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Hey, your input is always valued and appreciated.
Thanks.
My thoughts about ABEW and Texas Instruments...
I've listed what I believe are the MAIN REASONS WHY Texas Instruments would want our software over the rest...
First. I want to remind you that Texas Instruments has already contracted with us to perform several software application developments on their behalf. This begs the question..."Why would T.I. contract with us to perform these services when they already own a software company called Figure8?" Hmmmmmmmm
Second. Texas Instrument just paid approximately $2 Billion for a radio manufacturer called Chipcon. This was a HUGE acquisition for them. Unfortunately for Texas Instruments, Chipcon's radios were designed to operate on the Atmel chip...which is a competitor of Texas Instrument. Therefore, Texas Instruments had to find a software company with enough competence, experience, and professionalism to configure the software on Chipcon's radios so that they would operate on their chip.
Enter Airbee Wireless...
Now, realizing that ABEW's software is hardware agnostic, Texas Instruments made a very important (and savvy!) business decision to hire us to perform the above-metioned services. In one fell swoop, ABEW has been able to configure our software onto Chipcon's radios allowing them to operate NOT ONLY on Texas Instruments chips, but also on anyone elses chips!!!
This means that Texas Instruments has opened up a whole new market for their radios. Because of our software, those (Chipcon) radios can now operate on ANYONES hardware platform. (Whereas before, they were limited to only an Atmel platform.) Now you see why I said that Texas instruments made a very savvy decision to go with us.
What does that mean for future revenues for Airbee Wireless? It boggles the mind!!!
The bottom line is this...
If you are a chipmaker in business to sell chips (which is a muti-billion dollar business), wouldn't you want your chips to operate on as many hardware platforms as possible? Of course you would!!!
Folks, there is only ONE software company in the whole world that can do this for the chipmakers...and that's Airbee Wireless!!!
Have a great week-end.
abew4me
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
Well, if you can verify it with one of the top dogs at the Alliance it would be good to know for future reference.
Thanks.
Doesn't qualify for deletion because he is not directing his comments at any one person. And, BTW, "ass" is an animal defined in the dictionary.
Atco...Re: "I have heard that to be involved with the inputs to 1.1 you had to be at the 'Promoter' level in the Alliance."
I haven't heard this before. Can you check with the ZigBee Alliance to verify this and get back with us here?
Thanks.
Okay Codder, here's your big chance to expound on your accusations. Please tell everyone how I've made "excuse after excuse" for ABEW's management team in my last post.
Here. I'll even re-post my last message for you to pick it a part.
"If the four Golden Units have finally been certified then we're in good shape because we can now get our software certified on the 1.1 spec as well. This is GREAT NEWS!!!
Incidently, the four Golden Units were first to be certified because they were involved in the development of the 1.1 specification for the last six months. It takes a lot of time and money to be a Golden Unit because there are numerous meetings and testing that goes on. One of the rewards of being a Golden Unit is having your hardware platform certified first...which gives you bragging rights.
However, make no mistake, being first does NOT mean that you have the best software. Most companies will still request a "test kit" to sample their software and determine if it's good enough for what they're looking for. If you don't have the right stuff they'll go elsewhere.
It is very important that ABEW get their software certified ASAP so that we can throw our hat into the ring. Now that the ZigBee Alliance is ready for the certification process to start, it will take us 30 - 45 days to get certified.
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual."
Hey, if the four Golden Units have finally been certified then we're in good shape because we can now get our software certified on the 1.1 spec as well. This is GREAT NEWS!!!
Incidently, the four Golden Units were first to be certified because they were involved in the development of the 1.1 specification for the last six months. It takes a lot of time and money to be a Golden Unit because there are numerous meetings and testing that goes on. One of the rewards of being a Golden Unit is having your hardware platform certified first...which gives you bragging rights.
However, make no mistake, being first does NOT mean that you have the best software. Most companies will still request a "test kit" to sample their software and determine if it's good enough for what they're looking for. If you don't have the right stuff they'll go elsewhere.
It is very important that ABEW get their software certified ASAP so that we can throw our hat into the ring. Now that the ZigBee Alliance is ready for the certification process to start, it will take us 30 - 45 days to get certified.
I am now changing my "Voluntary Rating" back to strong buy!!!
abew4me
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
Ahhhh much better!!! Just keep it factual without redundancy.
Cheer up!!! Tomorrow is a new day!!! eom.
That's incorrect. You'll notice that most of your comments about the company have remained. The comments about other posters that are personal attacks have been removed.
Almost forgot...
The float is less than 20 million shares!!!
Yes. And the facts that are ENCOURAGING are:
1) Insiders still own well over 50% of the stock.
