M2M market analyst firm, Beecham Research, has published a report ‘Global M2M Connectivity and Services Forecast’ (price $US2600) in which it predicts that the number of cellular M2M connections worldwide will increase from 172 million in 2013 to one billion by 2020, but with a note of caution in the face of what it says […]
W-Locate spells out smart city trends
Singapore based location services company, W-Locate, has set out what it says will be the key trends in the evolution of the 21st century smart city, resulting from M2M, telematics and the Internet of Things. It says these are “based on the ongoing discussions the company is currently having with operators, businesses and government bodies.” […]
Telsyte says time has come for smart watches in Australia
Market Research firm Telsyte is tipping the Australian smart watch market to be worth in excess of $400m annually by 2018. “With some 370,000 smart watches sold in 2014, Australians are warming to wearable computing,” says Telsyte. “Smart watches have the potential to disrupt the traditional market as people consider wearable devices an extension to […]
Asia Pacific telematics market tipped to lead global growth
Future Market Insights (FMI), in its latest report titled, Asia Pacific Automotive Telematics – Market Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2014 – 2020 (price £3500) predicts the global telematics market to exhibit a single-digit CAGR of 8.8 percent over the forecast period. It says Asia Pacific will outpace this rate to achieve a CAGR of 11.6 […]
Canalys says 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014
According to Canalys more than 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands, with the Moto 360 the clear leader in Q4 despite supply constraints. “LG’s round G Watch R performed significantly better than its original G Watch, while Asus and Sony entered the market with […]
Strategy Analytics forecasts 2.1 billion M2M connections by 2022
A new study from Strategy Analytics, M2M Connections by Industry Vertical and Bandwidth (price $US7,000) predicts m2m connections will grow from 368 million in 2014 to 2.1 billion by 2022, with much of the growth coming from the Asia Pacific region. Also, “The need for speed is also driving new adoptions: 75 percent of new […]
Survey predicts IoT driven industrial revolution
A new survey report, The Third Industrial Revolution: Intelligent Devices, Software, and the Internet of Things, prepared jointly by Flexera Software and IDC, claims to “provide unique insights into how the third industrial revolution sweeping the global economy is being fueled by device manufacturers – transforming their products, business models and revenues streams with intelligent […]
IDC says IoT set for takeoff in Asia Pacific in 2015
IDC in its Government Insights report, Asia/Pacific Public Sector Predictions 2015: Innovation in Government predicts that Asia/Pacific city governments will kickstart pervasive adoption of IoT technologies in 15-20 percent of smart city initiatives. “Asia Pacific city governments are expected to bring about the first wave of IoT adoptions with initiatives aimed at improving city management […]
Gartner predicts big role for cars in IoT’s future
Gartner has issued a set of predictions for the IoT in 2015. The full 10 page report is available, price $US495, from the Gartner web site. Here are some highlights By 2020, there will be a quarter billion connected vehicles (one fifth of all vehicles on the road). “This will have implications across the major […]
Infonetics sizes mobile M2M module market at $4.5b by 2018
Infonetics Research, now part of HIS, is forecasting the global mobile M2M module market to accelerate more noticeably in 2015, and ultimately to nearly triple in value to $4.5b by 2018. John Byrne, directing analyst for M2M and IoT at Infonetics Research, said: “Machine-to-machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming industries and […]
