UNITED
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Washington,
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FORM 6-K
Report
of Foreign issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For the
Month of
June
2017
(Commission
File.
No 0-30718).
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC., A CANADIAN CORPORATION
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13811 Wireless Way
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4
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(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
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604-231-1100
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Sierra
Wireless Collaborates with Industry Leaders and Developers to Drive the
Next Phase of IoT Commercialization
mangOH™
Red
open source platform provides interoperable building blocks to rapidly
develop low-power industrial IoT devices
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2017--Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR)
(TSX:SW), the leading provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud
solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), along with technology
providers including ARM, Bosch Sensortec, MediaTek, Orange, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. and Talon Communications, today announced mass-market
availability of the mangOH™ Red open source hardware platform.
Targeted at the industrial IoT and maker communities, mangOH Red is the
most feature-rich, lowest power open source enablement platform on the
market. Smaller than a credit card, it includes all of the building
blocks needed to prototype and test ideas in days instead of months,
with minimal investment. mangOH Red designs can then be modified and
repurposed for mass production using its industrial-grade components and
applications developed in the Legato™ open source Linux platform.
“For IoT commercialization to truly take hold, bringing products to
market needs to be much faster and easier,” said Philippe Guillemette,
Chief Technology Officer, Sierra Wireless. “mangOH Red is based on
feedback from the ecosystem and developer community, resulting in the
most compact, feature-rich open source platform that can quickly turn
concepts into prototypes and prototypes into products without the need
for significant redesign.”
Sierra Wireless founded the mangOH open source hardware program in 2015
to make it easy for developers to prototype with any wired, wireless, or
sensor technology based on their unique IoT use case. Following the
successful first mangOH Green edition, mangOH Red focuses on low power
and miniaturization, providing a one-stop technology platform that
includes:
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Credit card size form-factor ideal for rapidly building
proof-of-concepts;
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A snap-in socket to add any CF3™-compatible modules, including
wireless modules (2G to 4G & LTE-M/NB-IoT) to achieve up to 10 years
of battery life;
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Built-in Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.2 BLE with an ARM Cortex®-M4 core
to provide real-time access to I/O;
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Built-in Bosch Sensortec Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Temperature and
Pressure sensors, as well as Light sensors and a 26-pin Raspberry Pi
compatible connector;
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An IoT Expansion Card slot to plug in any technology based on the IoT
Connector open standard;
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Sierra Wireless Smart SIM with up to 100 MB free data, depending on
region, and can also be used with any commercially available SIM;
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Easy connection to the AirVantage® IoT Platform to create, deploy and
manage solutions in the cloud, and can also connect to other cloud
platforms; and
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Ready-to-use product from selected distributors and complete source
design under Common Creative License.
“Companies developing IoT solutions have an almost overwhelming number
of technologies and providers to evaluate,” said Sam Lucero, Senior
Principal Analyst, M2M and IoT for IHS Markit. “The mangOH platform aims
to simplify this complexity by including elements in an open ecosystem
that are needed to efficiently develop and test IoT solutions across
many use cases.”
mangOH User Testimonials
“The Legato / mangOH forum has been a fantastic resource allowing
interaction with other developers and engineers who are intimately
involved in the project. The learning curve is exceptionally short. I
would highly recommend this platform for use in commercial projects. It
is not a platform for a novice, as could be said of the Pi/Arduino, but
those with intermediate electronic and programming skills will be able
to rapidly develop an IoT device.”
--Siska Burger, General Manager, Comb Communications
“With 4G modules, low power capabilities and small form factor, mangOH
Red is a very exciting platform to help us develop self-driving
automobile applications for the H2020 EU funded project AUTOPILOT,
aiming at bringing Autonomous Driving to a new dimension with the
Internet of Things. The flexibility of the open hardware platform
provides a very powerful tool as we develop and test use cases for the
AUTOPILOT project. AUTOPILOT has received funding from the European
Union’s H2020 Framework Programme under the grant agreement no 731993.”