2) Airbee Wireless continues to sign up more and more companies with license agreements.
3) ABEW has cleared their SB-10 with the SEC and is awaiting final approval with the NASD to move to a higher exchange.
4) ABEW has signed license agreements with some of the biggest chipmakers in the world including Texas Instruments, ZMD, Infineon, Jennic, and many other companies.
5) ABEW has assembled one of the most talented Technical Advisory Teams in the United States headed by Dr. Jeff Reed.
Another false accusation. I have not been "pumping $5/share for months". Opinion are fine. False accusations against another poster is considered a personal attack. This is your second warning.
I have a long position with ABEW. Not a short. You need to get your facts straight before you make that kind of accusation.
Blah-blah-blah...You guys have been predicting ABEW's demise for months - not to mention "single digits". The fact is ABEW continues to sign up new license agreements and is getting ready to collect some hefty royalties once the 1.1 spec kicks into gear.
Staying focused on ABEW, here's the latest news from ABEW's web site regarding our NASD situation:
Msg # 259 Posted By: Gene Sharer
02 December 2006 03:12 EST
Approval by a regulatory agency is never a formality. If you have ever dealt with such agency, you would gain a better appreciation of the utter frustration in dealing with them. They dot the i's, cross the t's and then send it up the chain for further review in case the reviewer missed something or overreached. Then they have consensus reviews before taking a position in writing which takes additional days (if we're lucky). We know where we are in the process but are not yet at liberty to discuss the details publicly. The SB-2 which has been submitted to the SEC per the Montgomery Debenture requirement must be declared effective as a matter of NASD policy before the move to the OTCBB. We are close but not quite there yet.
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Anyone who does as much complaining as you, would've taken profits a long time ago if he truly was "in the black".
It's obvious you're red.
Nite.
Re: "i for one am not holding my breath..."
Does this mean that you are finally going to sell your shares and move on? As I recall, you've been claiming that you're in the black with your investment here so it shouldn't be any big deal. Right?
Obviously you don't deny that the debt with Mindtree is collateralized with the old spec 1.0. Now, I'm sure that ABEW intends on paying them back, but I want to make it clear that the facts clearly indicate what the collateral is based on.
As far as ABEW's overall debt is concerned, that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. After all, ABEW has been a development stage company for almost four years with very little revenue.
The bottom line is that if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. You've been telling everyone that you're in the black with this company so what's holding you back?
As for me, I think I'm going to stick around and see if those BIG license agreements amount to a BIG PAY-OFF.
ciao.
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opiniion and should NOT be considered as factual.
Stop the derogatory remarks and show me where I'm wrong. It's obvious that this agreement is based on the software development done in 2005 - which is the old spec 1.0. I've pulled the exact quote for you to read in my previous post. If that's too hard for you to understand, than I can't help you any further.
In a nutshell...
"The Company's performance was secured by the software code (the "Intellectual Property") MindTree developed under the T&M Contract."
I would think this "software code" was the old 1.0 since it was developed way back in 2005. Heck, if that's the case (and I think it is) they can have it!!!
Just my opinion, of course.
It's based on the old spec 1.0...which means it probably won't be backwards compatible with any new products coming out. Therefore, I think the product runs will be very short-lived.
Personally, I don't think Wibree will even get to first base. However, it is my hope that the media attention given to Wibree will motivate the ZigBee Alliance to get their collective butts in gear. Until they start the certification process for the 1.1 specification everything is on hold.
Rumor has it that it will start in December. We shall see...
Latest comment from "SK" on the ZigBee Blog site...
WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKING WITH ZIGBEE
The need of a new wireless network standard to meet the requirements of sensors and control devices adequately has lead to the development of a new global standard called ZigBee. Other standards such as Bluetooth and WLAN are now considered to be unsuitable for low power applications as they deal with complex and high power consuming RF-ICs and protocols. Thus was born the ZigBee Alliance, a consortium of well over 100 companies that looked at what the short range, low power radio frequency (RF) 802.14.5 could do and built upon it to make something completely interoperable between multiple vendors. The suitability of ZigBee for cost-effective, reliable, low-power wireless applications has given rise to numerous ZigBee devices. The many years of work have paid off - ZigBee is now an official global standard.
Wireless sensor networks have no fixed structure. Nodes join and leave at will. However, the intent to connect and communicate when announced creates a seamless mesh network using available nodes in within range. This just-in-time-networking (JITN) is a fascinating challenge that is squarely met by ZigBee. The resulting mesh sensor networks are complex and yet simple to operate. Networking extends the data transmission range while maintaining low-cost of the functional ZigBee device. Deployments become affordable while eliminating costs (wiring, installation) and simplifying life. Monitoring and Control applications are virtually limitless in many industrial markets for this technology. Challenges abound in interoperability, platform independence and network management solutions for large networks.
