M2M (machine to machine) technology

M2M (machine to machine) technology
1.About M2M
Simply put, M2M is to send data from one terminal to another terminal, that is, the machinery and machine (Machine to Machine) dialogue. But can be broadly representative of Machine to Machine M2M (Machine to Machine) person-to-machine (Man to Machine), machine-to-person (Machine to Man), mobile network-to-machine (Mobile to Machine) and communication connections between it implementation covers all people, machines and systems to establish communication links between the technology and tools.
 2. The development of M2M
M2M application market is growing rapidly worldwide, with the included communications equipment, management software and other related technologies to deepen, M2M product cost down, M2M business will gradually mature. Currently in the United States and Canada have achieved safety monitoring, mechanical services, maintenance services, vending machines, public transportation systems, fleet management, industrial process automation, electrical machinery, city information and other fields.
 Europe's industry leading advisory body IDATE's report shows that in 2006, worldwide M2M market capacity has reached 200 million euros, and by 2010, market capacity will reach 220 billion euros, the annual compound growth rate of 49%.