E-Mail: avedis@mobixsa.com.br BULGARIA Electroninvest Contact: Victor Tsenkov E-Mail: electron@interbgc.com CROATIA Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Bojan Zaletelj E-Mail: bzaletelj@arrowslovenia.com CZECH REPUBLIC Microdis E-Mail: microdis.cz@microdis.net DENMARK Arrow Denmark Contact: Pernille Thorsen E-Mail: pthorsen@arrownordic.com

Microdis Contact: Arturas Taicas E-Mail: microdis.lt@microdis.net

Round Solutions Nordic Contact: Ben Hoelke ben.hoelke@roundsolutions.com

LITHUANIA Arrow Lithuania Contact: Kestutis Bilius E-Mail: kbilius@arrownordic.com E-Mail: lithuania@arrownordic.com

FRANCE Tekelec Europe an Arrow Company Contact: Henri Kharoubi E-Mail: hkharoubi@tekeleceurope.com GERMANY Azzurri Technology GmbH Contact: Wolfgang Erhart E-Mail: werhart@de.azzurri.com Round Solutions Contact: Harald Naumann E-Mail: de@roundsolutions.com GREECE Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Constantino Danos E-Mail: cdanos@arrowgr.com HUNGARY Microdis E-Mail: microdis.hu@microdis.net Wireless Market Rendszerház Kft. Contact: Kovács Balázs E-Mail: balazs.kovacs@wmr.hu INDIA Hynetic Contact: Rangaprassad M.A. E-Mail: ranga@hynetic.com Navion Group Contact: Manoj Thorat E-Mail: sales@naviongroup.com IRELAND Round Solutions Contact: Edward McLaughlin E-Mail: uk@roundsolutions.com Sequoia Contact: Zorik Danelian E-Mail: zorik.danelian@sequoia.co.uk

IEC Contact: Claus Ostenfeld E-Mail: co@iec.dk

Spectre/Flint Group Contact: Maria McGreal E-Mail: mariam@spectre-online.co.uk

Round Solutions Nordic Contact: Ben Hoelke ben.hoelke@roundsolutions.com

ISRAEL Dai Telecom Ltd. Contact: Gideon Rogovsky E-Mail: gideonr@dai.co.il

ESTONIA Arrow Electronics Estonia OÜ Contact: Olev Tope E-Mail: otoper@arrownordic.com Microdis E-Mail: microdis.lt@microdis.net FINLAND Arrow Finland Oy Contact: Paul Ojanen E-Mail: pojanen@arrownordic.com

IEC Contact: Kari Järveläinen E-Mail: kari.jarvelainen@iec.dk

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ITALY Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Marco Sangalli E-Mail: msangalli@arrowitaly.com Comprel/Esprinet Group Contact: Alberto Caimi E-Mail: alberto.caimi@comprel.it LATVIA Arrow Latvia Contact: Santa Gile E-Mail: sgile@arrownordic.com E-Mail: latvia@arrownordic.com

Microdis Contact: Arturas Taicas E-Mail: microdis.lt@microdis.net NETHERLANDS AVE Contact: Johan Bickel E-Mail: johan@ave-nl.com NEW ZEALAND Glyn High Tech Distribution Ltd. Contact: Mike Benson E-Mail: sales@glyn.co.nz NORWAY Arrow Norway Contact: Jan Erik Engemoen E-Mail: jengemoen@arrownordic.com E-Mail: SalesNO@arrownordic.com IEC Contact: Claus Ostenfeld E-Mail: co@iec.dk Round Solutions Nordic Contact: Ben Hoelke ben.hoelke@roundsolutions.com POLAND Euro Elektronika Contact: Robert Gal E-Mail: robert.gal@euroelektronika.pl Microdis E-Mail: microdis.pl@microdis.net PORTUGAL Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Juan José González E-Mail: jjgonzalez@arrowiberia.com ROMANIA RCS Ventures Contact: Burt Scott/Monica Georgescu E-Mail: burt.scott@juno.com / monica. georgescu@rcsco.com RUSSIA Microdis E-Mail: microdis.ru@microdis.net SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Bojan Zaletelj E-Mail: bzaletelj@arrowslovenia.com SINGAPORE Navion Communications PTE Ltd Contact: Nikesh Sanghivi E-Mail: nsnavion@singnet.com.sg SLOVAKIA Microdis E-Mail: microdis.sk@microdis.net

