M2M Sheds Its Niche

摘要

We don't hear much about machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. You'll probably never see an ad for inventory tracking or remote meter reading on the Super Bowl. It's just not sexy enough. Yet Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo claims that by 2010 two out of three SIM cards will be used by machines not people. Already, some M2M functions that began as niche data applications are on the verge of becoming big business.