Nearly 200m machines connected to mobile networks by 2012
M2M connections to grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million connections by 2012
According to new report from analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of cellular network connections used for machine-to-machine communication will grow from 37.5 million connections in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.9% to 186 million connections in 2012.
GSM and legacy technologies currently dominate the market and accounted for about three-quarters (71%) of the total number of active connections at the end of 2007. CDMA was the second largest technology with a strong foothold in
Berg Insight believes that current machine-to-machine applications correspond to between 1–3% of the reported number of mobile subscribers in developed markets. In
However, Berg Insight forecasts that vehicle telematics applications will dominate the machine-to-machine cellular market in most parts of the world and account for more than half of all network connections in 2012.
“Safety and security concerns – manifested either in public regulations or customer preferences – is tipping the balance in favour of massive rollouts of telematics applications by the global automotive industry”, comments Tobias Ryberg, senior analyst, Berg Insight.
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