ORBCOMM NETWORKS HARDWARE SERVICES INDUSTRIES COMPANY CONTACT LOGIN ORBCOMM Blog Global Petroleum Show 2014 June 23, 2014 By Craig Montgomery Recently ORBCOMM attended the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) with Rogers Telecommunication held in the heart of the energy capital of Canada – Calgary, Alberta. Continue Reading… Creating Standardization In Satellite M2M June 4, 2014 By Craig Montgomery If you look at the satellite world a few years ago, there were nearly one million annual M2M installations, of which about 10 percent were satellite. Last year, the number of M2M installations grew closer to 10 million, with approximately five percent being satellite. While the M2M industry is growing rapidly, satellite is losing market share. We need to understand why this is happening despite the advantages of satellite. After all, assets on satellite have a far greater M2M life based on satellite longevity and backward compatibility. Satellite has superior geographic coverage and simpler roaming. Cellular networks have a significant price advantage. We believe the various standards in the satellite world and a severe lack of scale have contributed to the falling market share. Continue Reading… Durable Solar Powered Tracking Devices? June 2, 2014 By Craig Montgomery In the past, solar panels on trailer tracking devices were inefficient, big and fragile. The new GT 1100 tracking device defies all of those issues. Continue Reading… Emerging Satellite AIS Technology Can Allow For End-To-End Cargo Tracking March 5, 2014 By Craig Montgomery For those who have been involved in the telematics industry for some time now, the Holy Grail has always been to have constant visibility of a customer’s cargo as it gets shipped around the world. That hasn't really been possible mainly because the different tracking mediums, such as satellite-based communications, cellular-based communications, RFID, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max and maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) solutions have all been developing along somewhat separate paths. What we’re starting to see in the market today is a convergence of those technologies, and what has helped is the emergence of space-based detection of AIS messages to track the ships that move cargo. Continue Reading… Our New Brand December 5, 2013 By Craig Montgomery We are pleased to announce our new corporate brand, which includes a new logo, tag line, visual identity, corporate web site and renamed product lines. Our new corporate web site consolidates the web sites of the companies we purchased in our recent past, in addition to a complete redesign of the previous ORBCOMM corporate web site. Continue Reading… WHAT WE OFFER Networks Hardware Services Industries ABOUT About Us Why ORBCOMM? Technologies Leadership Careers Locations News Events INVESTORS Investor Overview Management Team Corporate Governance SEC Filings Presentations Investor FAQ News RESOURCES Resources Overview White Papers Network Data Country Representatives Partners Official Resellers Login COMMUNITY Blog Facebook LinkedIn Twitter © ORBCOMM 2014 All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions