Telular Corporation develops products and services that utilize wireless networks to provide data and voice connectivity among people and machines. Telular’s product and service offerings are created through the company’s historical competence in developing cellular electronics along with utilizing the data transport capabilities of today’s commercial wireless networks.

Telular was established in 1986 when it acquired the intellectual property rights for its cellular interface concept and methodology. Today, it creates solutions based on the development of specialized wireless terminals that work in conjunction with software systems to provide integrated event monitoring and reporting services for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. M2M applications typically involve outfitting machinery with sensors and remotely reading those sensors to improve process efficiency in areas such as supply chain management, security monitoring, home automation, meter reading, vehicle and asset tracking and many other commercial and industrial situations. The company’s three major lines of business are Telguard products and services for security dealers, TankLink products and services for logistics management of tank vessels, and SkyBitz global remote asset management solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, Telular has engineering, sales and customer service operations in Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and an international sales office in Miami. Telular Corporation went public in 1994 On June 24, 2013 Telular was acquired by Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm with over $5 billion under management and offices in New York, Houston and London. In partnership with Avista, Telular continues to pursue its plan for growth in the machine-to-machine communications sector.

STRATEGY

Telular is focused on M2M market segments in which the company can create a differentiated product and service offering. Telular’s Telguard solution supports residential and commercial security dealers and generates a majority of Telular’s revenue. The Telguard solution includes a specialized communicator unit which interfaces with security alarm panels and then communicates with Telular’s event processing servers to provide real-time transport of alarm signals from residential and commercial locations to an alarm company’s central monitoring station.

Telular’s TankLink solution combines a specially designed cellular communicator, wireless data services and a web-based application into a single offering which allows end-users to remotely monitor the level of product contained in a given tank vessel.

Telular’s SkyBitz business provides real-time information on the location and status of assets. More than 800 enterprises rely on SkyBitz technology to achieve total asset visibility, improved security, lower operating and capital expenses, and enhanced customer service. SkyBitz delivers its solution via SkyBitz InSight, a secure web-based application that is fully customizable and requires no software downloads.

TECHNOLOGY

Integral to our success in the Telguard, TankLink, SkyBitz businesses, and the M2M space in general, is our experience in processing data messages over the wireless networks. Our data processing center is able to process hundreds of thousands of messages effectively and on a real-time basis each day, which is critical for our customers, particularly within the security space. Also critical to our success is the ability to develop new products and features that may become necessary as new applications are developed or are otherwise considered desirable by the markets that we serve. We can also leverage our technical knowledge related to cellular radios and our engineering skills to develop new products and services based on our core technology platform to serve other M2M vertical markets.