SLOVENIA Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Bojan Zaletelj E-Mail: bzaletelj@arrowslovenia.com SOUTH AFRICA RF Design Contact: Andrew Hutton E-Mail: andrew@rfdesign.co.za SPAIN Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Juan José González E-Mail: jjgonzalez@arrowiberia.com SWEDEN Arrow Sweden Contact: Andreas Persson E-Mail: APersson@arrownordic.com IEC Contact: Claus Ostenfeld E-Mail: co@iec.dk Round Solutions Nordic Contact: Ben Hoelke ben.hoelke@roundsolutions.com SWITZERLAND Azzurri Technology GmbH Contact: Wolfgang Erhart E-Mail: werhart@de.azzurri.com Round Solutions Contact: Harald Naumann harald.naumann@roundsolutions.com Telion AG Contact: Patrick Eggenberger peggenberger@telion.ch THAILAND Industrial Technology Supply Co. Ltd. Contact: Karl-Heinz Pierz Nuntasak Laohawiroj E-Mail: office@plc-scada.net TURKEY Arrow Southern Europe Contact: Suleyman Tuccar E-Mail: stuccar@arrowtr.com Epsilon Teknoloji Contact: Ersen Bilgic E-Mail: sales@epsilontek.com.tr Microdis Contact: Sinem Perili E-Mail: sales@microdis.com UKRAINE Microdis E-Mail: microdis.ua@microdis.net UNITED KINGDOM Round Solutions Contact: Edward McLaughlin E-Mail: uk@roundsolutions.com Sequoia Contact: Zorik Danelian E-Mail: zorik.danelian@sequoia.co.uk Spectre/Flint Group Contact: Maria McGreal E-Mail: mariam@spectre-online.co.uk

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DISTRIBUTORSCORNER THIS ISSUE: ROUND SOLUTIONS Round Solutions is a leading global provider of products, services and concepts to ind ustrial users of electronic com ponents with focus on wireless technologies such as GSM, UMTS, GPS, Bluetooth, ZigBee, WI FI, UWB and ISM. Offices are in German y and UK. Round Sol utions compact and innovative

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The latest “Round Solution” is a reference design for the smallest and cheapest GSM / GPS tracking device in the world. The BOM of the tracker is less than 100 Euro even in small quantities. Based on our know-how we continuously develop new

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The moderators in our user f orums are spec ialist

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other words Round Sol utions customers are more prod

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The latest “Round Solution” is a reference design for

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TELITEVENTS

EVENTS 08. - 11.06.2006

TRANSPORT-AR, Arad, Romania

www.transportar.ro

29. - 02.07.2006

TRANSPOTEC & LOGITEC

www.transpotec.ro

Bucharest, Romania

05. - 07.09.2006

ELECTRONIX. Gothenburg, Sweden

www.electronix.se

Telit at ARROW B 04.02 Telit at IEC C 01:41

12. - 14.09.2006

ELEKTRONIK-06, Odense, Denmark

www.elektronik-06.dk

Telit at ARROW # 3136 Telit at IEC # 4539

03. - 07.10.2006

TIB, Bucharest, Romaia

www.tib.ro

10. - 13.10.2006

ELO SYS, Slovakia

www.elosys.sk

Telit at Microdis

14. - 17.11.2006

ELECTRONICA, Munich, Germany

www.global-electronics.net

Telit at Azzurri Booth Hall A5. 359

14. - 17.11.2006

Radel-EXPO, St.Petersburg, Russia Telit at Microdis

16. - 19.11.2006

INFO & OFFICE

www.expo-transilvania.ro

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

21. - 23.11.2006

Wireless and Mobile Technology

Telit at Microdis

Moscow, Russia

24.11.2006

ITF - Infomobility Telematics Forum Turin, Italy

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www.infomobilityforum.com

TELITPRESS In the latest market report “Strategic Analysis of the European Wireless m2m Market” issued by the leading m2m mar ket analyst Berg Insight,

