Report: 95M M2M modules shipped by 2013

A new report from ABI Research predicts 95 million cellular machine-to-machine modules will ship in 2013.
Of those, about 34 million devices are expected to be for telematics and 39 million for telemetry, said ABI. The third main market segment is wireless local loop.
“Until about 2011, the major market growth will be found in the telemetry segment, since it encompasses a broad range of applications including smart metering, POS terminals, and remote monitoring and control applications,” said Sam Lucero, senior analyst at ABI Research. “After 2011, we expect to see a spike in telematics applications. These exist now, but from 2011 will be driven more quickly by mandates such as Europe’s eCall initiative, which will see cellular connections in every vehicle, and in North America by a much stronger competitive reaction to OnStar: virtually of the major automakers will come out with OEM telematics programs.”
ABI predicts average selling prices will decline across all air interface standards through 2010, after which they should level out.