Strategy and Business Innovation for Connectivity and Digital Economy Markets

Two investment themes bookended 2023. In January, the European Union backed a $100m venture capital fund, managed by Momenta Partners. In De...

The turn of the year has triggered many people to reflect on what they were doing 10 years ago. With that in mind, I looked through my track...

My last post examined the direction that several MNOs are taking with their IoT strategies [1]. Applying these trends at an industry level, ...

Looking back over notable, M2M/IoT corporate initiatives in 2017, mobile network operators (MNOs) and technology vendors were the two most...

According to my records, the strength of IoT corporate initiatives witnessed over previous years weakened in 2016, somewhat in contrast to...

A few weeks ago, I commented on a LightReading article [1] on the topic of IoT prospects for wireless operators. I received positive feedbac...

Corporate activity in the M2M/IoT market continues to grow in line with the roughly 30% growth rate that many market analysts forecast for...

Do mobile operators and M2M service providers have a role in the emerging IoT market? This is a hot topic in corporate boardrooms, industry ...

Following several years of rapid growth, the 141 corporate initiatives in 2014 almost matched the 147 events that occurred in 2013 . In 2...

A couple of recent developments are symptomatic of how the M2M market has matured beyond device connectivity. These developments involve Tel...

One of the implementation challenges that historically acted to restrain the M2M market is the issue of vertical-specific requirements. Each...

Ericsson’s 5 February announcement to supply its M2M Device Connection Platform (DCP) in support of XL Axiata in Indonesia has prompted thi...

This note will be updated in light of new alliance announcements.  In July of 2012, seven mobile operators announced a cooperation agreem...