Since 1989, Maisberger Whiteoak

s has focused on providing

Senior Analyst Tobias Ryberg states: “Meanwhile, Telit has emerged as

different sectors, from the IT and telecomm

the main challenger on the European wireless modules market with

industry and professional services. The services include corporate and

an aggressive growth strategy” and “Telit ranks as the thir d largest

financial communications and market research as well as marketing

supplier of wireless M2M modules on the Euro pean market behind

and sales consultancy.

Siemens and Wavecom”

Since the beginning of 2006 Maisberger Whiteoaks has been working

consultancy services in PR to leading in

ternational companies in unications market to

with Telit to comm unicate its m2m mod ules and sol utions in the Berg Insight states that Shipments during 2005 reached around 3.4

vertical B2B target markets.

million units on the European mar ket and the ann ual growth rate is forecasted to be in the range of 35 to 40 percen

t annually in the

coming years. By 2009, annual shipments are expected to h ave nearly

Press contact:

quadrupled and reached a level of around 13 million units.

Maisberger Whiteoaks, Anja Willkommen telit@maisberger.com, www.maisberger.de/en

Publication, Country

Date, Issue

Circulation Headline

Italia Oggi, Italy

15.2.2006

El Mundo, Spain

16.2.2006 308.618

Summary/Excerpt

Pompei presidente di Telit “Tommaso Pompei è sta to nominato presidente non esecu tivo di Telit communications, la con trollata italiana dell’omonima società specializzata nello sviluppo di soluzioni per la comunicazione cellulare, nata dall’incontro della tricolore Telit e dell’israeliana Dai Israel.” Comunicación inalámbrica entre máquinas

“La ﬁrma italiana Telit presenta el mód ulo GSM/GPRS cua tribanda más pequeño de los que se comercializan actualmente en el mercado.”

ITC & Tech Solutions, 20.2.2006 Italy

Da Telit il modulo m2m più piccolo del mondo

„Telit, società specializzata nello sviluppo di soluzioni per la com unicazione wireless, r ivoluziona la tec nologia per la com unicazione „machine to machine“ e h a presentato al 3GM World Congress di Barcellona il nuovo GE864 che, con un a dimensione di 3 per 3 c m, è il pi ù piccolo modulo GSM-GPRS quadri-banda oggi sul mercato.”

Industriens Dagblad, 24.2.2006 40.000 Denmark

Verdens minaste GSM-modul

“Den italienske telekommunikationsvirksomhed Telit Communication kunne på 3GSM-messen i Barcelon a præsentere verdens mindste quadband GSM/GPRS-modul, GE 864.”

Wireless, Italy

March 2006

Il modulo m2m più piccolo del mondo

“GE864, nuovo modulo di T elit, società operante nello s viluppo di soluzioni per la com unicazione wireless e a pplicazioni m2m, è sta to presentato in anteprima al 3GSM World Congress di Barcelona.”

Electronics Weekly, UK

1.3.2006

26.700

GSM/GPRS module makes ’smallest’ claim

“Italian telecoms ﬁ rm Telit Communications claims to h ave the world’s smallest quadband GSM/GPRS module.”

Moviles Magazine, Spain

1.3.2006

El modulo GSM/GPRS más “La empresa italiana de Telecomunicaciones Telit Communications ha pequeño del mundo presentado en el C ongreso Mundial de Barcelona el módulo GSM/GPRS cuatribanda más pequeño del mundo.”