To-date, application developers have relied on custom coding and point solutions like BACNET, MODBUS, LonWorks and others to create one-off closed applications. Many of these wired older technologies have limited scalability, are tied to specific vendors and end-up being very expensive to maintain. Deploying large complex wired networks involving thousands of nodes is prohibitive and unmanageable. ZigBee mesh sensor networks based on global standards opens the door for developing highly cost-effective and innovative solutions that can scale to large networks and still be affordable. The power of ad-hoc mesh networking, coupled with low-cost battery operated devices creates opportunities for new real-time data driven applications while enhancing operations and ongoing maintenance of existing wired solutions.
A low-cost microcontroller and an 802.15.4 radio are the main hardware components for building a ZigBee device apart from the physical sensors that control and capture real-time sensory information. While there are many providers of radios and controllers, interoperable, hardware independent software remains the overarching challenge building a ZigBee Compliant product. Most hardware providers provide do provide software, but their key objective is to push the silicon, not build your application.
A pure play software company with platform independent ZigBee stacks, tools and support is the right partner to build and deploy a successful ZigBee network. This means that the customers can use any IEEE 802.15.4 compliant radio, the freedom of choice for any controller (including - TI, ZMD, Atmel, Infineon, Freescale, and others), and finally the choice of any real-time Operating System to build a ZigBee device. ZigBee networking is highly software intensive and requires networking experts in the customer domain too. End-user engineers usually focus on their business application, while the ZigBee networking software provider focuses on optimizing the myriad options in ZigBee protocol to ensure the best of breed combination of hardware and software that is cost-effective and high performing for the application. Deploying complex ZigBee networks with hundreds and eventually thousands of nodes requires software tools and support. A network management framework that can be customized to deploy, monitor, control, and manage and keep the network humming at all times is one such essential tool. Ongoing software support is critical during the lifecycle of a ZigBee network and in particular during deployment, where unknowns abound in a crowded and often competing RF environment.
ZigBee devices need to become platform independent for true interoperability and vendor independence. The opportunity is ripe for OEMs and Integrators to bring compelling products to market quickly and at low cost, today. Building automation will see the first large scale commercial ZigBee deployments, followed by industrial plant monitoring and home control. Year 2006 will be the year of pilots, test markets and initial deployments with 2007 as the year of the solution when ZigBee implementations take off. Airbee as a platform independent software solutions provider for ZigBee networks is uniquely positioned to deliver on that promise.
About the Author
Srini Krishnamurthy is the Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Airbee Wireless, Inc. He can be reached at 301-517-1866.
Check it out!!! There's a blog site set up for ZigBee set up on the home page of ABEW's web site. Look's pretty good too. Below is a comment that I copied from the site.
"I recently worked as a process control engineer in a hazardous process. In the North Carolina plant where I worked, the average cost to install one additional "loop" (the wiring required for one measurement) in an existing plant was about $10,000, not including the measuring instrument. This cost includes cable, conduit, and labor to install the cable and conduit between the instrument and the process control computer--a distance which was frequently over 1000 feet.
I see mesh networking as a much more inexpensive way for a plant to add measurements (such as motor vibration monitoring) compared to the current hardwire methods. Of course, I would not be comfortable using mesh for measuring critical variables or for outputs to final control elements in a hazardous process, but for non-critical and ad-hoc measurements it would be of tremendous value in the process industry.
Having the ability to rapidly deploy ad-hoc measurements would be great in the process industry. Where we are continually upgrading process technology, it would be nice to be able to add a temperature, flow, or pressure measurement in the process without having to pay for and wait for the measurement to be physically wired. The battery-powered measurement device could be mounted in the field and quickly added to the mesh and configured in the process control computer. When troubleshootig process problems, this type of flexibility would be wonderful. For example, to help troubleshoot heat tracing and insulation during the first cold weather in wintertime.
I can't wait for this technology to be available."
2:41 AM
DoubleK has been Double-talking for awhile now. eom.
The article simply refers to products that were just certified under the old 1.0 platform. ABEW was certified under 1.0 OVER A YEAR AGO.
None of those products will be backward compatible to any new ZigBee spec and therefore, I believe will be limited in their production.
The new 1.1 spec will be the predominate platform when it is released. Followed closely by the next spec for industrial applications in Jan/Feb.
Just my opinion, of course.
Really? Can you tell me what has changed between the first SB-2 and the revised one that just went in? You seem to imply that there was some major detail that has changed the whole thing. I'm all ears...
