M2M

Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology connects communications machines and devices so they automatically transmit information, serving the growing demand for real-time information. M2M has moved to the consumer market as well, and will continue be a major driver of the wireless data market.
 
It has been estimated that 50 billion smart devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020. With the proliferation of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology and the Internet of Things, enabling smart devices to communicate across vertical platforms is paramount to innovation and success for multiple industries. TIA is leading the charge to develop ubiquitous global standards to ensure M2M communications enhances companies’ bottom lines and creates new applications to improve communications for businesses and home consumers.

• Calendar of Events
• TIA Now Video
• Standards
• Market Review and Forecast

Upcoming TIA M2M Events
 
Attend the TIA 2012: Inside the Network Event, June 5-7, at the Gaylord Texan Convention Center and Hotel in Dallas and follow the M2M and Internet of Things Education Track.
As demand for interactive communications and computer-intensive applications continues to rise, performance in the Cloud becomes increasingly important. Speed matters. Availability is business critical. Security is paramount. But not all Clouds are created equal.

Service providers regard their networks as a strategic asset capable of driving incremental revenue and increased profitability, but how do they extract maximum value from that asset? The network is the connection fabric that builds the Cloud for Cloud computing, but a bunch of servers on a network and a Cloud are distinguished from one another by the effectiveness with which you can allocate the resources from the pool to support the mission of the application.

At TIA 2012, service providers will gain the information they need to insert themselves into the cloud services value chain by redefining their roles to expand beyond connectivity and provide Web-based application delivery services.

Latest TIA NOW Video
M2M Crossing New Verticals


With the proliferation of embedded mobile in the "Internet of Things," new partnerships and strategic alliances across the M2M value chain are keys to success.

TIA Releases Groundbreaking New Standard
TIA releases landmark standard on M2M and the Internet of Things. Watch the video interview. Read the Press release: Major Standards Development Organizations Agree on a Global Initiative for M2M Standardization
 
The Road to Smart Buildings Is Paved With Cables
Building an automated cabling standard is crucial to maintain energy efficiency and sustainability in intelligent buildings. Join TIA NOW as Ron Zimmer of CABA and Julie Roy, Vice Chair of TIA's standard TIA-42.1, give us a roadmap to the future of intelligent buildings.
 
Standards Development
TIA’s TR-50 Smart Device Communications Engineering Committee
Engineering Committee TR-50 Smart Device Communications is responsible for the development and maintenance of access agnostic interface standards for the monitoring and bi-directional communication of events and information between machine-to-machine (M2M) systems and smart devices, applications or networks. These standards development efforts pertain to but are not limited to the functional areas as noted: Reference Architecture, Informational Models and Standard Objects, Protocol Aspects, Software Aspects, Conformance and Testing, and Security.

TR-50 is developing an M2M Smart Device Communications framework that can operate over different underlying transport networks (wireless, wired, etc.) and can be adapted to a given transport network by means of an adaptation/convergence layer. The TR-50 framework will make its functionality available to applications through a well-defined Application Programming Interface (API) that is agnostic to the vertical application domain (eHealth, Smart Grid, Industrial Automation, etc.)

TR-50 works with international standards organizations to ensure end-to-end functionality and interoperability, to avoid overlap or duplication of work, and to foster collaboration and coordination among organizations addressing various components of Smart Device Communication Systems.
Learn more about TR-50 M2M standards, committee contact information, how to participate, meeting reports and schedule of upcoming meetings.
 
GSC Machine-to-Machine Standardization Task Force (MSTF) - The GSC Machine-to-Machine Standardization Task Force (MSTF) was created during the GSC-15 in 2010 to serve as an information exchange between standards developing organizations and the M2M industry. The MSTF is directly supported by the work of TIA's TR-50 engineering committee.
 
The Latest M2M Market Intelligence and Forecast
 
M2M services generated $3.2 billion in 2011, or approximately 4 percent of the data services market. We expect the M2M market to be one of the fastest-growing components of the data services market. The number of M2M connections will more than triple, and spending will more than quadruple, comprising nearly 10 percent of the wireless data market by 2015. M2M spending on data will overtake data spending by feature phone users in 2014.

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