Wireless M2M Devices
Per research by Berg Insight there are 9 million active Wireless M2M devices in US and Canada. The majority of these devices are used in Telematics - tracking vehicles: Freight, Rail, Public Utility vehicles (Garbage etc). The does not account for the work that is being done by companies in Industrial monitoring. This is a far more fragmented market and difficult to measure. But this is the segment where there is a likely progression for wireless M2M based automation and control. The current report focuses on the usual large suspects
- Telematics - as offered by Car Manufactures (OnStar etc)
- Utility Meter Reading
- Security Market ( I disagree with this for now as there first needs to be a solutions for a secure / fault tolerant Wireless connection)
The report continues to claim that market will grow to 66 million by 2011 which may very well be true - But if you account for all the fragmented M2M initiatives that are takign place in teh market this number will be higher.