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Cellular M2M Market Analysis

ID: MRFR//8970-HCR | 141 Pages | Author: Shubham Munde| December 2024

The Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market is influenced by a variety of factors, all of which play a crucial role in shaping its dynamics and growth trajectory. Firstly, technological advancements serve as a primary driver in this market. With continuous innovations in telecommunications and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies, cellular M2M solutions are becoming more efficient, affordable, and widespread. The evolution of 5G networks, in particular, promises to revolutionize the M2M landscape by offering higher speeds, lower latency, and greater capacity, thus enabling a myriad of new applications and use cases.


Another significant factor impacting the cellular M2M market is the increasing adoption of connected devices across various industries. From smart meters in utilities to asset tracking systems in logistics, businesses are embracing M2M solutions to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and gain valuable insights from data analytics. This trend is fueled by the growing demand for real-time monitoring, remote management, and predictive maintenance, driving the proliferation of M2M-enabled devices and applications across different sectors.


Moreover, regulatory policies and standards play a crucial role in shaping the cellular M2M market landscape. Government regulations regarding spectrum allocation, data privacy, and security requirements have a direct impact on the deployment and operation of M2M systems. Compliance with industry standards and certification processes is essential for ensuring interoperability, reliability, and security of M2M solutions, thereby influencing investment decisions and market competitiveness.


Market competition also exerts significant influence on the cellular M2M market dynamics. As the demand for M2M connectivity grows, telecom operators, device manufacturers, and solution providers are vying for market share by offering differentiated services, pricing models, and value-added features. Strategic partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions are common strategies employed by companies to strengthen their market position, expand their service offerings, and gain a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving M2M ecosystem.


Furthermore, economic factors such as cost considerations and return on investment (ROI) play a crucial role in driving M2M adoption. While the declining costs of hardware components, connectivity services, and cloud-based platforms have made M2M solutions more accessible to a wider range of businesses, organizations still evaluate the financial feasibility and potential benefits before investing in M2M initiatives. Factors such as scalability, flexibility, and scalability of M2M solutions influence investment decisions and deployment strategies, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with limited resources.


In addition to these market drivers, consumer behavior and preferences also shape the cellular M2M market landscape. As end-users increasingly demand seamless connectivity, personalized services, and intuitive user experiences, M2M solutions are evolving to cater to these evolving needs and expectations. From connected cars and wearable devices to smart home appliances and healthcare monitors, consumers are embracing M2M-enabled products and services that enhance convenience, safety, and quality of life.

Covered Aspects:

Report Attribute/Metric Details
Segment Outlook Services, Application, End User, and Region

Cellular M2M Market Overview


The Cellular M2M Market is projected to grow from USD 3.93 billion in 2024 to USD 5.97 billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.34% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032). Additionally, the market size for Cellular M2M was valued at USD 3.71 billion in 2023.


Growing adoption of IoT and increase in use across end-use industries are the key market drivers enhancing the market growth.


Figure 1: Cellular M2M Market Size, 2024 - 2032 (USD Billion)


Cellular M2M Market Overview

Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review


Cellular M2M Market Trends


Growing adoption across industries is driving the market growth


The growing adoption across industries is driving market CAGR for cellular M2M. In recent years, the cellular M2M market has seen rapid expansion. Cellular M2M solutions are in demand as more industries, including automotive, healthcare, transportation, and agriculture, adopt IoT (Internet of Things) applications. There are numerous industries where the cellular M2M market is used. Cellular M2M communication, for instance, enables over-the-air software updates, remote diagnostics, and vehicle tracking in the automotive industry. It enables real-time healthcare data interchange, asset tracking, and remote patient monitoring. Similarly, cellular M2M technology enables efficient operations and data-driven decision-making in smart cities, industrial automation, and agriculture.


Property, skilled, and managed services are the three basic categories of cellular M2M services. Custom M2M (machine-to-machine) apps and solutions can be developed and made ready for use by customers with the assistance of cellular M2M skilled services. The cellular M2M services are made available to large corporations and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) for various applications, including quality control and observation, prognosticative maintenance, telemedicine, fleet management, warehouse management, industrial automation, and sensible meters. These applications are used in various fields, including energy and utilities, transportation and supply production, and various industries.


