Comments on: Will Carriers Be Big Players in the Internet of Things?

By: Why Internet of Things Will Change Mobile Networks: Tech News and Analysis «

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:01:40 +0000

[...] The connected devices that use machine-to-machine connections include in-car telematic systems, e-book readers, e-frames, cellular-based security alarms and smart meters with GPRS connections. And that’s only a start! Berg forecasts that the majority of next five billion mobile connections would be hooking into consumer devices, machines and sensors. It’s no surprise that mobile operators such as Sprint and Verizon are betting big on M2M communications and have set-up dedicated units to cash in on this opportunity. [...]

By: Mobile Connections: Over 5 Billion Served

Mobile Connections: Over 5 Billion Served — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:32:45 +0000

[...] mainly on handset subscribers, I wonder if its own future estimates are low. As more devices become connected through the Internet of things, the overall connection numbers should rise accordingly. E-book readers such as the Kindle, [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:32:41 +0000

The problem with this will be when they need to split the spectrum they own into 3G and 4G out of the same block.

It is an illusion that moving traffic to 4G will relieve 3G if it is out of the same spectrum block.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:13:05 +0000

Additionally, Harbor Research predicts that there will be 1 billion Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connected devices by 2015.

http://www.harborresearch.com/_blog/Smart_Business_Blog/post/It's_About_All_The_Smart_Devices_Dummy/