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104 Million Cellular M2M Modules to Ship in 2013, according to Strategy Analytics
Smart Metering to lead the way, steady growth for Telematics A new Strategy Analytics M2M Strategies report “M2M Devices Annual Sales by Air Interface, Region by Industry Vertical” predicts cellular M2M module shipments will grow from 76 million in 2012 to 104 million in 2013. Legislation such as the European Energy Efficiency Directive and eCall will drive increasing use of M2M in areas such as smart metering and passenger vehicle crash protection. These changes in regulation will have a dramatic effect on the M2M market that will [...]
Connected Devices Market a $1.2 Trillion Revenue Opportunity by 2020; M2M in Intelligent Building and Smart City Sectors to Bring in Billions
The wireless industry could see a $1.2 trillion revenue opportunity out of the connected devices market by 2020. Within this market, machine-to-machine (M2M) is instrumental in enabling communications across wider "horizontal" platforms in several key sectors. Intelligent buildings, second only to Consumer Electronics, is one sector that represents a huge opportunity for M2M. Early growth in this sector will be driven by security applications, but the nascent building automation market will contribute significantly towards the end of the [...]
Facilitating the Promise of Billions of Connections, M2M Software Platform Revenues will Grow to $3.85 Billion by 2017
On the path to billions of connections and the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M Software Platforms are facilitating the next wave of growth. ABI Research projects that revenues from two platforms currently dominating this market, Application Enablement Platforms (AEPs) and Connected Device Platforms (CDPs), will grow to $3.85 billion by 2017. AEPs try to do what mobile application development platforms do for smartphone applications – decrease M2M application development time and extend application reach. AEP application development [...]
Frost & Sullivan’s View on the Battle for M2M Revenue: Telcos Redrawing Revenue Boundaries
Market Leaders Need ICT Convergence Capabilities Tier 1 machine-to -machine (M2M) telecom service providers in Europe are seeking ways to counter the inevitable commoditisation of M2M connectivity. This becomes more critical with the entry of new service providers that are mainly focussed on wholesale M2M capacity. While connectivity is critical for M2M adoption, the challenge for M2M telcos is to provide both connectivity and intelligence to improve customers’ productivity. Frost & Sullivan Senior Industry Analyst, Yiru Zhong, [...]
Value Added Services and Vertical Market Choices Will Determine Operator Winners and Losers in the $31 Billion M2M Services Market
Although operators have relied mostly on connection ARPUs for M2M revenues, network connectivity and connection management revenues represent only 10% to 30% of the M2M value chain dependent upon carrier and geographic location. Value added services for application development, enablement, provisioning, management, and system integration are the bulk of the M2M services opportunity in this growing market that is set to reach $31 billion by 2016. M2M practice director, Dan Shey, states: “No one size fits all. Operator choices to capture [...]
Sierra Wireless and Cinterion Outpace Chinese Firms to Top Rankings in M2M Embedded Cellular Module Market
In a market where module pricing is expected to fall as much as 18% year-over-year through 2015, and many module vendors have turned to acquisition to improve their competitive positioning, Chinese module vendors rank 6 and 7 in ABI Research’s latest M2M competitive assessment. Comments M2M practice director Dan Shey: “Chinese firms have shown to be formidable competitors in many electronics and mobile equipment markets. For example, Huawei has been number one in personal cellular modem shipments since 2007. In the M2M module market, [...]
Trimble and Navman Wireless Poised to Win Big Slice of Multi-Billion Dollar Chinese Commercial Telematics Market
According to ABI Research, the Chinese commercial telematics market is set to prosper in coming years thanks to an anticipated wave of new regulations mandating the use of tracking systems on certain vehicles. However, licensing requirements that require multinational telematics service providers (TSPs) to partner with local players continue to restrict the involvement of Western players. Despite the recent slowdown, the Chinese economy continues to grow and fleet operators struggle to add a sufficient number of vehicles to keep up with [...]
M2M lags behind industry expectations: 132 million cellular connections and US$5.68 billion annualized revenues as of June this year
M2M revenues represent 0.5% of total mobile operator service revenues according to market data issued today by Informa Telecoms & Media. Cellular M2M connections totaled 132 million as of June 2012, and generated US$5.68 billion over the preceding 12 months, according to the latest data from Informa Telecoms & Media. With connections having increased 22% in the last year, the M2M market represents an important new growth area for mobile operators. But it is diminutive compared with the cellular business as a whole. To put the M2M [...]
TV white space industry set to accelerate from 2014
2014 will be a defining year for the emergent TV white space industry, a major study by global spectrum management specialist PolicyTracker has concluded. The sector feels that regulation not technology is its main barrier to success, according to an exclusive survey carried out for the report. Over the next two years, a number of major technology standardisation efforts will reach completion, allowing standards-based white space devices (WSDs) to come onto the market in volume. In parallel, TV white space rule-making will start to [...]
Smart Meter Shipments Will Surpass 130 Million Units by 2016
IDC Energy Insights yesterday released the results of the Worldwide Quarterly Smart Meter Tracker: global smart meter shipments in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12) grew 33.6% over the previous quarter, and were up nearly 51.3% year over year. By the end of 2016, IDC expects worldwide annual meter shipments to surpass 130 million units. While smart metering continues to supplant earlier generations of analog and AMR technologies, shipments are showing different growth patterns across various geographies. The U.S. market continues to [...]
