Cellular M2M Connections: An Analysis of Growth Drivers, Market Segments and Operator Approaches

Summary
This report looks at the developments in the cellular M2M market, providing in-depth country, regional and application-level forecasts underpinned by an in-depth analysis of some of the key drivers and challenges that the market faces: This is of particular importance given the variance in forecasts available.

Key Findings
The cellular machine-to-machine opportunity is diverse, dynamic and growing fast. It provides connectivity for a huge variety of different devices and machines including utility meters, vehicles, sensors, point of sales terminals, security devices, consumer electronics devices and many more. The market is also changing in a number of different ways including the business models that operators adopt, the regulations that are key to driving growth, the network technologies used, the ways in which different elements of the value chain are working together and the various developments in different countries and regions of the world. This report looks at these different developments, providing in-depth country, regional and application-level forecasts underpinned by an in-depth analysis of some of the key drivers and challenges that the market faces: This is of particular importance given the variance in forecasts available. It also provides an analysis of mobile operator approaches to the market, both in terms of some of the most advanced markets as well as a look at developments in key emerging countries such as China and Brazil.

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Executive summary
Section 1: Market overview and background
1.1 Definitions and overview
1.2 Application overview
1.3 Technology trends
1.4 2G, 3G and 4G
1.5 Module pricing trends
Section 2: M2M value chain and MNO positioning
2.1 Overview
2.2 M2M value chain
2.3 MNOs in the value chain
2.4 Operator approaches in emerging markets
Section 3: Examining cellular M2M market drivers, challenges and forecasts
3.1 M2M growth drivers and challenges
3.1.1 Regulations
3.1.2 Competing technologies
3.1.3 The impact of mobile data tethering
3.2 Global forecast
3.2.1 Global forecast breakdown by region
3.2.2 Global forecast breakdown by applications
3.3 Country- and regional-level forecasts
3.3.1 North American forecast
3.3.2 Europe forecast
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific forecast
3.3.4 Latin America forecast
3.3.5 Africa and Middle East forecast
3.4 Application-level forecasts
3.4.1 Utilities forecast
3.4.2 Telematics forecast
3.4.3 Fleet management forecast
3.4.4 Consumer electronics forecast
3.4.5 Other applications forecast
Section 4: Case studies
4.1 Brazil
4.2 China
4.3 India
4.4 Russia
4.5 South Africa
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