--Alexandre Petrescu, Research Engineer, H2020 AUTOPILOT Project
“The flexible and intuitive mangOH platform allowed M2MD Technologies to
move through technical design to a working prototype in record time. As
a result of the tools and flexibility of the mangOH platform, we now
have fully operational automotive applications that we are demonstrating
in the marketplace. We look forward to the mangOH Red’s low-power,
production-ready capabilities to further that effort. I have the mangOH
Reds in hand and they are exactly what I need.”
--Chuck Link, President and CTO, M2MD Technologies, Inc.
“With mangOH, I have the whole world in the palm of my hands. It
provides perfect open source, industrial grade hardware with a highly
scalable embedded platform. Sierra Wireless mangOH and Legato open
source tools make taking smart sensors to advanced IoT implementation
very simple, secure and cost-effective. We can’t contemplate our new
telematics device without this.”
--Mahapatra Niladridas, Mahindra Electric
"mangOH is a handy tool for IoT projects, with lots of GPIOs and room
for new designs. mangOH was an excellent starting point for our waste
management project. With the improvement to the ARM MCU, the new smaller
form factor and plethora of sensors, I cannot wait to get my hands on
the new mangOH Red."
--Alejandro Ballesta, hardware engineer, Wellness Telecom
mangOH Technology Providers
“mangOH Red incorporates the best set of features, including MediaTek’s
advanced MT7697 chipset technology, to promote innovation and new
product development for low power industrial IoT applications. We look
forward to collaborating with Sierra Wireless to get mangOH Red in
developers’ hands and see what they will design to advance the IoT
marketplace.”
--YuChuan Yang, Deputy General Manager of Internet of Things Business
Unit, MediaTek
“Orange considers the mangOH platform a key tool for developers. It
helps to quickly prototype devices and applications smartly connected to
Orange 4G IoT networks. The Arduino compatibility enables users to plug
all kinds of shields and sensors very easily to the platform, which is
highly appreciated by developers to facilitate their prototyping. In the
coming weeks, Orange is very keen to offer our partners the new mangOH
Red platform. It will contribute to testing LTE-M technology in our Open
IoT Lab and to building even more compact devices.”
--Fabien Le Clech, IoT Marketing Project Manager, Orange
“We are pleased to see the launch of the mangOH open hardware platforms,
along with the WP Series modules from Sierra Wireless and look forward
to working together to help drive innovative applications and services
for the quickly growing IoT industry. The Qualcomm® MDM9215
system-on-a-chip, powering some of the mangOH open hardware platforms
and WP Series modules, is designed to support 4G LTE connectivity, GNSS
position location, as well as an integrated A5 CPU. These combined
capabilities are designed to provide developers an advanced toolset to
fully utilize LTE connectivity and compute processing in order to build
IoT proof of concepts quickly.”
--Art Miller, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
“The extensibility of the IoT Connectors into the mangOH platforms
really does make it easy for developers to integrate various wired and
wireless local networks, and we are pleased to see so much variety
available to the mangOH community in this very small form factor.”
--Scott McDermaid, CEO, Talon Communications
mangOH Distributors
“We have done several successful proof-of-concepts and developments
using mangOH Green and the Legato Linux platform with customers. The
addition of mangOH Red will provide a fast-track to the IoT for a
multitude of new customers and applications. With small size and
low-power focus, as well as its ruggedness, cost effectiveness and the
extended on-board functionality, it will attract a wide audience. We
expect mangOH Red to become a default in the toolbox of any developer of
connected devices for the IoT. Acal BFi has invested in competence to
support mangOH Red from a hardware perspective and, maybe even more
important, from a software perspective, where we have several years of
experience.”
