QualComm Inc. has acquired Chicago-based nPhase LLC, a provider of machine-to-machine solutions that allow enterprises to manage and monitor widely dispersed, fixed machine assets.
The acquisition of nPhase helps reinforce QualComm’s leadership position in the evolving machine-to-machine market.
Machine-to-machine telemetry is an evolving category of business activity that defines the interconnecting of machines with IT infrastructure and mobilized work forces. Machine-to-machine solutions allow enterprises to manage and monitor business-critical machine assets within two categories: fixed machine assets, such as cellular towers, gas pipelines and assembly line robotics; and mobile assets, such as truck fleets, heavy equipment and transportation. nPhase’s fixed-asset machine-to-machine technology, experience and established customer base complement QualComm’s success in the mobile machine-to-machine market and will increase both the breadth and depth of QualComm’s enterprise machine-to-machine solutions portfolio.