2014-02-11


Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market.

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According to a report by research firm IDATE, the global M2M communications market is expected to generate revenues over $53 billion, substantially up from $33 billion in 2013. Read Original Content

Juniper Research has weighed in on the M2M forecasting game with its own prediction that service revenues in the industry will reach $20 billion globally in 2015, as players focus on simplifying the process of rolling out M2M technology for end users. Read Original Content

Berg Insight forecasts the total number of cellular machine-to-machine connections in the global retail industry will grow from 18.4 million last year to reach 33.3 million connections in 2018. That’s a compound annual growth rate of 12.6 percent. Read Original Content

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Biometrics Research Group, Inc. estimates the Internet of Things will account for an increasingly large number of connections, from nearly two billion devices today, climbing to nine billion connections by 2018.
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TechNavio's analysts forecast the machine-to-machine market in India to grow at a CAGR of 33.81 percent over the period 2012-2016. The new income opportunities generated through the adoption of M2M technology constitute one of the key factors for this market growth.  Read Original Content


New research from the Smart Cities Council suggests increased spending on smart city solutions this year. Worldwide smart city spending on the Internet of Things will be $265 billion in 2014. Read Original Content

The M2M industry is set to generate annual revenues of $242 billion in 2022, up from $45 billion in 2013, with healthcare one of the driving forces of this dramatic growth, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. Read Original Content

The number of cellular M2M connections in the retail industry reached 18.4 million worldwide in 2013. The figure will grow at a compound annual rate of 12.6 percent during the next five years to reach 33.3 million connections in 2018, according to a report from Berg Insight. Read Original Content

Due to expected infrastructure development prior to the FIFA World Cup, Brazil’s smart meter market revenue will increase more than tenfold, from $36 million in 2013 to $432 million by 2020, at an impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate of 43 percent, forecasts research and consulting firm GlobalData. Read Original Content

Siemens Smart Grid has introduced a comprehensive distribution management system specifically developed for enhancing and expanding smarter grids. Read Original Content

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***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

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