Telenor (News - Alert) Connexion has announced the expansion of its executive team in North America to meet the growing demand for M2M services in the region. The company has added George LeBron, head of market development, and Marcus Rodrigues, technical sales manager. They will continue to build on the company’s established successes with customers such as Volvo, Nissan, Tom Tom, General Electrics and Securitas.

The expansion strengthens the company's position in the M2M, telematics and wireless markets, as well as vertical markets such as healthcare, automotive and insurance and asset management. Through the company’s proactive service awareness solution, customers in these markets will have full control of status, location and performance of connected devices.

Fredrik Åkerlind, head of regions Americas said, “Telenor Connexion has a proven record in delivering reliable, future-proof and dynamic M2M solutions that deliver cost savings, flexibility, efficiency and improved services. With LeBron’s expertise in the region, Telenor Connexion will further explore new opportunities and provide new and existing customers with world-class embedded connectivity solutions for business and life critical applications.”

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