VDI-Nachrichten, Germany

3.3.2006

153.943

Kleinstes GSM/GPRSModul der Welt

„Die italienische Telekommunikationsﬁrma Telit stellt auf der CeBIT das nach eigenen Angaben kleinste GSM/GPRS-Modul der Welt vor.“

Elektronikk, Norway

25.3.2006 9.722

Alt i en modul

“Første gang alt i ett, påstår T elit Communications, som lanserte GSM/ GPRS og GPS på én modul på CeBIT nylig.”

Maschinen im Dialog

„Machine-to-Machine (m2m)-Kommunikation meint die Kommunikation von technischen Geräten auf Basis von Standards aus dem Bereich der Telekommunikation. Nun gibt es auch ein Modul des Unternehmens Telit, das GPS-fähig ist und so auch für die Verortung sorgt.“

Business Geomatics, 3.4.2006 Germany

17.796

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TELITLIVING

The Friuli Venezia Giulia is a small area of the countryside in the north-east of Italy that, among its many traditions, includes the production of ﬁne wines. The terrain of the region means it can be subdivided into zones of very speciﬁc characteristics that produce a wide range of different wines.

BORN The Terrano from Carso

FROM THE FRIULIAN TRADITION by Stefano Sabatti laboriously taken shape as a resul t of the

The Carso is the eastern zone,

The Collio Bianco Molamatta

characterised by rocky terrain

The zone of the C ollio

generations of grape growers. As a result, the

and rich red soil th at gives a

comprises

1,600

observer sees wide terraces full of grapes. It

wine, the T errano, that looks

hectares of viney ard

is in this z one that the Picolit is prod uced,

just like the soil it gre w from,

hills that are deserted

a wine of stra w yellow colour, often gold

and perfect for gro wing grapes of high

coin yellow, old gold yellow or nearly amber

yet with an a ppealing, rich character. It

value. The zone extends into the province of

after a number of years in storage.

boasts all the ch aracteristics of a ma ture

Gorizia, beyond the border with Slovenia. It

With a scent reminiscent of the honeycomb

wine. It h as an in tensely red colour , with

is in this zone that the agricultural company

of bees, overflowing with honey prod uced

vivid violet hues, and a scent of forest fruits,

Marco Felluga (http://www.marcofelluga.

with all the flo wers of the fields. A wide

a mostly acidic taste and a ra ther vigorous

it) produces the C ollio Bianco Molama tta,

bouquet

body. It is the perfect accom

with a distinctl y sour taste,

of ex ceptional

elegance, an

a wine that has received various prizes for

extraordinary

to the dishes of the region, in particular

its quality. Its gra pes come from tendr ils

incredible diversity of aroma tic nuances:

meats, and especially ham. Although is part

of Tocai Friulano, Ribolla Gialla and Pinot

field flowers, without a doubt. A sw eet yet

of the grand family of Refosco, the Terrano

Bianco and are collected betw

een mid-

sour taste, of noble race, an ar istocrat with

is confined solel y to the v ery special area

September and mid-October, depending on

a long, lingering tradition. Not a single off-

of the Carso , a region th at rises directly

their maturity, and are allo wed to ferment

key note. One of the viney

from the coast of Tr ieste and one w hich

in separate barrels un til finally being

Bernarda (http://www.roccabernarda.com),

is tempered primarily by the con tinental

bottled. Its ch aracteristics are the y ellow

which harvests grapes by h and from the

climate of the plateau. The vineyards lie in

golden colour and a scen t of ex otic fruit,

end of October. There then follows a period

an area where the red soil fea tures a high

which evolve over time to assume sw eet

in which the grapes are placed on gr ills in

concentration of iron compounds.

notes reminiscent of v anilla. It is serv ed

ventilated areas before they are pressed

The agricultural company Castelvecchio

with plates of fish and v egetables and is

and then left to fermen t. It tak es a total

(http://www.castelvecchio.com) suggests

best drunk at a temperature of 10°-12°C.

