M2M services

On the back of this development in connectivity for vehicles will come other business opportunities which will add to the demand for traffic on this network.

The vision of M2M services in the connected car is both compelling and reasonably well understood. The OnStar service, launched by GM as long ago as 1996, has provided a template for communication services for both car and driver that has proven both stable and capable of extension.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and the Global M2M Association (GMA), a cooperation of six international tier-one operators (Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia Mobile, Bell Canada and SoftBank) in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market, will showcase their new Multi-Domestic Service at Mobile World Congress 2015. The solution has been implemented already by Orange, TeliaSonera and Bell Canada.

Semtech Corporation has announced that FastNet, a  machine-to-machine (M2M) operator in South Africa, and part of the Telkom SA Group, has selected LoRa technology to target low power connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is expanding fast. Declining costs, improved coverage, more capable radio technologies, regulatory mandates and a growing range of successful applications and business models are all key drivers. And operators now have the opportunity to apply their operations and business support system experience.

Orange Business Services has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the first edition of the GartnerMagic Quadrant for Managed Machine-to-Machine Services. The report evaluated 13 managed machine-to-machine (M2M) service providers, who collectively manage over 70m cellular  M2M connections.

Cambridge, UK – Arkessa Ltd, a provider of IoT and M2M platforms and services has announced its strategic partnership with CGI to deliver complete IoT solutions to enterprise customers.

London, UK, July 15, 2014 – Stream Technologies has announced the agreement with Avanti to provide their satellite services into the M2M & IoT sectors. Stream will shortly onboard the Avanti services onto the Stream IoT-X connectivity platform, enabling enterprise clients to manage and monitor their entire cellular and satellite connectivity from a single user interface.

Lisbon, Portugal – CoSwitched, which operates a GSM machine-2-machine service in partnership with local operators, has expanded its service to six additional countries: Australia, Israel, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and USA.

The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals for the first time that the number of active cellular M2M devices will increase 3-4 times by 2019, from 200 million at the end of 2013. While the majority of cellular M2M devices today are still GSM-only, that is expected to shift by 2016 when 3G/4G will represent the

London, UK, May 9, 2014 – The GSMA welcomes the Brazilian Government’s decision to pass regulation reducing taxation on machine-to-machine devices. The move, which was announced by Brazil’s Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo and signed by President Dilma Rousseff, will significantly reduce the SIM card tax on M2M devices, providing a stimulus for operators to develop services,

Santa Clara, California, USA,  April 16, 2014 – Aeris Communications, the Made for Machines™ technology and service provider, today announced the addition of Michelle Avary as the Vice President, Business Development, Automotive. Avary brings more than 15 years of experience to the role, serving most recently as the Director, Technology Strategy for Harman International. Previously,

Hampshire, UK, 5th February 2014 – A new report from Juniper Research has forecast that M2M service revenues will reach US$20 billion globally in 2015, as players across the M2M industry focus on simplifying the process of rolling out M2M for the end-user.

Miami, Florida, USA – RacoWireless, a global M2M service provider, has unveiled the details of the latest version of its Omega Management Suite™ (OMS) platform, an award-winning device management platform that allows partners to control their connected solutions.

Boston, Massachusetts and Bethesda, Maryland, USA, January 7, 2014 – Wyless, the global M2M managed services provider and ITN International, the provider of mobile NFC and cloud-based event solutions, have announced that ITN is utilising the Wyless Managed Network to provide real time lead management and session tracking at the 2014 International CES, currently taking place

Paris, France and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, January 3, 2014 — Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, has announced the launch of Virdata to provide businesses with cloud-based monitoring and management services for Internet of Things(IoT) and M2M services.