M2M market

The M2M World Alliance, which is comprised of Etisalat, KPN, NTT DOCOMO, Rogers, SingTel, Telefonica, Telstra and VimpelCom, has officially unveiled its solution which aims to simplify and promote the adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications worldwide.

Vancouver, Canada. November 21, 2013 — Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) has submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) against Nokia for anti-competitive behaviour, and a request for  the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to start a formal investigation.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Sao Paulo, Brazil — Wyless, a global M2M managed services provider and TM Data, the first Brazilian M2M operator, have agreed the acquisition by Wyless of a majority stake in TM Data and the joint formation of Wyless TM Data Brazil. And one analyst says this makes Wyless more of a

(Paderborn, Germany. August 29, 2013) — Orga Systems has joined the M2M Alliance, said to be ‘the world’s biggest M2M association’. Orga Systems is a global vendor of real-time charging and billing software solutions with a customer base across the telecommunications, utilities and M2M markets.

(Newbury, UK) — Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is going to be big in every industry – very big. So says mobile network operator Vodafone, whose analysts forecast that 2.1 billion devices will be internet-connected by the end of the decade.

Newbury, UK. June 26, 2013 — Vodafone today announced the launch of its first annual ‘M2M adoption barometer’ report, which finds that 50% of companies surveyed will have adopted the technology by 2015.

Moscow, Russia. June 3, 2013 — Officials from three federal operators have met in Moscow to confirm their planned discussions on co-operating to create a joint system for handling emergencies. The co-operating countries are the Republics of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.

(VIDEO INTERVIEW): Oozi Cats, CEO of Telit Wireless Solutions, and Jeremy Cowan, editor of M2M Now, discuss the future direction of the M2M market.

CTIA 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA. May 20, 2013 — A new non-profit trade body for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, the International M2M Council (IMC), is to be launched this week at CTIA 2013. The founding members include Deutsche Telekom, Digi, Huawei, KORE, Oracle, ORBCOMM and Telit.

Minnetonka, Minn, USA – Digi International is taking part in the deployment of more than 500 sensor nodes at Google’s developer conference, Google I/O. The Data Sensing Lab project demonstrates how real-time machine-to-machine (M2M) data can provide insight into customer behaviours and preferences.

Steve Priestley has been with Wyless since March when he joined as managing director, EMEA. Here, M2M Now talks to him about Wyless’ company strategy for expansion, how its managed services offering is developing, and the expected impact of global operator alliances.

M2M Now magazine explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing CSPs across this sector. And in our exclusive interviews passes on some lessons learned by those who have taken the first steps in next gen M2M services. In the latest issue: TALKING HEADS: ILS readies for the challenge as CEO Yentz predicts a battle for M2M

Compass Intelligence, a global consulting and market analytics firm, has released its latest forecast of the M2M market. The US cellular M2M market will reach 33.3 million connections in 2012 and grow to 114.7 million connections by 2016 with a CAGR of over 36%.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the Telematics and Consumer Electronics sectors are rapidly becoming the two anchor industries for the M2M market, challenging the position of smart metering.

M2M Now magazine explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing CSPs across this sector. And in our exclusive interviews passes on some lessons learned by those who have taken the first steps in next gen M2M services. In the latest issue: TALKING HEADS: Wyless sees M2M market shifting as clients demand more complex services SECURITY ISSUE:

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,