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Wouldn’t it be nice if M2M applications came with a user manual? A simple, straightforward, and preferably illustrated guide showing how to connect assets to networks

Qualcomm Atheros, in a collaboration with Freescale, has created a tiny SIP chip package which will hold a full WiFi connection for machine to machine (M2M) applications, measuring just 8.3 mm by 9.2 mm

Several technology trends are rapidly converging to accelerate the growth of the machine-to-machine (M2M) services market. First, most network-centric organisations, including telecommunications service providers, utility companies and enterprises, are migrating to all-iP infrastructures,

Energy providers are facing numerous billing and charging challenges. In increasingly competitive energy markets, providers need to offer pre-paid and post-paid billing, timed tariffs, and load-sensitive pricing

Wireless operators are beginning to appreciate the network implications of addressing the M2M market.

Junifer Systems, a provider of back office solutions for the utility industry, has been selected to deliver its Utility CIS to E.ON’s Sustainable Energy business.

The number of mobile money subscribers in emerging markets is forecasted to grow from 133 million users in 2010 at a compound annual growth rate of 40% to reach 709 million users in 2015, according to a report from Berg Insight.

Revenue streams in areas such as cloud, M2M and mobile financial services could save mobile network operators (MNOs) from a “nightmare” scenario, according to a report from Juniper Research.

By 2020 there will be 1.5 billion M2M connections in the utilities business, the vast majority being smart meters, according to a report from Machina Research.

Orange and Barclaycard today launch ‘Quick Tap’ – the UK’s first contactless mobile phone payments service,  allowing consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone.

With traditional revenue streams like Voice getting saturated in most markets around the world, M2M holds the promise of generating new avenues for revenue generation.

M2M connections will be the catalyst for over US$35bn of service revenues across a diverse range of industry sectors by the end of 2016, according to a report from Juniper Research.

The M2M market is becoming hard to define due to its rapid evolution, according to a report from Current Analysis.

An in-depth assessment and analysis of chipsets and an analysis of the various sensor and M2M network layers is available in a report from West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS).

According to a survey of 100 marketing and IT managers at UK retail businesses and 1000 UK consumers, conducted by Vanson Bourne, the market is poorly poised

There is a growing consensus among industry observers that M2M is poised to be a major growth area for telecom companies over the next five years. Spurred by recent advancements in mobile technology, supply-chain maturity