The market for cellular M2M is driven by the rise in demand for risk assessment and management, the decrease in the cost of property applications, and, consequently, the expanding usage of the Internet of Things. Thus, driving the Cellular M2M market revenue.


Cellular M2M Market Segment Insights


Cellular M2M Services Insights


The Cellular M2M market segmentation, based on services, includes Connectivity services, Professional services, and Managed Services. The connectivity services segment, which contributed large contributions to the market share, is projected to maintain its prominent position in the anticipated years. The segment's growth can be attributable to clients' increasing use of complicated applications. Additionally, connectivity services guarantee the operations' security, dependability, and scalability. This will further support the breadth of segmental growth in the ensuing years.


Cellular M2M Application Insights


Based on application, the Cellular M2M market segmentation includes Asset tracking and monitoring, Predictive maintenance, Telemedicine, Fleet management, Warehouse management, Industrial automation, and Smart meter. Over the upcoming years, the asset tracking and monitoring segment is expected to experience rapid expansion. The ability of the market segment to address problems, including ineffective processes, theft, damage, loss of priceless assets, and falling operational efficiency, can be credited with its rise throughout the anticipated timeframe.


Cellular M2M End-User Insights


The Cellular M2M market segmentation, based on end-user, includes Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Transportation & logistics, and Manufacturing. The healthcare segment dominated the market. M2M is a crucial instrument in the healthcare industry for enhancing patient care and offering remote diagnostic solutions. It has a sensor that captures physiological information like heart rate, brain imaging, etc.


Figure 2: Cellular M2M Market, by end-user, 2022 & 2032 (USD Billion)


Cellular M2M Market, by end-user, 2022 & 2032

Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review


Cellular M2M Regional Insights


By region, the study provides market insights into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World. The North American Cellular M2M market area will dominate this market, owing to the growing number of market players. In addition, increasing infrastructure investment will boost market growth in this region.


Further, the major countries studied in the market report are The US, Canada, German, France, the U.K., Italy, Spain, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil.


Figure 3: CELLULAR M2M MARKET SHARE BY REGION 2022 (USD Billion)


CELLULAR M2M MARKET SHARE BY REGION 2022

Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review


Europe Cellular M2M market accounts for the second-largest market share due to the presence of robust healthcare infrastruture. Further, the German Cellular M2M market was the fastest growing region in the market, and the UK Cellular M2M market held a substantial share in the market.


The Asia-Pacific Cellular M2M Market is expected to expand at the quickest CAGR from 2023 to 2032. This is due to the increasing adoption of IoT and rising applications. Moreover, China’s Cellular M2M market held the largest market share, and the Indian Cellular M2M market was the quickest growing market in the Asia-Pacific region.


Cellular M2M Key Market Players & Competitive Insights


Leading market players are investing capital and resources across research and development in order to extend their product offerings, this is expected to help the Cellular M2M market, grow even more. Market participants and manufacturers are also adopting various strategic activities to grow their worldwide presence, with vital market developments including new product developments & launches, contracts & agreements, mergers & acquisitions, increased investments, and collaboration with other similar organizations. To expand and survive in a more competitive and rising market climate, Cellular M2M industry must offer cost-effective items.


The manufactures are making use of locally available resources to minimize the production costs which will aid the growth of the Cellular M2M industry to benefit clients and increase the market sector. In recent years, the Cellular M2M industry has offered some of the most significant advantages to medicine. Major players in the Cellular M2M market, including AT&T (U.S.), Verizon (U.S.), T-Mobile (U.S.), Deutsche Telekom ( Germany ), Orange S.A. ( France ), Telefonica ( Spain ), Vodafone (U.K.), Ericsson ( Sweden ), Kore Wireless (U.S.), Aeris (U.S.), Arm holdings (U.K.), China Mobile ( China ), Infineon ( Germany ), Thales Group ( France ), Orbocomm (U.S.), Telit (U.K.), Giesecke+Devrient ( Germany ), Cubic Telecom ( Ireland ), KPN ( Netherlands ), A1 Digital ( Austria ), S.K. Telecom ( South Korea ), Rogers Communications ( Canada ), Telenor Connexion ( Sweden ), Truphone (U.K.), and 1oT ( Estonia ), and others, are attempting to increase market demand by investing in research and development operations.


