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BROADBAND PROLIFERATION POISED TO BRING IMPROVEMENTS FOR SOCIETY
PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- Broadband proliferation is poised to bring radical improvements for society, said Sweden-based Ericsson AB's strategic marketing director, Bo Ribbing.
He said said by 2020 more than 50 billion devices would be connected via
broadband and each person would be surrounded by an average of 10 such devices.
"We are moving towards a converged broadband-enabled world with connectivity
embedded into all kinds of devices," he said at a media briefing on '2020-50
Billion Devices Connected' here recently.
Ribbing said engaging in connecting new types of devices would bring significant
profit potential to operators and service providers.
According to Ericsson, M2M (machine-to-machine) technology would support wired
or wireless communication between devices.
It said wireless M2M encompassed a wide range of wireless network
technologies including cellular networks, satellite networks, radio frequency
identification (RFID), Wi-Fi and Wimax.
"Currently, most of the wireless M2M market is related to RFID applications
where access control, animal ID, automobile immobilisation and electronic toll
collection encompassed 56 per cent of the market," it said.
Ericsson Malaysia's head of business development, multimedia and consulting
system integration, Sebastian Barros, said new opportunities would be generated
in industries like automotive, home appliances and utilities for information and
communications technology stakeholders.
He said M2M has been there for years, but currently wireless M2M was having a
new life by the mobile broadband explosion in most of the markets.
"As the mobile broadband everywhere vision becomes a reality, any device that
needs an Internet connection will have one," he said.
According to Barros, it was estimated that roughly a billion machines were
produced globally in 2008 for housing, transportation and industrial purposes.
Barros said among these, energy meters, automobiles and communication devices
stood out as the key industries for wireless M2M in the coming 10 years.
"Adoption of wireless M2M technology is still at a very embryonic stage
accounting for just one per cent per cent of total cellular connections," he
said.
He said Europe was seeing quite a big adoption of wireless M2M technology across
a wide range of vertical markets.
-- BERNAMA
He said said by 2020 more than 50 billion devices would be connected via
broadband and each person would be surrounded by an average of 10 such devices.
"We are moving towards a converged broadband-enabled world with connectivity
embedded into all kinds of devices," he said at a media briefing on '2020-50
Billion Devices Connected' here recently.
Ribbing said engaging in connecting new types of devices would bring significant
profit potential to operators and service providers.
According to Ericsson, M2M (machine-to-machine) technology would support wired
or wireless communication between devices.
It said wireless M2M encompassed a wide range of wireless network
technologies including cellular networks, satellite networks, radio frequency
identification (RFID), Wi-Fi and Wimax.
"Currently, most of the wireless M2M market is related to RFID applications
where access control, animal ID, automobile immobilisation and electronic toll
collection encompassed 56 per cent of the market," it said.
Ericsson Malaysia's head of business development, multimedia and consulting
system integration, Sebastian Barros, said new opportunities would be generated
in industries like automotive, home appliances and utilities for information and
communications technology stakeholders.
He said M2M has been there for years, but currently wireless M2M was having a
new life by the mobile broadband explosion in most of the markets.
"As the mobile broadband everywhere vision becomes a reality, any device that
needs an Internet connection will have one," he said.
According to Barros, it was estimated that roughly a billion machines were
produced globally in 2008 for housing, transportation and industrial purposes.
Barros said among these, energy meters, automobiles and communication devices
stood out as the key industries for wireless M2M in the coming 10 years.
"Adoption of wireless M2M technology is still at a very embryonic stage
accounting for just one per cent per cent of total cellular connections," he
said.
He said Europe was seeing quite a big adoption of wireless M2M technology across
a wide range of vertical markets.
-- BERNAMA
