Sumitomo Selects QUAKE’s Q4000 M2M Device for Its Next Generation Telematics Solution

Q4000 empowers Sumitomo to gain competitive advantage in the Heavy Equipment Industry

SAN DIEGO - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quake Global, Inc., a leading manufacturer of M2M (machine-to-machine) devices for satellite and terrestrial networks, announced that Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. will integrate QUAKE’s Q4000 to further enhance and optimize its telematics solutions. The Q4000 is a rugged M2M hardware and software platform designed to accelerate time-to-market while reducing sustaining costs over M2M product life cycles.

Sumitomo, a leading manufacturer of excavators, asphalt pavers and other construction equipment, is a long-standing customer of QUAKE, having pioneered the integration of QUAKE’s Q1200 modem into its equipment tracking and monitoring telematics solution in 2005. Sumitomo’s decision to upgrade to QUAKE’s new generation Q4000 consolidates various hardware components onto one state-of-the-art hardware platform, thus, optimizing the total cost of its next generation telematics solution. Furthermore, the Q4000 introduces other new capabilities such as automatically routing data through the most-efficient wireless network and CANBUS integration.

“QUAKE and Sumitomo have been close technology partners for many years, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with this industry leader. Sumitomo’s decision to extend their relationship with QUAKE by adopting our new technology reinforces QUAKE’s long-standing position as the leader in heavy equipment telematics,” stated Polina Braunstein, QUAKE’s President & CEO. “Our products are designed so that customers like Sumitomo can concentrate on maximizing their product development and production efforts while QUAKE concentrates on reducing Sumitomo’s burden of managing the complex M2M technology environment.”

About Quake Global, Inc.:

QUAKE™ designs and manufactures industrial M2M modules for asset tracking and monitoring through satellite, cellular, GPS and other technologies. Through a network of international distributors, QUAKE products serve OEMs and other companies in the heavy equipment, aviation, maritime, and trucking industries, as well as in utility, oil & gas, and rail applications. QUAKE is proud to provide high-quality subscriber communicators for BELL EQUIPMENT, CATERPILLAR, FARIA, HITACHI, HYUNDAI, KOMATSU, MARINE INSTRUMENTS, SUMITOMO, VOLVO, and many others. For more information, visit www.quakeglobal.com.

Contacts
Quake Global, Inc.
Sandi Harrison
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