Cellemetry Data Services, abbreviated Cellemetry and stylized Cellemetrysm, was a cellular-telephony-based Internet of things network introduced commercially in 1996. Cellemetry was designed to operate over the existing cellular network, allowing it to be rapidly deployed.
History
Cellemetry was invented by Peter Roach, Scott Laster, and Ed Comer in 1994 while working for BellSouthsm. BellSouthsm partnered with Numerexsm to offer Cellemetry and Numerex eventually acquired the rights to Cellemetry data service. Numerexsm was eventually acquired by Sierra Wireless. The Cellemetry network was decommissioned when the cellular network transitioned from analog to digital cellular. Sierra Wireless still uses the Cellemetry name, with a different technology.
Products and technology
Cellemetry operated by sending messages over the signalling channel of the analog cellular network. It used a non-dialable telephone number as the device identifier and inserted a device generated data message in place of the phone serial
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