U.K. Mobile Operator Three Launches M2M Platform

m2m revenue forecast worldwide in billion EUR

U.K. mobile operator Three has launched a wholesale machine-to-machine (M2M) platform designed to bring down setup costs and speed time to market for M2M retailers.

Ericsson is providing the platform, said to enable MVNOs launching M2M services to do so in just two weeks time.

Three partners get their own branded portal, the ability to activate and deactivate their own connections, apply data caps and track data usage.

Most researchers believe M2M will be a big market for mobile service providers.