Israeli IoT device and data management company Friendly Technologies has released its Professional Embedded LwM2M client and associated SDK as a free open-source software project.

The LwM2M client is mainly for IoT device manufacturers to comply with industry standards for efficient mass IoT device deployments, wherein many telcos globally have employed LwM2M as the preferred IoT device management standard.

“We have released a fully-featured, high-quality LwM2M client that is efficient and requires a very low footprint for RAM, flash and CPU resources,” said Tzvi Skapinker, vice president at Friendly Technologies. “An example of this is the ultra low power Cortex M4 and Arm MCUs that some of our customers are using. This announcement arises from our active involvement with OMA SpecWorks, the standards body for IoT device and data management. We felt it our obligation to contribute to the IoT developer community at large to further advance and support efficient IoT device deployments globally.”

The project aims to promote telecommunication and IoT industry maturation worldwide by offering LwM2M resources back to the developer community. The client allows for the interoperability to any standards-based device management platform and can be extended to suit specific IoT target devices or application needs. Organisations that require further support or project assistance can use the professional services team at Friendly.

“Friendly Technologies has invested significant R&D resources developing and maturing the LwM2M client to this point,” said Ilan Migdal, CEO of Friendly Technologies. “A number of our global customers have benefitted from utilising this professional client in their own IoT device developments. As an innovation organisation, we look forward to seeing device vendors adopting LwM2M as their IoT device protocol of choice. This aids the standards for interoperability, it aids and benefits the entire IoT ecosystem.”

In addition to the release of this LwM2M client, Friendly offers a commercial standards-based LwM2M server for testing or lab development purposes.

Friendly Technologies is a provider of operator-class platforms for IoT, smart home and TR-069 device management. It has been providing TR-069 device management to operators and service providers since 2007. When IoT and smart home first appeared, Friendly leveraged its expertise and expanded its offering to these markets.

Today, Friendly has a unified IoT platform for managing LwM2M, MQTT, OMA-DM and TR-069 devices, and a complete offering for the smart home. Its platforms let its customers generate revenue streams in smart home and IoT markets, such as utilities, transportation and smart cities.

The traditional ACS TR-069 for operators and CSPs can improve the customer experience, reduce costs, provision new devices, monitor QoE, and remotely configure and update firmware while providing data information to service providers.

OMA SpecWorks is a standards development organisation where the needs for wireless industry consensus versus the quick and accurate creation of specifications and other technical documentation are balanced via a working group-driven, efficient and agile process. As a non-profit organisation with a history in mobile and IoT technology development, OMA SpecWorks is a specifications factory where companies bring their ideas and talent to build standards that allow products and services to interoperate seamlessly across fixed and mobile wireless data networks.