Melville, N.Y. — Arrow Electronics, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Janus Remote Communications, a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications solutions. Janus provides cellular-enabled devices for data acquisition and telemetry, asset tracking, facility and equipment monitoring, smart utilities and security applications.
Under the new agreement, Arrow will distribute Janus Terminus platform devices in the Americas regions. The Terminus platform encompasses cellular communication terminals from simple telemetry devices to intelligent control terminals in a variety of package options. Incorporating a variety of communications modems from their partner company, Telit Wireless Solutions, Janus also offers customers different paths to integrate wireless technology into both new and existing applications, said Arrow.
“The Janus Terminus platform provides a quick-and-easy solution to cellular enablement, with little to no hardware design effort,” said David West, vice president of supplier marketing and asset for Arrow Electronics, in a statement. “Our customers now have access to a simplified transition to an embedded cellular module design using Telit, with minimal software changes to the embedded firmware or the end application.”