Telecoms

People are demanding more connectivity and higher quality of service – and are ready to pay for it, according to Amdocs research into consumer attitudes. The company recently released the

Operators including Vodafone, O2, Telefonica, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint are putting significant resources into developing M2M (Machine to Machine) business units.

The value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and NFC transactions will reach US$670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year,

In a clear statement of intent, Telekom Austria has confirmed the founding of a new subsidiary – TA Group M2M GmbH.

TeliaSonera has signed the cooperation agreement with France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom to increase the quality of service and interoperability for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications.

The stage is set for telematics to make waves in the automotive industry, but what are the factors driving this change and what role will mobile operators, car manufacturers and

Deutsche Telekom is providing the M2M Toolkit to developers and application solution providers to simplify and accelerate their M2M application development. The kit includes product-ready devices and a complete suite

The Telstra Wireless M2M Control Centre is an online portal managed in partnership with global platform provider Jasper Wireless. “It’s a powerful ‘remote control’ that can save a business time

Isabella Products, a mobile Internet device and services company, today announced that it has selected Vodafone, to provide wireless connectivity to its range of mobile products and services in Europe.

Massive growth in shipments of wireless M2M modules for security applications in EU27+2 is foreseen, if reports are to be believed. The projections point at growth from 2.4 million in

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

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

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.

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.