--Hans Andersson, Sales Manager IoT & Wireless, Acal BFi Nordic
“We are excited and proud to offer the mangOH Red platform to engineers
around the world. The features, functionality and flexibility of mangOH
Red offer a development and proof-of-concept tool in an industrial
design to make it faster and simpler to launch their product. The
ability to support new connectivity like LTE-M and NB-IoT in the future
on the same toolset gives customers a lot of freedom.”
--David Stein, Vice President Global Semiconductors, Digi-Key Electronics
Pricing and Availability
mangOH Red will be commercially available through preferred distributors
for a limited-time introductory price of $99 USD. Visit
http://mangoh.io/buy
to buy.
Webinar
The Future of Industrial IoT Applications Using Open Source Hardware
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July 9, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Join Ashish Syal, Founder of mangOH Open Hardware, Sierra Wireless,
along with speakers from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Digi-Key
Corporation and Talon Communications to learn about the key design
requirements for future IoT applications, including low-power and
cloud-based Artificial Intelligence for voice applications, and how to
get started developing for the future, today. Learn from developers
around the world about how they’re using mangOH open hardware to
prototype their ideas and turn them into IoT products and services.
Register:
https://cc.callinfo.com/registration/#/?meeting=15zzere84qko6&campaign=1rw36vv71z95q
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About mangOH
mangOH is an open source hardware community for the IoT with platforms
that deliver 90% of the solution prototype out-of-the-box, enabling
software developers to easily build reliable IoT solutions that hardware
designers can customize to rapidly create new IoT devices. It provides:
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Open source and business friendly designs so anyone can copy, modify
and build commercial products;
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Flexible designs to adapt to any IoT use case based on wired,
wireless, and sensor technologies;
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Interoperable, industrial-grade components so that prototypes can be
easily turned into a commercial products; and
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Support for other open source initiatives like the Legato™ Linux
platform to remove the complexity of hardware integration.
For more information, visit
http://mangoh.io
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Note to editors:
The latest mangOH-based IoT innovations and use cases will be featured
at the fifth annual Sierra Wireless Innovation Summit, on June 13, 2017,
in Paris, France. For more information, visit:
https://www.sierrawireless.com/innovation-summit/
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About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) is building the Internet of
Things with intelligent wireless solutions that empower organizations to
innovate in the connected world. Customers Start with Sierra because we
offer the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of 2G, 3G and 4G
embedded modules and gateways, seamlessly integrated with our secure
cloud and connectivity services. OEMs and enterprises worldwide trust
our innovative solutions to get their connected products and services to
market faster. Sierra Wireless has more than 1,100 employees globally
and operates R&D centers in North America, Europe and Asia. For more
information, visit
www.sierrawireless.com
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Connect with Sierra Wireless on the IoT Blog at
http://www.sierrawireless.com/iot-blog
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on Twitter at @SierraWireless, on LinkedIn at
http://www.linkedin.com/company/sierra-wireless
and on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/SierraWireless
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“Sierra Wireless”, and “AirVantage” are registered trademarks, and
“mangOH” and “Legato” are trademarks of Sierra Wireless. Other product
or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to,
among other things, plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement
of our services and products, statements about future market conditions,
supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions, revenues,
gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other expectations,
intentions, and plans contained in this press release that are not
historical fact. Our expectations regarding future revenues and earnings
depend in part upon our ability to successfully develop, manufacture,
and supply products that we do not produce today and that meet defined
specifications. When used in this press release, the words "plan",
"expect", "believe", and similar expressions generally identify
forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current
expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, changes in technology and changes in the
wireless data communications market. In light of the many risks and
uncertainties surrounding the wireless data communications market, you
should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking
statements contained in this press release will be realized.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc is a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the
United States and other countries.
Qualcomm MDM is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT:
Sierra Wireless
Kim Homeniuk, +1 604-233-8028
khomeniuk@sierrawireless.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Sierra Wireless, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ David G. McLennan
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David G. McLennan, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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Date:
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June 13, 2017
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