Telecom and power utility companies have new opportunities to collaborate on IP networks, says NISC, a provider of software to both industries.



The number of so-called smart cities will more than quadruple worldwide, to 88, within a 12-year period beginning 2013. Investment will grow from $1B annually to

Home monitoring device sales nearly doubled in the last year, says ABI, which forecasts that nearly 500 billion devices will be installed by 2018.

Traditional cellular carriers that provide machine-to-machine connectivity will see new competition now that the FCC has given Access Spectrum more flexibility in how it uses its spectrum.
