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ABEW News Airbee Wireless and Nanotron Technologies Announce Partnership
ROCKVILLE, Md. & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbee Wireless (OTC Other:ABEW) and Nanotron Technologies GmbH today
announced that they have executed a partnership agreement to provide a
complete software and hardware solution for the wireless sensor
networking market. This teaming will simplify the time-to-market
engineering for integrators and OEMs to deploy wireless mesh sensor
networks through the use of embedded mesh networking software from
Airbee on Nanotron’s radio platforms.
Developing a mesh networking solution is much more complicated than
putting all of the pieces together. To ensure successful implementation,
it is imperative to rely on partners who have the knowledge of the
architecture, capability of assessing design options at the chip and
module levels and evaluating numerous practical issues identifiable to
applications. Airbee has developed embedded ZigBee software technology.
The Airbee-ZNS stack has been certified by the ZigBee Alliance to the
1.0 specification. Airbee is currently working on other platforms such TI’s
MSP430 and has the ability to develop applications on both multi-vendor
and single vendor platform solutions.
Nanotron recently announced nanoLOC, its first location-aware
transceiver. NanoLOC joins nanoNET in the family of products which
deliver the benefits of Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) to demanding
applications. Applications such as logistics, industrial monitoring and
control, medical and security see great benefits from nanoLOC and CSS.
“Nanotron’s radio
technology is proven in difficult applications, and they are the only
company to offer an accurate, low-power location solution combined with
global data communication,” said Raj
Sundaresan, CEO of Airbee. “We are excited to
offer our customers the location-awareness, robustness and reliability
of CSS. This partnership opens the door for OEM manufacturers,
Integrators and large end-users to quickly deploy and commission turnkey
wireless sensor networks with immediate returns,”
he said.
“Airbee’s wireless
mesh networking solutions integrated with Nanotron radio technology
provides compelling value for deploying large scale wireless sensor
networks,” said Jens Albers, CEO of Nanotron. “This
integrated solution adds an important part of the wireless value-chain.
Both partners are stronger and closer to customers across the global
market,” he added.
The two companies will participate in joint marketing efforts and
mutually seek opportunities within the OEM market where sensor product
companies are looking to utilize a ZigBee or ZigBee-based solution for
low power mesh sensor networks which are location-aware.
Airbee is an innovator of intelligent software solutions for unwired
voice and data networking. Products include wireless mesh networking
software, management platform, development tools and services. Airbee
technology is licensed by OEMs, silicon providers and integrators. All
products are designed and engineered to comply with ZigBee / IEEE
802.15.4 global standards. Airbee technology offers affordability,
greater flexibility and shorter time to market, unlike anything else now
available. To learn more about Life Unwired™
with Airbee technology inside, please visit www.airbeewireless.com,
or call +1 (301) 517-1860.
About Nanotron Technologies
Nanotron Technologies GmbH is a leader and innovator in the design,
manufacturing and sales of world-class wireless products for demanding
applications. These products include integrated circuits, modules, and
board level subsystems based on its patented Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS)
transmission system. CSS technology guarantees high robustness, optimal
use of the available bandwidth, and low energy consumption.
Since the beginning of 2005, Nanotron's Chirp technology has been a part
of the IEEE draft standard 802.15.4a for wireless PANs which require
extremely robust communication and low power consumption. The company's
key products work in the license-free ISM band at 2.4 GHz, and target
the booming active RFID/RTLS, industrial control, medical, and security
markets.
Nanotron Technologies GmbH was founded in 1991 and is an active member
of IEEE and the ZigBee Alliance. Nanotron recently announced a
collaboration and second source partnership with STMicroelectronics. The
company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Further information about
Nanotron is available at www.nanotron.com.
ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to
enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked,
monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The
ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit industry consortium of
leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs, and
end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information
can be found at www.zigbee.org.
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