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By 2016, global cellular M2M connections will balloon to 313 million, says a Yankee Group analyst, as more enterprises and consumers realise business benefits and improved experiences from connected devices.

Machina Research updates its M2M Leaderboard, ranking MNOs on expected success between now and 2020. Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and AT&T remain top, with Telefónica moving up one place to 4th.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA — In a new report by Yankee Group entitled ‘M2M Platform Update: 2012 Brings Continued Consolidation’ machine-to-machine (M2M) communications sector analyst, John Keough (pictured) says that the M2M industry has begun 2012 with three announcements aligning pure platform companies with large M2M players, but many still need to clarify their business models.

AT&T Location Information Services go global

28 February 2012, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona — AT&T has announced a significant addition to its global portfolio – a worldwide platform system featuring a single SIM offering expansive global coverage.

Conserving energy, checking on the welfare of loved ones, or maximising home security can now be as easy as pressing a key on your smartphone or tapping the screen of your tablet. AT&T has designed a new platform to offer these types of connections to service providers around the globe.

2011 was an exciting year for M2M, kicked off by a great deal of attention and recognition at Mobile World Congress. Though expectations of world domination have not quite been fulfilled just yet,

Vodafone is the CSP best positioned to take advantage of the global M2M market opportunity between now and 2020 according to a new study from Machina Research.

Integrated offering provides one stop access to M2M application development and delivery for businesses.

If you’re tired of losing sleep because you can’t take your eye off of the baby monitor, some much needed rest is on the way. AT&T and Exmovere have announced an agreement to wirelessly enable Exmovere’s patented biosensor baby pyjamas, Exmobaby.

A claimed first in the industry, Multi-Tech Systems, a manufacturer of M2M cellular modems, has announced the availability of its MultiConnect™ OCG-E, embedded version of the Open Communication Gateway.

Palo Alto, California, USA. 18 September, 2011 — AT&T (NYSE:T) is taking down the protective walls it has built over the years around its applications infrastructure, and the operator is inviting app developers to come and play with its Application Program Interfaces (APIs).

AT&T and Digi have joined forces to offer Digi X-Grid, a suite of products and services designed to bring connectivity to energy-oriented devices in homes and businesses.

AT&T has given official approval to the Lisa surface-mount 3G module from Swiss positioning and wireless chip and module company U-Blox for use on its mobile broadband network.

The machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless network services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 27 per cent from 2010 to 2014, according to a report by Technavio.

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