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Embedding cellular mobile communications technology into machines—what we call “mobilizing the machine”—has the potential to be the first major communications breakthrough of the twenty-first century. Mobile-enabled machines can transmit and receive information instantaneously from almost anywhere. This capability improves efficiency, reduces costs and improves response times. It also opens the door to new revenue opportunities and new ways of both working and relaxing.

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“M2M” is the abbreviated form of "Machine-to-Machine". The term is used to refer to machine-to-machine communication, i.e., automated data exchange between machines. (“Machine” may also refer to virtual machines such as software applications.) Viewed from the perspective of its functions and potential uses, M2M is causing an entire “internet of things”, or internet of intelligent objects, to emerge.

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At the end of 2009 there were approximately 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions in the world, of which the vast majority were mobile phones and mobile broadband modems. With current growth rates there will be more mobile subscriptions than people on earth well before the end of the decade.

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Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is a healthy sector that’s expanding rapidly and generating significant revenues for mobile network operators (MNOs). Devices outnumber subscribers by an order of magnitude, but the term doesn’t do justice to the concept and the market it represents.

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Learn how M2M technology enables economic incentives and influences positive consumer behavior.

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With the market for machine to machine solutions now set to take off, and some analysts calling this growth to go from $20 billion now to $220 billion in three years, this paper looks at those applications likely to drive growth and key issues to consider in choosing a suitable m2m device vendor.