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• Mobile Operators Reclaiming the Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-23

  NEW YORK -- The M2M (machine-to-machine) connectivity market has always seemed to be the playground of specialists: mobile virtual network operators MVNOs and M2M mobile operators MMOs. These aggregators, such as Jasper Wireless and Aeris Communications, have garnered most of the limelight in recent years. But increasingly, mainstream mobile...

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• Telematics Outshines Telemetry in North America, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-02-22

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Super Bowl 2008 showcased not only athletic talent but also the growing presence of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) technology. Both the New York Giants and the New England Patriots employed cellular M2M and GPS systems in team vehicles, ensuring the wellbeing of all players and employees by tracking each...

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• Sprint-Clearwire Split No Threat to WiMAX for M2M, says ABI Research

  - 2007-12-03

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The recent statement by Sprint and Clearwire announcing the end of their proposed WiMAX partnership may have sent shudders through planners hoping that WiMAX will facilitate machine-to-machine (M2M) communications in the future. But according to ABI Research, there's no need to get nervous.

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• Service Provider Specialization Helping to Advance Overall M2M Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-11-15

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A key challenge to growth in the cellular M2M market has been the complexity of application development. However, ABI Research notes that in the past six months, service providers in the market have introduced offerings designed to give application developers important tools to ease the development burden...

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• M2M Vendors Focus on Service Offerings to Counter the Threat of Module Commoditization, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-31

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Wavecom, a leading M2M wireless module vendor, recently announced a partnership with M2M mobile operator Jasper Wireless to offer Wavecom's "StarService" on Jasper Wireless' global service platform. StarService, which enables customers to obtain the WM50 module from Wavecom for free with the remote device management service, is...

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• Cellular M2M ARPU Holding Firm Despite Lower Data Costs, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-09-19

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Although per-megabyte costs for data transmission over cellular networks continue to fall, the average revenue per user earned by operators offering cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) services shows no sign of declining, according to new findings from ABI Research.

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• Increased Interest in WiMAX Will Impact the Cellular M2M Market, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-09-12

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The cellular M2M market will be impacted by the growing momentum behind the deployment of WiMAX as a next-generation WWAN communications technology. WiMAX is even more spectrally efficient and cost-effective to operate in carrier networks when compared with W-CDMA and CDMA EV-DO, making WiMAX very suitable for...

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• Cellular Machine-to-Machine Communications Revenues to Quadruple by 2012, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-08-21

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- ABI Research forecasts that revenues for cellular M2M communication services will rise from approximately $2 billion in 2006 to more than $8 billion in 2012.

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• Cellular M2M Module Markets to Show 31% Growth Rate to 2012, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-07-05

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Global markets for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) modules will experience a smooth and solid growth trajectory in coming years, according to a new ABI Research study. The compound annual growth rate during the forecast period between 2006 and 2012 is expected to reach 31%. Although cellular M2M module...

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• M2M market to use Wi-Fi, WiMAX, report says.(Metrics)

  - 2007-05-28

  Third-generation networks are expected to capture only 30 percent of the machine-to-machine communications market by 2012, predicts a new report from ABI Research. "Municipal Wi-Fi and WiMAX will both challenge 3G cellular technology as Third-generation networks are...

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