M2M
IoT’s hype cycle
The usual (or unusual) array of weird and wonderful products are being touted in Las Vegas, at the annual CES show. Cars that park themselves, plants that look after themselves, robots that are cool just […]
M2M
Beyond Billing
Bringing order to the Internet of things
The so-called Internet of Things (IoT) is still really confusing to a lot of people. Is my car part of it? What about my fridge and washing machine? How about medical devices? The traditional definition […]
Beyond Billing
Connected cars on the shopping list of 70 percent of owners
Normally we would love a press release that says connected cars are the Next Big Thing. We would immediately fire up the ‘punometer,’ roll up our sleeves and get ready to link the piece to […]
Analytics
M2M – the future is already here
We tend to talk about M2M, or IoT, in the future tense. We tend to think of it as discussion material at conferences. We remember, through a cloud of pain and claustrophobia, that cars seemed […]
Analytics
The journey from control to context – ‘are we there yet?’
There is something incredibly interesting about researching and writing a report on a topic that is ‘front and centre’ of people’s minds. It is like taking a snap shot of an industry, of collecting all the […]
Beyond Billing
Home becomes HoT spot for IoT
The home front has become the new battlefront to capture the hearts, minds and dollars of the connected generation. The battle to own the customer is definitely shifting to who owns the home because it […]
Analytics
The machines are taking over and communications holds the key – in a good way.
In the communications industry we tend to look at life from the inside out. We look at the Over the Top (OTT) players invading our territory and consider them enemies until we consider how to […]
Analytics
Who do you trust in a world of digital disruption?
Or, perhaps, how do you trust in a world of digital disruption? We have been saying for some time that the winning currency in the coming months and years will be trust. The question is […]
Billing
Jim Morrish from Machina Research talks M2M
Telcos are having to reach outside their traditional markets for growth. M2M is an option. It typically doesn’t use a lot of data but it involves a lot of new relationships and this could be […]
Beyond Billing
M2M is not a market – and very complicated
New research from Infonetics forecasts that the ‘M2M’ market will triple in size between now and 2017. They predict it will grow from around $15 billion in 2012 to $31 billion in 2017 – passing […]