The Internet of Things will likely become a mainstream phenomena in a few key industries before it penetrates the whole global networked economy. Therefore, it will be important to share those early-adopter applications with others, so that more broader market development can occur over time. Infonetics Research released excerpts from its new "M2M Connections and Services by Vertical" report, which provides market size, analysis, and forecasts for machine-to-machine (M2M) connections and services by technology, vertical, and geographic region. "M2M is one of the fastest-growing major new segments for service providers," said Godfrey Chua, analyst at Infonetics Research . "We forecast global revenue from M2M services to more than double between 2012 and 2017, from just under $15 billion to $31 billion." That being said, what's often overlooked about M2M is that it will be delivered to the world by way of a portfolio of access technologies -- some ...
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