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Retail Applications and Wireless M2m

The retail industry is an important vertical for cellular M2M connectivity. Berg Insight forecasts that the number of cellular M2M connections in the retail industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6 percent to reach 33.3 million connections worldwide in 2018.

The Global Wireless M2M Market

The global wireless M2M market remained strong in 2012, displaying growth in all major world regions and vertical segments. Berg Insight estimates that shipments of cellular M2M devices increased by 15.2 percent to a new record level of 54.9 million units. Adjusted for churn, this resulted in net additions of 27.5 million M2M connections in 2012, taking the worldwide number of cellular M2M subscribers to an estimated 134.9 million.

Towards Smart Cities and the Role of Machine to Machine Technologies

In this paper, we explore the link between Machine to Machine (M2M) systems and technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities. Whilst M2M deployments have been around for over 20 years and have proved their worth, Smart Cities as such have yet to be created.