发布时间：2008年5月
介绍：
This report addresses next major disruption for the Internet, coming from the potential connection of billions of machines and trillion of objects. It assesses the key technologies to accelerate such a development, the applications that are or will be the most relevant in a connected mode and the
early positioning of the industry players on this promising market.
正文目录：
1 - Technology Enablers
1.1 Key Technologies
• Electronic components : scaling and miniaturization
• Batteries : nanotechnology cell, fuel cell
• Displays : e-paper, LCD, OLED, NED…
• Sensors : vector, scalar, standards
• Geo-detection : GPS, Wireless-based
• RFID : active/passive, frequencies
• Long range network technologies : Satellite, cellular, WiMAX
• Short-range network technologies : Bluetooth, Zigbee, …
• Other technologies
1.2 M2M Architecture
• Module
• Network
• Middleware
• Gateway
2 - Applications and Usages
2.1 Maturity by application
• Types of usages
• Customer benefits
• Industry breakdown
2.2 Analysis of main sectors
• Transportation: fleet management, anti-theft, parking management, maintenance
• Public infrastructure: environmental, access
• Advertising: outdoor inventory, dynamic placement
• Healthcare: wireless hospital, home hospitalisation
• Home automation: AMR, smart home, security
• Retail: monetics and payment, vending machines, product information
• Consumer electronics and toys : E-books, gadgets, robots, …
Case Studies : General Motors, On Star, Telenor Cinclus, Tom Tom, Orange Healthcare, Ambient Devices, Clear Channel, Nazbatag, …
3 - Market and Ecosystem
3.1 Market structure
• Customer needs
• Commercial approach
3.2 Value chain
• Sale approach
• Fragmentation, consolidation and standardisation
3.3 Main players
• Satellite providers
Players profiled : Orbcomm, Iridium, Qualcomm Wireless, Globalstar, Eutelsat, Inmarsat
• Cellular telcos
Players profiled : Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telenor, Vodafone, BT, SFR
• MVNOs
Players profiled : Wyless, Jasper Wireless, Wireless Maingate, Kuantic, Mobius Networks, Kore Telematics, Aeris
• Hardware
Players profiled : Wavecom, Siemens, Enfora, Coronis Systems, Telit, Owasys, Skybility
3.4 Perspectives
• Drivers and challenges
• Market potential
• Towards the Internet of things