35 workers from Ericsson BTC set up a specialised business in M2M market

• Owasys was set up during the summer of 2002 and its employees, previously from Ericsson BTC-Bilbao Technology Centre (located in the Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia (Technology Park of Biscay, in Spain) hold the shares of the company, which currently has 35 employees
• Owasys has launched its new range of products to the market: the wireless owa2X terminals. The owa2X family is a powerful hardware platform with open, user-friendly software designed for wireless applications in a variety of different segments
• With these products, Owasys provides new GSM market solutions
• Owasys has an equity capital of 2,700,000 euros. The company expects to manufacture 25,000 units this year and will invest 5 million euros a year by 2006

Vizcaya (Spain), 27th March, 2003 - Owasys is a firm that is specialised in the design, development, manufacturing, and international marketing of advanced wireless terminals. It was set up during the summer of 2002 and its employees, previously from Ericsson BTC-Bilbao Technology Centre (located in the Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia (Technology Park of Biscay, in Spain) hold the shares of the company, which currently has 35 employees. The group then decided to launch a new project based on its international experience, since it had worked for the main telecommunications manufacturers at a world level.




The sectors that Owasys deals with include both the automotive industry (fleet management, AVL- automatic location of vehicles and in-car telematic nodes), the industrial sector (integrated devices for interconnection in industrial environments), and the consumer sector (terminals for end-users having specific requirements).

Owasys not only provides added value to its customers with user-friendly terminals, but also solutions and support to cover their specific requirements. A pioneer in the current Basque industrial panorama, Owasys is an expert in regards to the application and desing of the most innovative wireless technologies and highly reliable electronic products. Owasys also has the methodology required for the development, certification, industrialisation and high volume manufacture of wireless technology products.

Owasys has recently taken over 10% of P4Q Electronics, one of the key manufacturers of baseplates and electronic products in Spain, thereby ensuring the timely placing of its products in the market, as well as the same level of quality. It has also been accepted as a full member of Bluetooth TM SIG, Car Working Group, due to the fact that the company is considered an expert at providing relevant contributions for the group.

With a registered capital of 2,700,000 euros, the company expects to manufacture 25,000 units this trading year, to undertake investments of up to 5 million euros and to count on having a staff of 57 people by the year 2006.

Two new products

The firm, Owasys Advanced Wireless Devices, has launched the family of owa2X terminals in the Machine-to-Machine Communications Market: the owa22A for the automotive sector and the Owa 22I, geared towards the industrial sector.

The owa2X family is a powerful hardware platform with open, user-friendly software designed for wireless applications in a variety of different segments. Within a short period of time, Owasys, a company located in the Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia (España) (Technology Park of Biscay), has developed products with advanced solutions in: automatic location of vehicles, fleet management, monitoring and remote control, etc.

Thanks to these new terminals, Owasys is positioned as one of Europe’s main manufacturers in the machine-to-machine communications market and provides new solutions for the GSM market.

The owa22A is an embedded terminal for private and commercial vehicles, which has been out fitted for its integration in the OEM manufacturing line and Aftermarket. This terminal has been designed for fleet management, automatic location of vehicles, emergency and theft, telephony, in-car telematic nodes, positioning services, etc.

Its main technical characteristics are: GPRS, Class 8 (4+1), GSM dual band 900/1800, ARM7 nucleus with a process capacity of up to 60 MIPS, LinuxOS and 1 Mbyte for customer’s application, integrated GPS, TCP/IP Stack for transparent connection to Internet, Interfaces: RS232, RS485, CAN, Audio, analogical and digital I/O for generic use, reduced size and an optional integrated safety battery. The application software can be downloaded over a portable terminal.

On the other hand, the owa22l is a remote terminal for industrial applications, designed to be integrated in data wireless applications as a natural extension to a local network (LAN). Thus, for example, when using this product when it is interconnected to all the machines belonging to the same owner, one can find out the number of products that are available in tobacco vending machines or recreational machines, etc., without having to actually physically check each one.

Its main technical characteristics are: GPRS, Class 8 (4+1), GSM dual band 900/1800, ARM7 nucleus with a process capacity of up to 60 MIPS, Linux OS and 1 Mbyte for customer’s application, TCP/IP Stack for transparent Internet connection, interfaces: RS232, RS485, CAN, Audio, analogical and digital I/O for generic use, reduced size and an optional integrated safety battery. This product also enables downloading of software over a portable terminal.

For further information, please contact Yurdana Burgoa.
VK Comunicación. Tel.: (+34) 94 401 53 06. Mobile: (+34) 619 793 803.
E-mail: yurdana@vk.euskalnet.net

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