A research study conducted by Harbor Research found that smart devices and services are being deployed at a very rapid rate. This trend indicates that in the near future, several billion individuals and businesses, with smart, communicating devices, will stretch the boundaries of today’s business and social systems. This is expected to create a change in the way people work, learn, entertain and innovate, according to the research report.

It was also revealed that the huge opportunity surrounding the M2M applications resulted in a growth in interest among all businesses across the globe. The types of devices being connected today go well beyond laptops and cell phones. Most technology suppliers, OEMs, network operators, and solution providers announced strategies which are aimed at maximizing revenues from the fast developing smart devices and services market. 

Most wired and wireless technology standards are capable of enabling M2M solutions. However CDMA2000 serves optimally as a very robust platform for M2M communication, said the report.

Harbor Research sources also revealed that end users and solution providers are choosing CDMA2000 networks to manage their M2M applications due to the low total cost of ownership offered by CDMA services.

The development of a robust global ecosystem around providing CDMA2000 M2M products and services has been highlighted in the report.  This ecosystem includes module and component providers, hardware providers, network operators, mobile virtual network operators, software/platform providers, and service/solution providers such as OnStar.

Research analysts found that M2M deployments leveraging CDMA2000 are being implemented on a global scale encompassing North & South America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.  Also M2M applications are serving a range of industries including energy, healthcare, consumer, transportation, retail, resource, home/commercial building, IT, security, and industrial markets.

CDMA technology is used widely for M2M applications. It offers various benefits like high security levels, network longevity, ubiquitous coverage, high bandwidth, spectral efficiency, low latency, energy efficiency, and “always-on” connectivity.

These advantages have enabled CDMA to establish itself in the M2M market to gain significant market share with further growth predicted as the M2M market expands.

The new white paper also explores the application opportunities, technology requirements and business benefits accruing from machine-to-machine communication. Intelligent device networking is growing fast in the information technology field and CDMA-based wireless networks are leading this growth. This paper will be useful for members of the M2M ecosystem comprising of the M2M solution providers, device suppliers, network operators, system integrators, thought leaders in various vertical markets, and investors.

For more, check out the M2M Evolution Conference. To be held Oct. 4 to 6 in Los Angeles and collocated with ITEXPO West 2010, the M2M Evolution Conference will focus on how telemetry has been changing to take advantage of the Internet, where WAN and LAN systems were points of aggregation in the past today’s machines benefit from the ability to connect worldwide. And as the machines continue to look to network the wireless world represents a large growth opportunity for data communication. Don’t wait. Register now.