By Fred Donovan
An area of enterprise mobile IT that is often overlooked, particularly in news coverage, is the machine-to-machine wireless networking segment. It certainly isn't as sexy as the latest iPhone, but it is an important segment nonetheless.
As the latest survey by TechNavio shows, the M2M market wireless networking market is healthy and predicted to get healthier, growing at close to 30 percent per year. TechNavio said that the market is being fueled by the increasing number of mobile devices and better network coverage.
Some of the biggest names in wireless services provide M2M, including AT&T (NYSE: T), T-Mobile and Verizon (NYSE: VZ).
Recognizing its potential, the Federal Communications Commission has identified M2M as one of the key focuses of its Technology Advisory Council for 2012. It set up a TAC M2M to identify barriers to M2M growth and develop recommendations to break down these barriers.
In a speech last year, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said we are "at the dawn of a takeoff in machine-to-machine mobile communications ... Clearly, the opportunities of mobile broadband are enormous. And clearly we must seize them."
M2M technology runs major portions of U.S. critical infrastructure, including the electricity, oil and gas, transportation and medical device sectors. So, its development as well as its security, is a vital U.S. interest. - Fred
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