[1] Its technology was used in smart meter solutions, automotive telematics, fleet management systems, wireless alarms, wireless POS devices, fixed cellular terminals and other M2M systems.
[2] Wavecom was founded in 1993[3] by Michel Alard, Aram Hékimian and André Jolivet.
[citation needed] In its first three years of existence, Wavecom operated as an engineering consultancy primarily focused on wireless communication.
By 1996, the founders realized there was a market for a standard GSM module, which could be integrated into mobile phones and other wireless applications.
It natively provides GSM related functions, such as GSM voice calls or data transfer related APIs, in addition to standard operating system functions.