IoT Now Magazine Q4 2022: Double-down, stick or twist, vendors make their moves as IoT matures

There has been a growing volume of assertions that IoT is entering maturity during 2022. Often that has seemed little more than wishful thinking but in the second half of the year, proof has emerged: big acquisitions are happening. Inside this issue: TALKING HEADS – Ajay Joseph tells Matt Hatton why simple, open flexible and

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The M2M world market in 2013

(Blog): In volume terms, the overall M2M market is growing fast in all wireless markets and in all regions. A total of 136 million cellular modules were expected to be active at the end of 2012. According to Samuel Ropert (pictured) of analysts IDATE, overall annual growth for the next four years should top 30%

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M2M cellular connections to exceed 450m by 2018 as profit margins are squeezed, says ABI Research

Oyster Bay, NY, USA (Business Wire) — Global cellular machine-to-machine connections are set to reach over 450 million by 2018, according to ABI Research in an update to its M2M Market Data report. Europe dragged down worldwide connection growth in 2011 and 2012 to the high teens percent but, with improving world economics, connection growth

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NFC coming out of 'trial phase' in 2013 as 285m enabled devices forecast to be shipped — ABI Research

London, UK (BUSINESS WIRE) — ABI Research forecasts that a total of 1.95 billion NFC-enabled devices will ship in 2017, a combination of both handsets and CE devices. The lion’s share of NFC enablement will continue to be focused in the handset market

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Berg Insight predicts 381 million active mobile money users in emerging markets by 2017

According to a new research report by Berg Insight, the number of active mobile money users in emerging markets is forecasted to grow from 61 million in 2011

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M2M will be a 'key global trend' in telecoms, says report

Dublin, Ireland. August 27, 2012. (BUSINESS WIRE) — It may not come as a surprise to those already enjoying rapid revenue growth in M2M communications, but “M2M is going to be a real game-changer”. This is the conclusion of a new report from Research and Markets

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Rise of health apps ensures that healthcare is going mobile, says GlobalData research

London, UK. August 6, 2012 — Mobile health (mHealth) solutions that allow patient consultation and monitoring, among other benefits, are surging in popularity worldwide as the use of smartphones and tablets expands, say healthcare industry analysts at GlobalData.

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M2M service providers: How they stack up in 2012 — new report

Washington, DC, USA / Paris, France. April 24, 2012 — M2M continues as a bright spot in wireless operators’ service growth forecasts. As the Internet of Things takes off, a new report from Current Analysis provides a competitive snapshot of the global network operators and compares their M2M capabilities.

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Container tracking systems' installed base to reach 1.0 million by 2016

Gothenburg, Sweden. February 10, 2012: According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active remote container tracking units deployed on intermodal shipping containers was 77,000 in Q4, 2011.

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New Market Report now available: Home Energy Management – Beyond the Numbers

Home energy management (HEM) is a hot topic for several good reasons: 1) Consumers want to reduce the amount they spend each month; 2) Utilities need to switch from a model of getting people to consume more to consuming less; and

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European M2M market recovering quickly, says IDC

The European machine-to-machine (M2M) market is quickly recovering from the economic crisis of 2008–2009 and is starting to prosper again with growth rates exceeding 12% over the 2010–2015 period, according to research from International Data Corporation (IDC).

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