London (19 August 2015): The largest and fastest-growing trade association for the technology sector known as the Internet of Things or machine-to-machine communications, will make the phrase “IoT” a part of its name moving forward. The group that has been known as the International M2M Council will operate under the new name IoT M2M Council (retaining the acronym, IMC) moving forward, making its new web address iotm2mcouncil.org

“The change in our name acknowledges a perceptual shift towards the Internet of Things at the top of the market, and yet the heritage of machine-to-machine communication is as vibrant as ever,” says Alex Brisbourne, IMC chairman and CEO of KORE. “In many industrial sectors, M2M remains the accepted nomenclature and, in fact, the two phrases vary in interpretations mainly depending on the industry or geography where the conversation takes place. Our new name ‘IoT M2M Council’ is meant to reflect a spirit of inclusivity and resonate with the entire population of stakeholders,” says Brisbourne.

The IMC has amassed over 10,000 Adopter Members on six continents since early 2014, almost entirely comprised of OEMs, enterprise users, and applications developers that deploy IoT and M2M solutions. IMC Adopter Members come from eight vertical-market sectors, including energy, healthcare, transportation, logistics, retail, manufacturing, government, and building & construction. For these buyers of IoT and M2M solutions, IMC provides newsletters tailored to specific vertical markets, case studies stressing the ROI of IoT investment, white papers, blog entries, and live educational content.

For solutions providers in the IoT/M2M sector, the IMC produces quantitative data on buying patterns, helps to establish channel relationships, provides promotional platforms to access its 9,000 members, and thought leadership to post position papers and blog entries, as well as presentations at live events.

About the IoT M2M Council

The IMC is the largest trade group dedicated to the global IoT sector – with over 28,000 rank-and-file Adopter Members around the world that qualify as buyers of IoT solutions in 30 vertical markets. Sustaining/board companies include A1 Digital, Aeris, Blues Wireless, Digi International, Emnify, Finite State, floLIVE, Giesecke+Devrient, Globalstar, Ground Control, Hologram, iBasis, IoT Launch, KORE, KYOCERA AVX, MultiTech, Pairpoint, Pelion, Quectel, Simplex Wireless, Somos, Telit Cinterion, Thales and Vodafone IoT. Visit iotm2mcouncil.org