Rail Transport: 3.9 million IoT devices by 2034 to ensure the safety and efficient movement of freight and passengers

Connected Rail
Connected Trains
GHG Emissions
GSM-R
Infotainment
Mobile Train Radio Communication
MTRC
Railway Communication
Railway Internet
Smart Trains
Sustainability
Rail
Public Transport
Freight
Logistics
Telematics
Transport
Transportation.

Matt Arnott
Nikita Singh

This report summarises the status and forecasts from the Rail Transport Application Group found in the Transforma Insights Connected Things IoT forecast. The report provides a description of what is covered in the Application Group, as well as top-level figures from the forecast that provide detail on how many connected devices will be installed, the types of communication technology used and the total revenue opportunity. Full details are accessible through the TAM Forecast tool.

A1 Digital
Bosch
Cisco
ClearBlade
Eurowagon
Klas Group
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Nexxiot
Nokia
OUTFRONT Media
Rail Cargo Austria AG
Siemens

Internet of Things
Hyperconnectivity

Transportation & Storage

Development Platforms play a key role to democratise AI development

AI
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
ML
Development Platform

Rohan Bansal
Paras Sharma

AI Development Platforms offer developers and data scientists a comprehensive set of AI development tools, including integrated development environments (IDEs), libraries, and APIs that support various stages of AI model development.

BigML
Fujitsu Kozuchi
Google AI
H2O.ai
IBM Watsonx.ai
JFrog
Microsoft Azure AI
Qualcomm AI Hub
SageMaker
TrueFoundry.

Artificial Intelligence

Micromobility Vehicles: 451 million devices to support the demand for urban mobility in 2034

Bicycle
Bike
Cargo Bikes
E-bike
E-Scooter
Scooter
Transportation
Micromobility
Mobility

Nikita Singh
Matt Arnott

This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the Micromobility Vehicles market. This segment comprises bicycles, e-bikes, scooters and e-scooters. These small and lightweight vehicles have advanced significantly over the past few years and are being used in both private and commercial spheres. Connected examples of these vehicles can be equipped with smart motors, LCD displays, and Bluetooth connectivity and are becoming increasingly popular since the pandemic. Another reason for their popularity is the rising burden on public transport infrastructure that has resulted in increasingly cramped and uncomfortable travelling conditions, pushing users to seek alternatives. Micromobility vehicles have a distinct sustainability edge over larger private vehicles, in addition to significantly lower running costs. In some cases, their purchase or use is incentivised by local authorities.

Amazon
Arcimoto
Bontrager
Bosch
CityQ
Comodule
Diamant
DHL
DPD
Electra
Fedex
Gaya Bikes
Giant Group
Hermes
Lavoie
Mobitrax
Pedego
Rad Power Bikes
Trek Bicycle Corporation
UPS
Urban Arrow
Velco
Waldbike
Yamaha Motor Corporation

Internet of Things
Hyperconnectivity

Consumer

Workload Management middleware enables efficient AI operations

AI
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
ML
Workload Management

Paras Sharma
Rohan Bansal

Workload Management middleware orchestrates the flow of AI tasks across distributed computing environments to maximise efficiency and performance while minimising delays and resource bottlenecks.

Amazon
AWS
Apache
Google
IBM
Incredibuild
Kubeflow
Microsoft
Nvidia
Perforce
ProgressChef
SageMaker

Artificial Intelligence

Public Information & Advertising Screens: Adoption of digital information screens for enriched customer experience

Public Information Displays
Public Information Screens
Digital Signage
Digital Kiosks
Digital Information Displays
Digital Bus Stops
Digital Transportation Displays
Static Advertising
DOOH
Digital-Out-Of-Home
Customer Information Screens
Transport Information Screens

Paras Sharma
Matt Arnott
Nikita Singh

This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the Public Information & Advertising Screens market. Globally, organisations are increasingly deploying digital kiosks, billboards, and signage to offer enriched customer experience by sharing dynamic digital information. This not only reduces manual workload but also provides a platform to earn additional revenue. Using these digital screens, brands offer customised marketing ads, based on audience demographics. Despite the benefits, the industry continues to face security challenge in the form of cyber-attacks such as phishing, malware, ransomware attacks. Cyber attackers often hack digital billboards to surface malicious, false, and misleading material for public display. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used (including splits by 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWA, short range, satellite and others), as well as the revenue split between module, value-added connectivity and services. A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector break-downs and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.

