M2M Aquisitions

Since 2004, M2M magazine has been monitoring the mergers and acquisitions taking place within the M2M community. The list provides a way to track the development of companies in the M2M space.


Total M&As = 115

Acquiring Company Acquired/Merged Company Date Announced Date Completed
Aeris.net WirelessCar North America 18-Oct-04 24-Sep-04
AirIQ Inc. Aircept LLC 21-Jun-04 29-Jun-04
Altivia Corp. controlGen Inc. 1-Apr-05 1-Apr-05
Amgas Ltd. Sensicast Systems 1-Jul-09 1-Jul-09
Amshold Comtech M2M 1-Aug-08 1-Aug-08
Aplicom Oy Nokia Corp. (products) 31-May-05 31-May-05
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Cingular Wireless LLC 17-Feb-04 26-Oct-04
Axeda Corp. Questra Corp. 16-Dec-08 16-Dec-08
BEA Systems Inc. ConnecTerra Inc. 11-Oct-05 11-Oct-05
Brulines Group plc Vianet Ltd. 12-Dec-08 12-Dec-08
CalAmp Corp. AirIQ Inc. (Vehicle Finance) 16-Mar-07 16-Mar-07
CalAmp Corp. Dataradio Inc. 9-May-06 30-May-06
CalAmp Corp. Skybility Corp. 18-Apr-05 18-Apr-05
CalAmp Corp. TechnoCom Corp. * 26-May-06 26-May-06
CalAmp Corp. Vytek Corp. 23-Dec-03 18-Mar-04
Carrier Corp. Sensitech Inc. 15-Jun-06 15-Jun-06
Cerberus Capital Management LP Cingular Interactive 27-Sep-04 26-Oct-04
CHI-Agra Products Inc. CSI Wireless Inc. (Asset-Link Business) 20-Dec-06 19-Jan-07
Chipcon AS Figure 8 Wireless Inc. 24-Jan-05 24-Jan-05
Crane Merchandising Systems Isochron 3-Dec-08 3-Dec-08
Continental AG Motorola Inc. (Automotive Electronics) 3-Apr-06 6-Jul-06
Digi Intl. MaxStream Inc. 27-Jul-06 27-Jul-06
Digi Intl. NetSilicon Inc. 30-Oct-01 15-Feb-02
Digi Intl. Rabbit Semiconductor Inc. ****** 26-May-05 26-May-05
Digi Intl. Sarian Systems Ltd. 28-Apr-08 28-Apr-08
Digi Intl. Spectrum Design Solutions 23-Jul-08 23-Jul-08
Digi Intl. MobiApps 8-Jun-09 8-Jun-09
DPAC Technologies Corp. Quatech Inc. 26-Apr-05 28-Feb-06
Elster Group Coronis Systems Inc. 25-Jun-07 25-Jun-07
eLutions Inc. Wizcon Systems 26-May-06 5-Sep-06
EMRT LodeSterre LLC 17-Mar-06 17-Mar-06
EMS Technologies Inc. Satamatics Global Ltd. 21-Nov-08 21-Nov-08
Enfora Inc. TeleM2M 11-Oct-07 11-Oct-07
Eurotech Group SpA Arcom Control Systems Inc. 3-Feb-06 3-Apr-06
Fluensee TrenStar Tracking Solutions 28-Jul-08 28-Jul-08
GE Equipment Services Terion Inc. 11-Jan-07 11-Jan-07
GE Healthcare Living Independently Group Inc. 1-Dec-09 1-Dec-09
GE Industrial Microwave Data Systems 5-Jan-07 16-Jan-07
GeoLogic Solutions Inc. CrossBridge Solutions ***** 22-Jun-06 14-Sep-06
GHL Acquisition Corp. Iridium Holdings LLC 23-Sep-08 29-Sep-09
Granville Baird, T-Mobile Venture Fund Siemens Wireless Modules ********* 5-Mar-08 1-Jun-08
Greatbatch Inc. Intellisensing LLC 29-Oct-07 29-Oct-07
Harbor Research Inc. e-principles 23-Jun-05 5-Oct-05
Harbor Research Inc. SSI Partners 6-Jun-06 6-Jun-06
Harbor Research Inc. Wireless Data Research 13-Jun-05 13-Jun-05
Honeywell Intl. Inc. Intelligent Automation Corp. 3-Jun-08 3-Jun-08
Honeywell Intl. Inc. Tridium Inc. 29-Nov-05 29-Nov-05
iAnywhere Solutions Inc. XcelleNet Inc. 2-Apr-04 3-May-04
IBM Corp. MRO Software Inc. 3-Aug-06 3-Aug-06
Impact Technologies LLC EMRT 1-Oct-09 1-Oct-09
Inilex Inc. Advantra Intl. 1-Jul-06 1-Jul-06
Industrial Networking Solutions (INS) Mobile Electron LLC 16-Jun-08 16-Jun-08
Intel Corp. Wind River Systems Inc. 4-Jun-09 17-Jul-09
Itron Inc. Actaris Metering Systems 25-Feb-07 18-Apr-07
Itron Inc. Flow Metrix Inc. 15-Aug-06 21-Nov-06
JMI Equity Fund LP Axeda Systems Inc. 14-Jul-05 5-Dec-05
Laird Technologies AeroComm Inc. 24-Jan-07 24-Jan-07
Laird Technologies Inc. Ezurio Ltd. 11-Feb-08 11-Feb-08
Lockheed Martin Corp. Savi Technology Inc. 4-May-06 8-Jun-06
Lockheed Martin Corp. Soflinx Corp. 30-Dec-04 30-Dec-04
Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. emWare Inc. 29-Sep-05 1-Jun-05
MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. ******* Indus International Inc. 23-Oct-06 9-Jan-07
