The U.S. market for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will be 33.3 million connections in 2012 and 114.7 million by 2016, says Compass Intelligence.
Strategy Analytics says cellular M2M connections will increase from 277 million this year to some 2.5 billion in 2020 driven by
AT&T confirmed it plans to shut down its 2G network by Jan. 1, 2017 — a move that could negatively impact the machine-to-machine market.
Carrier plans to re-farm 2G spectrum to support 4G could create headaches for machine-to-machine applications because
AT&T will enable enterprises to switch to backup generators during peak load times to gain discounts from their utility company. Partners