Clear Channel
Connectpoint
Global Display Solutions
GMC
JCDecaux
LinkNYC
Luminator Technology
McDonalds
OUTFRONT Media
Partteam and Oemkiosks
and The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Visionect

Internet of Things
Hyperconnectivity

Retail & Wholesale
Transportation & Storage
Accommodation & Food Service
Professional, Scientific & Technical
Government

Emerson: Digital Transformation capabilities assessment

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Hyperconnectivity
Human Machine Interface
Data Sharing
Autonomous Robotic Systems
Distributed Ledger
Edge Computing
Robotic Process Automation
Product Lifecycle Management
Augmented reality
Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Edge analytics
Edge computing platform

Suruchi Dhingra
Paras Sharma

This report examines the capabilities of Emerson in Digital Transformation. It provides a comprehensive review of the products, services, and capabilities of Emerson across 11 technology areas and dozens of functions, to determine its core strengths for meeting enterprise needs. The 11 technology families in which the vendor’s capabilities are assessed are IoT, Hyperconnectivity, Human Machine Interface, Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Ledger, Data Sharing, Product Lifecycle Management, Robotic Process Automation, Edge Computing, Autonomous Robotic Systems, and 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing. While these might not encompass every possible technology that organisations might need in order to pursue a Digital Transformation, they certainly represent the most disruptive, and therefore the ones of which enterprises should be most aware. The report includes rating across each of the technology areas and functional capabilities (specialised hardware, general hardware, software products, integrated solutions, application development, systems integration and project management, specialist services, field & operational services) using Transforma Insight’s four-level universal rating system for vendors in Digital Transformation. Internet of Things, for instance, spans hardware, software, application development, implementation, field services and specialist services. For each of the 92 combinations of function and technology, Emerson is rated for whether its capabilities are ‘Emerging’, ‘Significant’ or ‘Market Leading’ (or ‘None’). This rating is based on both the credibility of the solution and the position of the offering in the market (e.g. market share).

Emerson

Direct-to-Cellular Market Landscape

Satellite
direct-to-device
direct-to-cellular
direct-to-cell

Nikita Singh
Matt Hatton

Over the course of 2023, 2024 and 2025 there have been an increasing number of announcements of the availability of Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) services delivered via satellites to smart phones, as well as more broadly Direct-to-Device (D2D) for IoT. D2C deliver a variable set of services, predominantly emergency SMS. The provision of these services involves collaboration between satellite providers and mobile network operators (MNOs), handset makers, or chipset vendors, all of which have an interest in providing an additional feature in their offerings. This report provides a summary of the agreements that have been made between satellite providers and the various MNOs, handset makers and chipset vendors. Transforma Insights generally does not focus on the smartphone space. However, the use of satellite connectivity to complement terrestrial networks is a key theme in IoT. Historically, IoT connectivity has piggybacked on networks deployed to support smartphones. Therefore, the implication of D2C deployments will also likely be felt in the IoT world and the wider D2D landscape. Furthermore, certain dynamics of the market will also be similar, such as the impact of geopolitics, meaning that the market landscape for D2D will likely evolve in parallel with that of IoT.

2degrees
Africell
Aliv
Amazon
Apple
AST Space Mobile
AT&T
Bell Canada
BSNL
bMobile
Claro
Deutsche Telekom
Entel
Etisalat
Eutelsat One Web
Globe Telecom
Global Star
Hutchison
Indosat
Intelsat
KDDI
Liberty Latin America
Lynk Global
Millicom
MTN
NTT Docomo
One New Zealand
Ooredoo
Orange
Optus
Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC)
Qualcomm
Rogers Communication
Salt Mobile
Samsung
Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
Skylo
Smart Communications
Smartfren
Softbank Corp.
Spark
Starlink
Sure
Telecom Argentina
Taiwan Mobile
Telecel Centrafrique
Telefonica
Telkomsel
Telstra
T-Mobile
TIM Brasil
Turkcell
Veon Ltd. (Kyivstar)
Verizon
Viasat
Vodafone
Zain

Hyperconnectivity

Webinar – Transforma Insights’ annual global IoT market forecast update

Internet of Things
IoT
AIoT
forecast
webinar
Artificial Intelligence
AI

Matt Arnott
Jim Morrish

Transforma Insights analysts provide their annual snapshot of the current state and future prognosis for the IoT market, giving you the most grounded perspective on what to expect over the next decade. Transforma Insights has long had a reputation for the most granular and rigorously researched forecasts of IoT and in the webinar we share the highlights.

Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence

Global IoT Forecast Report, 2024-2034

Internet of Things
IoT
forecast
connections
revenue
technology
LPWA
5G

Matt Arnott

This report provides a snapshot of the state of the IoT market in 2024 and forecasts to 2034. It is compiled based on data extracted from the Transforma Insights IoT Forecast Database, specifically the IoT ‘Connected Things’ forecasts. The forecasts are constantly updated and cover hundreds of applications across 21 vertical sectors and 196 countries.

Hyperconnectivity
Internet of Things

Ansys: Digital Transformation capabilities assessment

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Hyperconnectivity
Human Machine Interface
Data Sharing
Autonomous Robotic Systems
Distributed Ledger
Edge Computing
Robotic Process Automation
Product Lifecycle Management
CAD
CAM

Suruchi Dhingra
Paras Sharma

This report examines the capabilities of Ansys in Digital Transformation. It provides a comprehensive review of the products, services, and capabilities of Ansys across 11 technology areas and dozens of functions, to determine its core strengths for meeting enterprise needs.

Ansys

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