Quarterwave add Fibocom cellular modules to their portfolio of M2M products

Dec. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Designed for easy development , Fibocom modules incorporate the latest Infineon chipset to allow a comprehensive set of features and is available at a competitive price. Modules are targeted at the number of remote applications utilising the GSM/GPRS networks.

With 4 initial modules available, operating on European 2 & 2.5G cellular bands (900, 1800MHz), the North American 2 & 2.5G cellular bands (850, 1900MHz) and combined global 2 & 2.5G cellular bands (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz) Fibocom products are incorporated in 2 integrated module footprint solutions.

Fibocom products are used in many applications globally and have been especially successful in Telematics, Electromotive Monitoring, Smart Energy Management, Wireless POS Systems, Payment Gateways, Healthcare, Remote Monitoring. All of this means that Fibocom along with Quarterwave can offer a range of products and expertise to provide customers with a fast development time and ensure a successful product production cycle.

Measuring 35mm x 32.5mm x 3mm in size with board to board connector to 24mm x 21mm x 3mm in size with direct surface mount footprint, there are many options to accommodate the range of industrial applications being designed today.

Fibocom GSM/GPRS modules have a common AT command interface allowing future development of the modules simple from a software development perspective. Software reliability and code reuse is becoming more important in the life of a product family. Along with tried and tested software performance for end customer applications, the end product is often chosen for its ease of operation over its feature set.
Graham Merry of Quarterwave Ltd comments “We have been looking for a module partner for some time who understand the requirements of today’s M2M applications and can provide the correct resources, development tools and price”.

Merry continues “Quarterwave’s expertise in the M2M marketplace coupled with our extensive antenna offering means that our customer base has come to rely on our excellent products and support. The addition of Fibocom provides the perfect vehicle to push our services and product offerings further to help design engineers develop their M2M applications”.

Fibocom’s range of GSM products are available to order now from Quarterwave directly. More details can be found by visiting www.quarterwave.co.uk

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About Quarterwave Ltd
Based in Hampshire, U.K and with considerable experience in the wireless M2M and telemetry market sectors, Quarterwave staff offer expertise to OEM’s and Systems integrators designing antennas into equipment or complete solutions. Our range of standard or custom antennas are tailored specifically to a customer’s application and we oversee the production via our factory in the Far East prior to final inspection and test in the U.K before shipment. This design and production expertise coupled with our commitment to offering maximum 4 week leadtimes, makes Quarterwave a valued partner with many of today’s leading technology companies.