of eighteen months from the gra pe being

paniment

two different ways of sa vouring the

fusion th at

offers an

ards is Rocca

harvested to it ending up in the bottle. It is difficult to describe this wonderful wine

features of the T errano wine and is best

The Picolit of the Colli Orientali of the Friuli

suited to those who appreciate such classic

Continuing towards

evolving notes th at marry bea utifully

characteristics. The aged wine adopts a

with piquant cheeses. It is best serv

Terrano: young of vintage year (red cap) or aged. The y oung wine h as all the typical

patient efforts of locals, among them

the north, w

in adequate terms – its bouquet eman ates scents that linger for hours, with constantly ed

more traditional note. The acidity subsides,

arrive in an area called the C olli Orientali

fresh but not cold. The Picolit gra pes are

the colour is less in tense and the taste is

of the Friuli, a region with a rather unusual

also used to prod uce a w onderful grappa,

more rounded, making it more suitable for

name famed for its gra pe growing. Over

which concentrates and exal ts the fruit’ s

a wider audience.

the course of cen turies, the slopes h ave

characteristic fragrances.

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TELITLIVING

ENRICO RUFFI was born in Cagliari (Sardinia) in 1948. He attended the Liceo Artistico di Cagliari and the Faculty of Architecture in Rome. He ta ught design a t a college in Cagliar i after

ENRICO RUFFI

spending a short time a t his home to wn‘s Liceo Artistico. His tutors included Rossana Rossi, F oiso Fois, while his peers incl uded the scul ptors PINUCCIO SCIOLA and MARIO OLLA. In 1982, he opened the „ ORIZZONTI D‘ARTE“ gallery. There w ere few exhibitions and few staff, e ven though his w orks had been obtained from collectors in Holland, England, Mal ta, Italy and Spain and w ere used to com plement the décor in famous hotels (C ALA VINAS in Palma de Mallorca or the Apollo Hotel in Amster dam, for exam ple). He gained experience as an ad vertising graphic designer and illustrator and w orked on a n umber of Italian magazines. His work revealed the infl uences of abstractionism and pop art, with the use of images gathered from the mass media or reprod uctions of works from the past enhanced with v arious recycled materials, unusual materials, altered photographs, images from the la te 1800s and the early years of the 1900s (sepia images, enlarged photographs, grainy and bl urred images), altered with con trasting colours, together with exhibitions featuring neon ligh ts using both the art of the past and the abstract languages of meta physics and the neo-avant-garde movement. Nowadays, he li ves and w orks in Cagliar i. Two exhibitions are in the pipeline - one pa ys homage to Federico Fellini, while the other is a reflection of the modern world. Enrico Ruffi can be contacted if you wish to have your product pictures reworked or any other requests. contact: enricoruffi@yahoo.it

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RoHS Compliant

+ Ultra Compact

BGA Package

Quad Band

EZ10-GPRS

PYTHON* Script Interpreter

EZ10-PCS WITH PYG OPTION

SIM

Terminal

On Board SIM Holder

GPRS Class 10

20-Channel High Sens. GPS Receiver

Quad Band

On Board SIM Holder

RoHS Compliant

SiRF® Powered

Modem

SIM

Modem

SiRF® Powered

RoHS Compliant

GE 863-QUAD

GPRS Class 10

PYTHON* Script Interpreter

GE 863-QUAD-PY

20-Channel High Sens. GPS Receiver

GE 863-GPS

Serial Port Multiplexer (GSM 7.10)

Modem

Embedded

GE864-QUAD Embedded

PYTHON* Script Interpreter

GE864-PY Embedded

GC 864-QUAD Compact

GC864-PY Compact

Ultra Compact

PYTHON* Script Interpreter

Quad Band

RoHS Compliant

GPRS Class 10

80 PIN

80 Pin Board to Board Connector

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