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Transforma Insights has published its Transition Topic Position Paper, sponsored by floLIVE, on the topic of ‘Connectivity Management Platforms.’ The Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) is one of the key underlying pieces of middleware that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) use to manage connections, handle activation/deactivation, billing, analytics, reporting, and various other functions. This part of IoT is going through a period of pronounced transition, as highlighted in the report.

Does China dominate the world in cellular-based IoT? If figures are to be believed, China accounts for more than three-quarters of all cellular-based IoT connections. We at Transforma Insights have been doing some digging. Let’s take a look at the results.

Until recently the Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) landscape was relatively static. Two vendors (Cisco and Ericsson) dominated – albeit with some operators picking alternative approaches – and functionality evolved slowly; there was relatively little to upset the status quo. However, in the last two years there have been a lot of emerging dynamics that have upset that situation and thrown the CMP space into a period of transition, particularly driven by the changing economics of delivering cellular connectivity for IoT.

Digital Transformation is undisputedly affecting numerous industries as they harness disruptive technologies to overhaul legacy processes. Matt Hatton, founding partner of Transforma Insights, explores the state of digital transformation in the healthcare sector.

New Position Paper from Transforma Insights provides a new taxonomy of the Connectivity Management Platform landscape, based on enriched offerings from market leaders such as Cisco, Ericsson and floLIVE.

The number of connected IoT devices is thriving and IoT connections research from Transforma Insights predicts 5 billion cellular IoT connections by 2030. 5G massive machine-type communication (mMTC), developed to complement earlier MTC technologies such as NB-IoT or LTE-M and 4G, will become the default cellular technology.

Transforma Insights’ analysts were recently at both the Mobile World Congress and Embedded World events which are key ones for the IoT space. Across both IoT events, the key theme can be summed up in one word: transition.

Matt Hatton, Founder Partner shares his insights about: What are the recent adoption trends he is seeing in 5G IoT? Any examples he’s seeing of interesting commercial models for 5G IoT. How would he estimate the market opportunity size to be for 5G IoT? What does the technology roadmap look like for 5G IoT?

In February 2023, we published the ‘Communications Service Provider IoT Peer Benchmarking Report 2023’ report, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies and capabilities of 23 leading global providers of cellular-based IoT connectivity (1NCE, AT&T, BICS, Deutsche Telekom IoT, Emnify, Eseye, KORE, KPN, NTT, Ooredoo, Orange, Sierra Wireless, Singtel, Soracom, T-Mobile US, Tele2, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia, Telit, Verizon, Vodafone, and Wireless Logic).

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) provides a stage where leaders in connectivity and mobile technology come together to review the latest trends in the IoT and connectivity while also projecting predictions for the future. Matt Hatton, founding partner at Transforma Insights, shares expert observations from MWC 2023 regarding the present phase that IoT and connectivity is in.