Ovum outlines operators’ M2M opportunities and forecasts revenues will more than treble by 2018

London, UK  – Forecasts from the global analyst Ovum show that over the next five years, M2M revenues will grow to reach US$44.8bn, with more than a third coming from the Asia-Pacific region.

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Hello! Hello! Can you hear me?

(Blog): “Can you call me back on my landline; the mobile signal is not very good in my office?” I find myself using those words an awful lot these days. This isn’t how it used to be, I thought, before T-Mobile and Orange in the UK metamorphosed into EE and the coverage dropped dramatically. And

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Ovum sees a US$1.5bn opportunity for PON vendors from China’s smart grids

The deployment of smart grids based on PON fiber communications will provide a US$1.5–$2bn opportunity to FTTx PON component and equipment vendors, according to global analyst firm Ovum

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Give us your verdict on 2013 Predictions in M2M, smart cities, connected devices and NFC

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.

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Smart cities inhibited by slow IT-based modernisation, warns Ovum

London, UK – The huge and diverse market for ICT-based smart city initiatives is driving a flurry of ‘smart’ and ‘intelligent’ vendor solutions, says Ovum. Yet this market’s potential is being inhibited by immature standards, rigid and siloed infrastructures, limited budgets, and fragmented and politicised decision-making, warns the global analyst firm.

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Customers starting to realise the importance of addressing support for IPv6, says Ovum

London, UK. June 6, 2012 — Today sees thousands of internet service providers (ISPs) and websites around the world permanently enable Internet Protocol version 6 for their products and services as part of the World IPv6 Launch, organised by the Internet Society.

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