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According to the information firm Pike Research, approximately 17.4 million smart meters were shipped globally in the first quarter of 2011, with 12.1 million of those units being deployed in China and around 3.5 million in North America. Read Original Content
Berg Insight reports that the market for home health monitoring devices was $10 billion in 2010, and patient monitoring is set to grow about 26 percent annually through 2014. In the next few years healthcare telematics is set to expand rapidly. Read Original Content
The number of smart meters installed in Europe will reach more than 130 million devices by 2016, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Read Original Content
With help from 3G and 4G networks, more than one billion M2M connections are expected by 2015. Read Original Content
Visible Energy, Inc. has released an iPad application that allows customers to track their home-energy usage through their tablet. Read Original Content
Wireless solution company Telit announced that it will soon open an office in Delhi India in an attempt to capture 40 percent of the M2M market by 2014. Read Original Content
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Within the next four years China is expected to become to world’s largest smart meter participant. Last year alone, China installed smart meters for 45 million customers. Read Original Content
Connecticut electric and natural gas utility UIL Holdings Corporation have selected IBM to provide security for its smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure. Read Original Content
Telit has purchased GlobalConnect, a company that builds wireless connection devices for M2M products, for $2.9 million. This reflects Telit’s continued attempts to gain a larger M2M market share. Read Original Content
The city of Albany, Georgia is installing GPS tracking devices on each vehicle in the city’s fleet. After installing the devices, a 20 percent reduction in fuel expenses is expected. Read Original Content
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