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$1.26 Billion in Revenue from Commercial Fleet Telematics in Government Sector by 2018
ABI Research forecasts that the total revenue, comprising hardware shipments, and service subscriptions, for commercial fleet telematics in the government sector will increase from a total of $618 million at the end of 2012 to $1.26 billion globally by the end of 2018. In the current economic climate, government and public sector agencies are under relentless pressure to reduce costs whilst at the same time maintain service levels, and are looking at ways of improving the utilization of their vehicle fleets and ensuring that these fleets [...]
South America Smart Grid Market: $49.8bn by 2023
Two-thirds of electricity generation in South America comes from renewable hydropower, giving it one of the cleanest power sectors in the world. However, there are major problems with electric transmission and distribution infrastructure. A distribution loss rate of 15.5% is the highest in the world due to pervasive electricity theft and power outages are a continuing problem. As a result, an increasing share of electricity infrastructure spending is being allocated to smart grid investments that can help solve the numerous problems plaguing [...]
Intelligent Systems Transforming the Embedded Industry and Driving the Value Among M2M and the Internet of Everything
IDC study finds that billions of new users and billions more machines will drive the intelligent systems market to over 5 billion units and nearly $2.4 trillion in revenue by 2017. Among the billions of user-driven and machine-driven systems that will connect to the Internet and conduct transactions in the Internet of Everything market over the next five years, the real value will be captured primarily by intelligent systems, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) study, The Rise of Intelligent Systems: 2013–2017 Market [...]
Faster White Space Ecosystem Expansion Needed for Internet Everywhere and M2M
Google, Microsoft Need to Recruit Device and Chipset Giants to White Space Effort. White Space spectrum use is moving forward in the US and UK markets but more work is needed to broaden the ecosystem, states Strategy Analytics. Internet giants Google and Microsoft are driving the push for White Space to support affordable ubiquitous broadband connectivity to help them reach a larger potential market and extend their service portfolio, but participation by chipset and device leaders is lagging. The Strategy Analytics Wireless Networks [...]
2G M2M Modules Maintained Shipment Dominance in 2012; Revenues to Break the $1 Billion Mark in 2013, According to ABI Research
M2M Modules based on 2G technologies continued to dominate shipments in 2012 with over 70% market share. As a result, module revenues did not break the $1 billion mark as hoped and the average module price continued to decline. “Cellular M2M module price competition was intense in 2012 driven by several factors.” says practice director, Dan Shey, says: “Europe was not the traditional M2M module bellwether market and continued to decline in share of module shipments; some Chinese vendors competed aggressively in the higher volume 2G [...]
Strategy Analytics: Axeda leads M2M Application Development Platform (ADP) Market
Sierra Wireless, ILS Technology and ThingWorx also companies to watch. Axeda is ranked as the leading machine-to-machine (M2M) Application Development Platform (ADP) vendor in a new Competitive Assessment released by Strategy Analytics, "M2M Application Development Platforms (ADP): Competitive Vendor Assessment." Its highly scalable, flexible and rich application development platform as well as its extensive ecosystem of partners and numerous cross-industry deployments in multiple markets, underpinned by consultancy and integration services [...]
Frost & Sullivan: European M2M Market Consolidates to Optimise Future Opportunities
With connectivity already in focus, the next wave of profits to come off M2M applications. As the convergence of the information and communications with other industries drives advanced concepts including connected health, smart utility, and smart transport systems, mobile network operators (MNOs) are expanding their machine-to-machine (M2M) portfolios. Europe is at the forefront in the evolution of technologies to drive growth and competitiveness. Currently, the focus revolves around M2M connectivity, but the next and more profitable wave [...]
Smart Grid Revenue in China Will Surpass $15 Billion a Year by 2020
China is in the midst of its latest national development strategy, better known as the 12th Five-Year Guideline, which will continue through 2015. One of the Guideline’s primary goals is “strengthening the construction of smart grid.” With the support of the government-owned State Grid Corporation of China, as well as many provinces and cities, this effort is progressing rapidly. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, annual revenue from smart grid deployments in China will reach $15.4 billion by 2020. “The area [...]
More Than 30 Billion Devices Will Wirelessly Connect to the Internet of Everything in 2020
ABI Research's latest data on the Internet of Everything (IoE) shows that there are more than 10 billion wirelessly connected devices in the market today; with over 30 billion devices expected by 2020. Peter Cooney, practice director said: "The emergence of standardized ultra-low power wireless technologies is one of the main enablers of the IoE, with semiconductor vendors and standards bodies at the forefront of the market push, helping to bring the IoE into reality. The year 2013 is seen by many as the year of the Internet of Everything, [...]
Disposable Wireless Sensor Market Shows Signs of Life – Healthcare Shipments to Reach 5 Million in 2018
The market for disposable wireless Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) sensors within professional healthcare is in its earliest stages, but key foundations to support adoption are now in place. There is also tremendous potential for adoption. So much so that by 2018, close to 5 million disposable sensors will be shipped even though MBAN sensors will have still barely penetrated the addressable market. MBAN sensors will enable patient monitoring information such as temperature to be collected automatically from a wearable thermometer sensor. [...]
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