The Global Wireless M2M Market
The global wireless M2M market remained strong in 2012, displaying growth in all major world regions and vertical segments. Berg Insight estimates that shipments of cellular M2M devices increased by 15.2 percent to a new record level of 54.9 million units. Adjusted for churn, this resulted in net additions of 27.5 million M2M connections in 2012, taking the worldwide number of cellular M2M subscribers to an estimated 134.9 million.
Towards Smart Cities and the Role of Machine to Machine Technologies
In this paper, we explore the link between Machine to Machine (M2M) systems and technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities. Whilst M2M deployments have been around for over 20 years and have proved their worth, Smart Cities as such have yet to be created.
