At “M2M World”, Andrew Eddison shared some thoughts on how network operators can help customers take full advantage of the huge potential M2M (Machine to Machine) technology offers.


AT&T sees the hyper-connected world as the next phase of business transformation – a phase where all things, all machines are connected. Devices gain in benefit when we connect them.


Right now we have over 300 types of devices performing tasks like reading power meters, assisting in vehicle maintenance, sending warning notifications, monitoring and maintaining the flow in pipelines, carrying out voice-based monitoring and facilitating vending machines. These are just the beginning of the possibilities.


M2M has reached a critical point in its development, where some of the challenges regarded as insurmountable, say ten years ago, have been met in terms of design and accessibility. And the potential market is huge. By 2015, Current Analysis predicts that there will be approximately 250-300 million global M2M connections.


Businesses are looking for better communications and solutions that deliver value and productivity, particularly in this difficult economic environment.


Businesses can no longer rely on the return of employment levels to restore economic growth.


Also, ongoing, tough economic conditions mean businesses must find new ways to stay productive and competitive.


At the same time, we are seeing the impact of three major technology shifts on businesses; mobilization, globalization, virtualisation. These factors are converging to create new challenges and opportunities. In this context, next generation technologies such as M2M are coming of age.


The goal is to help drive wireless capabilities for businesses into a wide variety of devices beyond traditional handsets.


Smaller, better designed wireless components have opened a wider market and led to a data renaissance, what has been called the “democratization” of the technology, where communications is coming together with inherent wireless capabilities across a wide variety of devices.


And so today, we are seeing the Internet of Things Come Alive. In this environment, we see the emergence of the real-time adaptive enterprise, where anything that can be monitored or tracked is managed in


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