oneM2M and OMA team up

SAN DIEGO, USA: The Open Mobile Alliance and oneM2M are partnering to present a panel session at the upcoming M2M Evolution conference, taking place August 27-29 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The session entitled "oneM2M" will take place on Wednesday, August 28 at 9 a.m. and will address the need for a standardized approach to machine-to-machine connectivity promoting interoperability across vertical industries and networks.

"oneM2M is working to unify the global M2M community by developing a cost-effective, widely-available service layer that meets the needs of both the communications industry and our vertical industry members implementing M2M solutions," said Richard Brennan, MARCOM chair at oneM2M.

"M2M Evolution offers us an excellent venue to reach out to others in the M2M space, including other industry associations and forums, and their members, who are interested in cooperating to build global solutions that extend interoperability, enhance security and reliability, and future-proof service offerings by reducing industry fragmentation."

The need for a common M2M service layer that can be readily embedded within various hardware and software, and relied upon to connect the myriad of devices in the field with M2M application servers worldwide is the session's core topic.

Various roles within the M2M ecosystem will be covered including the carriers who need to manage connectivity, hardware vendors who need to build hardware and get it network-ready and certified, developers and integrators who need to make sure applications work across platforms, and standards development organizations who must produce specifications that promote interoperability across the ecosystem.