Aeris Communications, a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communication service provider in North America, and Kyocera Wireless, a global manufacturer of wireless handsets, accessories, and software, announced the launch of Kyocera Early Adopter Program for Aeris.

The Early Adopter Program intends to accelerate the delivery of customer applications by providing application developers access to Aeris North American network free of cost during the development of applications using Kyocera's new 300 and 1xD Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modules, said the official announcement from the two companies.

“The Kyocera Early Adopter Program for Aeris was designed to accelerate a new solution's time-to-market by giving system integrators access to a Kyocera Development Kit with modules pre-activated for Aeris network before they are commercially released later this summer. In addition, participating integrators receive up to three months free access to the Aeris CDMA network with a subscription to AerPort, Aeris' online customer portal,” said the announcement.

Kyocera Wireless (News - Alert) modules are designed to enable real-time communication over CDMA2000 Single Carrier Radio Transmission Technology (1xRTT) networks. These M2M modules include simple data-only Kyocera 1xD, Kyocera 200 and the new Kyocera 300. Kyocera 300 modules are characterized by integrated Qualcomm (News - Alert) chipsets for a streamlined form factor, lower power consumption, and extended operating temperatures. They also have stand-alone global positioning system (GPS) capability to digital voice and packet data communications, said the company.

According to Bob Schoenfield, vice president of business development, Aeris, Early Adopter Program allows application developers to utilize service capabilities that have been designed to its networks and new Kyocera modules.

"This program is unique to Aeris and offers extremely easy enrollment and start-up. After a customer signs up, we establish virtual private network (VPN) connectivity and provide Aeris quick start training, quickly preparing the customer to begin the development and testing process with full Aeris developer support," said Schoenfield in a statement.

"Early access to our advanced CDMA modules, tools and support plus free Aeris network access provides system integrators with a significant time to market advantage," said Dean Fledderjohn, general manager of the M2M product line at Kyocera Wireless, in a statement.

Kyocera Wireless, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyocera International, had acquired Qualcomm CDMA consumer wireless phone business in February 2000.