The first wave of Machine to Machine connectivity has been typically been associated with mobile carriers and their ability to make relatively low-cost, low bit-rate wireless connections. Sensing an opportunity, Cycle30 realized that in order for traditional landline carriers to compete in the M2M and commercial space, a new approach to billing would be necessary; one with low transaction cost and with the flexibility to create more granular bundles than traditional video packages and to include other elements such as time, data usage and application-specific pricing.
Founded by telecom operator, Alaska-based GCI, Cycle30 cut its teeth on helping its parent serve some interesting and extreme M2M applications, including a pipeline monitoring. Cycle30’s Jeth Harbinson explains the new opportunities and service add-ons they see.
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