Cellular Network Connections for M2M Communication to Reach 186 Million in 2012

(Business News & Technology News, 7 May 2008)

The number of cellular network connections used for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication will grow from 37.5 million connections in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.9 percent to 186 million connections in 2012, according to a new report by market analyst firm Berg Insight.

GSM and legacy technologies currently dominate the market and accounted for about 71 percent of the total number of active connections at the end of 2007. CDMA was the second largest technology with a strong foothold in North America and parts of Asia-Pacific. WCDMA has so far primarily been adopted for M2M applications in Japan. Elsewhere the adoption is held back by high component costs and limited network coverage.

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