...assessing the key technologies as well as an examination of the positioning of the top players, the key issues to be addressed and market forecasts up to 2016 by geographical area and by type of market. M2M is a growing segment for the satellite industry, although satellite still has only a small share of the machine-to-machine market which is largely dominated by cellular systems: around 2 percent in terms of volume and 6 percent of revenue in 2011. For most operators, M2M is still very much a niche market, but everything points to real growth potential for these applications.
“While it is sectors like fleet management and maritime security that have driven the sector’s development up to now, new markets have been emerging over the past several years, especially in the area of energy, but also in the homeland security/military arena,” said Maxime Baudry, project manager of this study and IDATE’s head of the satellite practice.
Founded in 1977, IDATE has gained a reputation as a leader in tracking telecom, Internet and media markets. Now, with the support of close to 40 member companies, who include many of the digital economy’s most influential players, the newly rebranded DigiWorld Institute has entered into a new stage of its development, structured around three main areas of activity:
- IDATE Research —An independent observatory whose task is to keep a close and continual watch on digital world industries, collect relevant data and provide benchmark analyses on market developments and innovations in the telecom, internet and media sectors—through its comprehensive collection of market reports and market watch services
- IDATE Consulting, time-tested analysis and consultancy solutions. Our teams of economists and engineers have established their credibility and independence through the hundreds of research and consulting assignments they perform every year, on behalf of top industry players and public authorities
- DigiWorld Institute—A European forum open on the world. The Digiworld Institute will take existing IDATE initiatives, such as DigiWorld Summit, and the monthly clubs in Paris, London and Brussels, to the next level. Members have the opportunity to participate in think tanks on the core issues that will shape the industry’s future, drawing on the knowledge of outside experts and the Institute’s own teams
