US-based Eagle Electronics has acquired Wireless Mobility to form a combined company called Eagle Wireless with former Quectel president Norbert Muhrer as CEO and Joel Young as chief technology officer.

Both have decades of experience leading IoT hardware manufacturers on different continents and ex-Digi (www.digi.com) CTO Young is a chairman emeritus of the IoT M2M Council (www.iotm2mcouncil.org), the largest trade organisation serving the IoT sector.

The combined company will aim to be the defining Western module vendor serving the automotive and IoT markets at scale with equally strong US and international presences.

This combination comes as new US regulations, including the Connected Vehicles Rule, create opportunities in the market requiring a cyber-secure and resilient supply chain, accelerating demand for secure, trusted, Western connectivity providers.

From day one, Eagle Wireless, which has domestic manufacturing in Solon, Ohio, will have a global R&D presence with employees across North America, Europe and Apac. The business plans to more than double the team over the next 12 months to support rapidly expanding customer demand from OEMs, tier-one suppliers and IoT providers.

“I am thrilled about running Eagle Wireless with a highly competent and motivated team to create the new industry leader in an increasingly geopolitically sensitive market,” said Muhrer. “The demand is staggering and it needs a company that is equally well positioned in the USA and internationally in R&D and supply chain. Trust, competence and customer proximity combined with a will to succeed is what defines Eagle Wireless. We have only one target: satisfy the customer and be their partner of choice.”

Muhrer previously helped scale three module businesses over the past 25 years, bringing deep experience in building global product portfolios, supply chains and customer relationships in automotive and IoT. He left Quectel (www.quectel.com) at the end of May 2025 after seven years.

Automotive and IoT customers increasingly require long-life, secure and reliable cellular modules that can be deployed globally under tightening regulatory and cyber-security standards. While several Western players focus on either automotive or IoT, Eagle Wireless says it is the only Western module vendor purpose-built to serve both.

TJ Dembinski, co-founder and current CEO of Eagle Electronics, will stay on the board and become president, continuing to lead the company with a focus on the USA.

“From the moment we started Eagle, we were building for scale,” said Dembinski. “This announcement is the culmination of a lot of hard work. This is a great deal for the market and our customers; we now have the engineering resources to serve customer’s needs and management that has built and seen scale in the IoT and automotive businesses before.”

The board of directors will be strengthened with the additions of Dawn Meyerriecks and Martin McCourt. Meyerriecks, former head of science and technology at the CIA, brings expertise at the intersection of national security, technology and supply chains. McCourt, a software security and IoT veteran, acquired Cinterion Wireless Modules while at Gemalto and then contributed to success at Sierra Wireless as an independent board member.

Mark Kvamme will continue in his role as co-founder and executive chairman, working closely with Muhrer and Dembinski.

“When we started this company, we knew there was a need for a US-focused module vendor,” said Kvamme. “The more time we’ve spent in the market, the more we’ve realised that customer’s needs are global.”

Regulations such as the Connected Vehicles Rule, which dictates the hardware and software that is sold into the US automotive market, are reshaping global supply chains for connectivity and connected devices. OEMs and enterprises are now urgently seeking trusted, Western-controlled module partners to de-risk their platforms.

Eagle Wireless is directly aligned with this shift with Western leadership and board members steeped in national security, telecommunications and global module businesses. It is focused on compliance and security, with design, engineering and supply chain strategies built to meet evolving US and allied-country standards.

With the acquisition, Eagle Wireless (www.eaglewireless.com) will offer an expanded portfolio of cellular modules (4G, 5G, LPWA and beyond), a global presence, and integration services tailored for the automotive and IoT segments. This will allow customers to standardise on a single Western module partner across product needs and have confidence in a partner that is aligned with US and allied Western regulatory requirements.