Improving patient care in Western Australia
St John Ambulance has been serving the Western Australia and the Northern Territory for more than 100 years, providing first aid training and care within the region. By using ultra-rugged AirLink in-vehicle gateways as Wi-Fi hotspots, the firm’s paramedics can easily input critical patient information in-transit.

New LTE modules available in the USA
Sierra Wireless continues to expand the choice of LTE modules for customers in the United States, with the recent introductions of the AirPrime AR7550, an automotive-grade module specifically developed for the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network, and the AirPrime MC7355, the first 4G LTE embedded wireless module to be certified on the Sprint network. 

Simplifying M2M with open source
Benjamin Cabé, Open Source Evangelist at Sierra Wireless, chairs the Eclipse M2M Industry Working Group which advocates the use of open standards and open source implementations of the technologies needed to address M2M industry challenges. InfoQ wanted to know more.

Announcing mHealth contest winners
In partnership with MedStartr, the first crowdfunding platform created to fund healthcare development projects, Sierra Wireless organized a contest enabling two healthcare device developers the opportunity to win a complete development package and one-on-one consulting session with the MedStartr team.

Thank you, Developer Day participants!
We would like to thank all the participants who made the first Sierra Wireless Developer Day, held in Paris last month, a great success. Technology news, use cases, and last but not least networking and socializing, were highlights of the programme. Did you miss it? Don't despair, we're already planning the 2014 edition!