Excellent link to the SK's blog and bio.
http://sk-zblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/zigbee-in-industrial-plant-monitoring.html
ZigBee in Industrial Plant Monitoring
The Machines are Talking - Are You Listening?
Industrial plants hum with the help of a mine field of equipment - turning and churning to create the commerce of manufactured goods we all thrive on. Industrial equipment, much like the human body rarely fails without adequate warning. As such, they are constantly communicating about the status of their well being. However, they are infrequently being listened too in real-time.
Case in point are vibrating motors. They have a lot to say about themselves. Imbalance, misalignment, looseness, bearing wear (onset, intermediate, advanced) are a few of the critical chracteristics of such motors that requires real-time monitoring and control for effective plant operations. Motors consume over 23% of all industrial power consumed in the United States and there are a lot of them around - many many millions of them from very small ones that drive factory belts to giant ones that move the turbines. Even today in most cases, you find out the equipment is dead, when the production halts...a rather inefficient way to discover the obvious. The signs of trouble ahead are in the signals generated by the vibrating motors - elevated vibration levels, visible abnormal movements, grunts and groans, and other parameters which often comes to light after the motor is dead.
Yes, there are systems and processes out there that do monitoring and analysis (vibration or otherwise), but they are either too slow, cumbersome or just a hassle not worth the effort. Just so happens even with what we have in place today - nobody still knows which motor is going to halt their production now.
Enter ZigBee, the next generation wireless sensor networking technology that promises to not only listen, but more importantly take corrective action even while you are sleeping. In-fact you could really manage your plant with a remote control from your bedside, if that's what you want to do. Information about the health of most industrial equipment is encoded in the signals they generate, which can be easily extracted by intelligent sensors. Once networked in real-time through an open wireless standard like ZigBee, these sensors turn into your eyes and ears with real-time data that can be tracked and acted upon, either manually or automatically.
With ZigBee wireless mesh networking, data collection and processing is done in real-time and integrated with back-office business rules that impact your operations and profitability. It is that compelling.
Read all about ZigBee at www.zigbee.org and www.airbeewireless.com
SK
Huh? eom.
Steve...Once again you are stating the obvious about our current status. ie; that we are at .17 and still on the pinks. (Funny how you do that whenever you're backed into a corner.)
Anyway, let's talk about Ember...
I never stated that ABEW had a one-to-one relationship with Ember - as you constantly imply. I stated very clearly that there is a connection to Ember through our relationship with Nanotron. Nothing more, nothing less.
If you want to continue to make anything more than that, then I'd say YOU'RE THE ONE that is desperate. I can only guess that your desperation is based on your thirst to be right on all of your statements. (Perhaps that's why you like to manipulate my words?)
Anyhow, gotta go.
ciao
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
Gosh, must I always connect the dots for you?
Here are the facts:
ABEW is now partnered with Nanotron.
Nanotron is listed as an important provider for STMicro.
STMicro is partnered with Ember.
Therefore...ABEW + Nanotron + STMicro = Ember!!!
All facts. NO fiction.
BTW, didn't you laugh at the same partnering between ABEW + Texas Instrument last year? (And you ended up eating your words back then as well. LMAO!!!)
ABEW + Nanotron + STMicro = EMBER? Is that possible? YES!!!!
WHOA!!! Did you catch this part?
"Nanotron Technologies GmbH was founded in 1991 and is an active member of IEEE and the ZigBee Alliance. Nanotron recently announced a collaboration and second source partnership with STMicroelectronics. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Further information about Nanotron is available at www.nanotron.com"
STMicroelectronics is a provider for EMBER!!!
Hey wampuscat, I guess you found the news before the company had a chance to PR it. Good job. What's next? lol
Looks NEW to me. Wonder why we didn't get a PR on it? Great find wampuscat!!!
Yes. My personal friend is an investor in HISC for almost two years. I have no reason to doubt his information. That's my choice.
On the other hand, if you want to accept everything that HISC has PR'd without checking a secondary source, that would be, well, stupid. One must consider the track record of a company's credibility BEFORE investing...especially if it's a Pink Sheet company with a bad track record.
Now, Investing School 101 is done for the evening. Run along.
Time to return to Airbee Wireless.
Possibly, but HISC has had a lot of 'opportunities' that somehow slipped through their hands. Let's hope this one comes through for them.
Take care.
LMAO!!! Your stubborness doesn't make it so.
You claim that: "Yes, there are customary business practices, ask any business company [too funny!!!], and if ABEW doesn't acknowledge that then we are in big trouble."
Can't wait to hear what your business acumen is going to come up with next.
Gotta go, but your posts have been very enlightening...not.