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The national water utility, Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE), has just awarded a contract to the Israeli smart water meter supplier ARAD for 45,000 communicating positive displacement water meters.

London, UK. July 9, 2014. Wearable technology connected by the Internet of Things (IoT) may be grabbing headlines but it will fail to achieve its full potential until the developers and marketers conquer some major challenges.

El Segundo, California, USA, June 27, 2014 — Last year, Bosch of Germany was the world’s top supplier of automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors, a market in which shipments continue to expand strongly but where revenue was being squeezed by marked price erosion, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

Southfield, Michigan, USA — When it comes to automotive telematics systems, Chinese consumers prefer embedded solutions already installed in their vehicles at the factory. However, according to IHS Automotive, this is set to change, as systems based on consumer electronics (CE) wireless devices, such as smartphones, are predicted to take the lead in the country’s

Austin, Texas, USA — The global market for water meters enjoyed greater revenue growth than expected last year, thanks to a move toward the use of high-value products, according to a newly released report entitled “The World Market for Water Meters” from IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical information and insight.

Austin, Texas, 3 September, 2013 — In contrast to the sombre mood that many metering manufacturers have been displaying in recent years, worldwide shipments of communication-enabled meters will grow to more than 100 million units annually in 2014, according to IHS Inc., a leading source of global insight and information.

Kirkland, Washington, USA – A string of moves to add increasing levels of Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart technology integration by leading OS providers like Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and most recently, Google, sets the stage for an extraordinary increase in Bluetooth Smart devices.  According to Bluetooth SIG, there was a year on year growth of more than

A new study from IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS, projects that just 10 per cent of the smart home nodes that will be deployed during the period 2010 to 2017 will include proprietary wireless technologies

By the end of 2016, the global installed base of advanced electricity meters is expected to double, according to a new market study from IMS Research

What’s coming in 2013 in the world of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and connected devices? M2M Now talks to a few key industry figures — now tell us if they’re talking sense or if it’s just crystal balls.

Englewood, Colorado, USA. September 6, 2012 — Sam Lucero has been appointed senior principal analyst, M2M & Connected Devices at IHS. IHS recently acquired IMS Research.

Wellingborough, UK. August 20, 2012 — According to IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) the world market for remote monitoring services was worth more than US$29 billion in 2011, equivalent to $2.4 billion in recurring monthly revenues

This report provides shipments and revenue forecasts for each of the nine key vertical markets which are driving the cellular M2M module market ranging from automotive to healthcare to security, and presents in-depth analysis of the specific factors that impact each. With over 95 tables and figures, this report provides extensive data on the cellular M2M module market including numerous market splits by air interface technology and region. Detailed forecasts are offered both on a worldwide level and by vertical market, with market size estimates for 2010 and 2011 and forecasts through 2016.

IMS Research, a leading analyst firm recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), forecasts that more than 100 million smart meters will be deployed with integrated HAN (‘home area network’) gateways in the next five years.