Motorola Inc. MeshNetworks Inc. 16-Nov-04 21-Dec-04
Motorola Inc. Symbol Technologies Inc. 19-Sep-06 7-Jan-07
Motorola Inc. ** TTP Communications PLC 1-Jun-06 28-Jul-06
MWA Intelligence Inc. Print Control Software Inc. 17-Mar-09
Nexaira Inc. M2M Wireless Ltd. 1-Jan-06 1-Jan-06
Numerex Corp. Airdesk Inc. 5-Jan-06 5-Jan-06
Numerex Corp. Orbit One Communications Inc. 2-Aug-07 2-Aug-07
Numerex Corp. Ublip 10-Oct-08 10-Oct-08
OnAsset Intelligence SAVR Communications 6-Jan-09 6-Jan-09
PHC Holding GmbH Millennial Net Inc. 5-Sep-06 5-Sep-06
Polaris Acquisition Corp. Hughes Telematics Inc. 16-Jun-08 31-Mar-09
PROCON Inc. DriveOK Inc. 13-Nov-08 13-Nov-08
Qualcomm Inc. nPhase LLC 16-Nov-06 16-Nov-06
RF Monolithics Inc. Aleier Inc. *** 28-Aug-06 6-Sep-06
RF Monolithics Inc. Cirronet Inc. 28-Aug-06 19-Sep-06
RIM Dash Navigation 1-Jun-09 1-Jun-09
Schneider Electric SA **** Napac SA 7-Sep-06 7-Sep-06
Sensus Telemetric Corp. 1-Jul-09 1-Jul-09
Sierra Wireless Inc. AirLink Communications Inc. 6-Mar-07 25-May-07
Sierra Wireless Inc. Junxion Inc. 5-Aug-08 5-Aug-08
Sierra Wireless Inc. Wavecom SA 2-Dec-08 2-Mar-09
Sixnet Holdigns LLC BlueTree Wireless Data Inc. 27-Aug-07 27-Aug-07
Sixnet LLC JBM Electronics Co. 9-Sep-09 9-Sep-09
SmartSynch Inc. Applied Mesh Technologies 6-Nov-08 6-Nov-08
Smiths Detection Cyrano Sciences Inc. 10-Mar-04 10-Mar-04
Sprint Corp. Nextel Communications Inc. 15-Dec-04 15-Aug-05
Sprint Nextel Corp. Velocita Wireless LP 16-Dec-05 28-Feb-06
ST Electronics Pts Ltd Telematics (Ituran Location and Control Ltd.) 19-Nov-07 19-Nov-07
SYS Technologies Inc. Xsilogy Inc. 16-Dec-04 16-Dec-04
Telit Communications PLC Bellwave M2M Co. Ltd. 30-May-06 29-Jun-06
Telit Communications PLC One RF 5-Nov-08 5-Nov-08
Telular Corp. SupplyNet Communications 1-Oct-08 1-Oct-08
Texas Instruments Inc. Chipcon AS 21-Dec-05 24-Jan-06
TMW Systems Inc. Maddocks Systems Inc. 6-Sep-06 6-Sep-06
TransCore IntelliTrans LLC 28-Jul-06 28-Jul-06
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. Sensoria Corp. 24-Jan-07 1-Feb-07
Trimble Navigation Ltd. @Road Inc. 10-Dec-06 16-Feb-06
Trimble Navigation Ltd. CTN Data Service LLC 17-Jul-09 17-Jul-09
u-blox AG Neonseven SpA 25-Feb-09 25-Feb-09
United Technologies Corp. GE Security 12-Nov-09
United Wireless Holdings Inc. Velocita Wireless LP 2-Jul-07 2-Jul-07
USA Mobility Inc. ******** WebLink 1-Apr-01 19-Nov-03
Velocita Wireless Skytel 31-Mar-08 16-Jun-08
VeriSign Inc. inCode Wireless # 27-Nov-06 n/a
Verizon Alltel 6-Jun-08 6-Jun-08
Wavecom SA Anyware Technologies SA 2-Jan-08 2-Jan-08
Wavecom SA NexGen Software SA 15-Jun-06 15-Jun-06
Wavecom SA Sony Ericsson (M2M) 20-Mar-06 26-Apr-06
WebTech Wireless Inc. Grey Island Systems International Inc. 7-Aug-09 26-Oct-09
Wirelss Matrix Corp. Sapias Inc. 9-Jul-07 9-Jul-07
Xata Corp. GeoLogic Solutions Inc. 1-Feb-08 1-Feb-08
Xsilogy Inc. Graviton Inc. 8-May-03 13-Mar-03
Zebra Technologies Corp. WhereNet Corp. 11-Jan-07 26-Feb-07

SPINOFFS / JOINT VENTURES
New Company Company 1 Company 2 Date Announced
Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Corp. Siemens AG 19-Jun-06
Savi Networks LLC Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd. Savi Technology Inc. 21-Apr-05
Skychain LLC Air Products and Chemicals Inc. nPhase LLC 27-Jun-06
nPhase Verizon Wireless Qualcomm Inc. 28-Jul-09

Key
* fleet solutions business unit
** acquisition executed by DP Acquisition 2006 LLC, a Motorola Inc. subsidiary
*** formerly Caver-Morehead Systems Inc.
**** acquisition executed by Sorhodel Bardin SAS, a Schneider Electric SA subsidiary
***** formerly iMotient Solutions; acquired from Motient Communications
****** formerly Z-World Inc.
******* executed by Vista Equity Parterns, MDSI is part of Vista's company portfolio
******** formerly Metrocall Holdings Inc.
*** *** *** now known as Cinterion Wireless Modules
# inCode emerged as independent company again in Nov. 2008