Sercomm Introduces New Series of LTE-M IoT Devices

2018-02-27 / @newswire

Leveraging Orange's LTE-M Network, Sercomm's New IoT Devices Answer the Needs of Numerous Markets

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sercomm (TWSE: 5388), a leading manufacturer and supplier of telecom equipment, announced today the availability of a new series of LTE-M IoT devices. With the advantages of extended transmission range, a lengthened battery life, and better mobility, Sercomm's full range of LTE-M IoT devices offers ideal solutions for appplications including youth/senior safety, asset protection, smart meter, transportation and environment monitoring. Leveraging the fully-deployed LTE-M network service of Orange (NYSE: ORAN), a leading telecommunication operator in Europe, Sercomm's new LTE-M devices answer the needs of numerous markets to catch the upcoming IoT business opportunities.

Leveraging Orange's LTE-M Network, Sercomm Introduces New Series of LTE-M IoT Devices: First from the left: James Wang, CEO of Sercomm; Second from the left: Olivier Ondet, SVP IoT Analytics, Orange Business; First from the right: Luc Savage, VP Enterprise IoT, Orange Business; Second from the right: Ben Lin, CTO of Sercomm

"As a worldwide leading manufacturer of telecom and broadband equipment, Sercomm has devoted significant R&D resources to developing innovative and cost-effective IoT solutions," said James Wang, Chief Executive Officer of Sercomm. "We are pleased to announce the availability of the new LTE-M IoT devices, as it not only underlines our leadership in providing innovative products to our customers but is a testimony of a new era of mobile IoT technology."

"The development of the LTE-M network is part of our strategy to provide a full range of IoT connectivity options for our customers through Datavenue. The availability of the LTE-M devices enables our customers to start developing their LTE-M applications before the full networks are launched in 2018. We believe that LTE-M is a perfect match for a wide range of IoT use cases in Industry 4.0, fleet management and asset tracking," said Olivier Ondet, Vice President of IoT and Analytics, Orange Business Services.

Sercomm's new LTE-M devices support the Orange Datavenue Live Objects IoT service, which offers a set of tools to facilitate the interconnection between devices and applications for connectivity, device management, message routing, and data management. With the API Interfaces defined by Live Objects, device makers could easily create an app.

Coupling with the full coverage of the Orange LTE-M network, Sercomm will demonstrate the LTE-M trackers at booth #2G3, Hall 2 at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, from February 26 to March 1.

About Sercomm Corporation

Sercomm Corporation (TWSE: 5388) is a worldwide leading manufacturer of telecom and broadband equipment. Founded in 1992, Sercomm has focused on developing embedded solutions to make networking simple and affordable. With its fully integrated engineering capability and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, Sercomm offers comprehensive telecom broadband solutions such as residential/enterprise gateways, small cells, and IoT products, and is now a global leader in the industry. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, Sercomm's global operation network covers markets in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Its customer base includes the world's top ODMs, telecommunication vendors, and system integrators. For more information, please visit www.sercomm.com.

About Orange

Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with sales of 40.9 billion euros in 2016 and 152,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2017, including 93,000 employees in France. Present in 29 countries, the Group has a total customer base of 269 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2017, including 208 million mobile customers and 19 million fixed broadband customers. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In March 2015, the Group presented its new strategic plan "Essentials2020" which places customer experience at the heart of its strategy with the aim of allowing them to benefit fully from the digital universe and the power of its new generation networks.

Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN). For more information on the internet and on your mobile: www.orange.com.

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