Digital Highway Wireless Solutions Signs on to the nPhase Alliance Partner Program
Creates M2M Management Portals Utilizing the nPhase ONE Developer Platform for Customers on the Verizon Wireless Mobile Network
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — nPhase, a Verizon Wireless/Qualcomm joint venture, and Digital Highway Wireless Solutions (DHWS) today announced that DHWS has signed on to the nPhase ONE developer program and through this relationship has created private label M2M management portals for their first two M2M customers on the Verizon Wireless mobile network.
These customers are:
- Vectren Corporation, a gas and electric utility serving one million gas customers in Indiana and Ohio and 150,000 electric customers in Southern Indiana
- Tru-Fast Wireless, one of the fastest growing providers of credit and debit card payment processing services in the US, working largely within vending markets to provide payment processing as well as wireless communication
The M2M management portals are web-based and were developed by DHWS to meet client requirements utilizing the nPhase ONE developer platform. DHWS consumed nPhase Unified Web Services APIs for provisioning management of client devices deployed on the Verizon Wireless mobile network. DHWS’ proven system integration and M2M development skills, combined with a business focus on nPhase ONE, has resulted in DHWS being selected as an nPhase Alliance Partner.
“DHWS and nPhase have provided Vectren with the ability to effectively deploy and manage a large volume of vehicle-installed cellular devices. The electronic delivery and completion of work orders is critical to us and we rely heavily on DHWS and nPhase to provide their expert delivery of products and services to ensure our field resources are technically optimized,” noted Tom Vargo, director of Strategic Technologies for Vectren. “They have been true business partners.”
“Utilizing the nPhase ONE developer platform, DHWS is creating a custom Wireless Network Services (WNS) portal for Tru-Fast Wireless to enhance usability and management across their client network,” said Ed Mann, CEO for Tru-Fast. “The portal will be offered as a value-add for Tru-Fast Wireless’s clients to allow better management and monitoring of lines of service and M2M device usage. DHWS is the first to offer building custom portals based on client needs. WNS will allow Tru-Fast Wireless’s clients access to mass configuration of Verizon rate plans and related services, monitoring of cellular data usage, and access to a wide variety of service related data and change needs.”
“As a full service systems integrator in delivering end-to-end M2M solutions, DHWS is in an ideal position to leverage the nPhase ONE developer program,” said Steve Pazol, president of nPhase. “The quality and speed of their services has been impressive and we are delighted to be working with them as an Alliance Partner.”
“nPhase brings brilliant engineering innovation and position in the M2M ecosystem,” said Brian Rosema, vice president of Sales and Marketing at DHWS. “Through our partnership, DHWS is in an improved position to deliver high quality M2M systems integration services on a global scale.”
Visit nPhase booth #247 at CTIA, October 11–13, 2011, at the San Diego Convention Center, to see DHWS demonstrations of these M2M management portals, along with advanced M2M services enabled by nPhase Application Services.
About Vectren
Vectren Corporation is an energy holding company headquartered in Evansville, Ind. Vectren’s energy delivery subsidiaries provide gas and/or electricity to more than one million customers in adjoining service territories that cover nearly two-thirds of Indiana and west central Ohio. Vectren’s nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates currently offer energy-related products and services to customers throughout the U.S. These include infrastructure services, energy services, coal mining and energy marketing. To learn more about Vectren, visit http://www.vectren.com.
About Tru-Fast
Tru-Fast Wireless, through their sister company Mann MPS, offers payment processing services and a full spectrum of additional merchant services at very competitive rates. Tru-Fast is one of the fastest growing providers of credit and debit card payment processing services in the US and works largely within vending markets to provide payment processing as well as wireless communication. The Tru-Fast Wireless platform enables network operators to quickly and efficiently service the M2M Market and for their M2M customers to optimally run their connected device businesses. The company partners with network operators utilizing the CDMA (Verizon) as well as the GRPS data networks. To learn more about Tru-Fast Wireless, visit http://www.tru-fastwireless.com/.
About DH Wireless Solutions
Focused on sustainable M2M wireless data solutions for both mobile and fixed applications, DH Solutions has deployed M2M solutions on grids, highways, pipelines, offices, rails and manufacturing facilities across North America since 1999. DH Wireless Solutions’ has a global offering for connectivity, hardware and application deployment and offers advanced solution development utilizing the industry’s leading 3rd party M2M platforms. DHRMA, DH Wireless Solutions’ control and monitoring solution, provides one of the industry’s first tools that utilizes the complete capabilities of a cellular modem enabling advanced monitoring and alerting for assets connected to the device. DH Wireless Solutions’ headquarters are located at 175 Hill Brady Rd, Battle Creek, MI 49037. To learn more about DH Wireless Solutions, visit http://www.dhm2m.com/.
About nPhase
nPhase, a 50/50 joint venture between Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Verizon, provides advanced Machine to Machine (M2M) cloud platform services to the world’s leading wireless operators such as Verizon and Vodafone, and enterprise customers with the most demanding needs for data reliability, coverage, security and innovation in M2M. Industries served include consumer electronics, transportation/construction, utilities, healthcare, retail, industrial, financial services and government. nPhase leverages the global leadership in advanced connectivity technologies provided by Qualcomm, the industry leading network and channel provided by Verizon Wireless, and ten years experience as an M2M pioneer, to lead in the advancement of M2M. nPhase headquarters are located at 6195 Lusk Boulevard, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92121. More information about nPhase can be found at www.nphase.com.