Telit Communications Ltd (Telit), formerly known as Telit Communications PLC provides Internet of Things goods and services. The business the corporation is in is wireless technology communication and machine-to-machine (M2M). In addition to cellular communication modules across all technologies, GNSS, short- to long-range wireless modules, IoT connectivity plans, and IoT platform services, it also offers a portfolio of integrated products and services for end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. The business provides services to the transportation, health care, retail, and agricultural industries. IoT Modules, IoT Platforms, and IoT Connectivity-related products and services are also available. In July 2022, Together, Telit and Thales stated that they had signed a legal contract under which Telit will buy Thales' cellular IoT solutions. The anticipated transaction covers Thales's whole line of 4G LTE, LPWAN, and 5G cellular wireless communication modules, gateways, and data (modem) cards.


Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon) offers semiconductor solutions. The business creates, develops, produces, and sells application-specific integrated circuits. It provides products for radio frequency, sensors, interfaces, microcontrollers, and transistors. The company's products are used across various industries, including automotive, industrial power control, consumer electronics, computers and data storage, switches and routers, sensing systems, and security in Internet of Things applications. In March 2019, Denver, Colorado, a partnership between technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics and Infineon and Arkessa will allow Arrow to help customers with cellular communications for the Internet of Things (IoT) even more.


Key Companies in the Cellular M2M market include




  • AT&T (US)




  • Verizon (US)




  • T-Mobile (US)




  • Deutsche Telekom (Germany)




  • Orange S.A. (France)




  • Telefonica (Spain)




  • Vodafone (U.K.)




  • Ericsson (Sweden),




  • Kore Wireless (U.S.),




  • Aeris (U.S.),




  • Arm Holdings (U.K.),




  • China Mobile (China),




  • Infineon (Germany),




  • Thales Group (France)




  • Orbocomm (U.S.),




  • Telit (U.K.),




  • Giesecke+Devrient (Germany)




  • Cubic Telecom (Ireland),




  • KPN (Netherlands)




  • A1 Digital (Austria)




  • S.K. Telecom (South Korea)




  • Rogers Communications (Canada)




  • Telenor Connexion (Sweden)




  • Truphone (U.K.)




  • 1oT (Estonia)




Cellular M2M Industry Developments


In October 2020, the University of Illinois hosted a 5G network infrastructure from Verizon Company in America. Expectations are high that availing a 5G network within the institution’s Research Park will be beneficial to students as well as start-ups, which can advance embryonic technologies like robotics, analytics, and IoT devices that might further enhance future adoption of the cellular M2M industry.


By the end of October 2020, one of the top U.S. telecommunication companies, referred to as T-Mobile, had conducted successful field testing for NB-IoT on live commercial networks. This type of narrowband IoT technology is an industrial standard based on an evolved LTE technology capable of transmitting data over exclusive spectrums with efficiency.


Ericsson, a Swedish company, partnered with France Orange to bring up a 5G network in Spain in September this year. This development is intended to build on Ericsson’s RAN platform and strengthen Orange’s cellular M2M service offering.


Semiconductor solutions provider STMicroelectronics has announced the ST4SIM-300 launch -one of the first embedded SIM (eSIM) compliant with GSMA eSIM IoT deployment standards named SGP.32 by June 2024.“These new standards have been designed to make it easier to manage large numbers of IoT devices connected through cellular networks,” said Agostino Vanore, Edge Authentication and M2M Cellular Marketing Manager at STMicroelectronics The ST4SIM-300 aims at improving flexibility, easy switching between network providers and management for large scale connections according to Mr. Agostino Vanore who is working as an Edge Authentication & M2M Cellular Marketing Manager at STMicroelectronics


Today’s VeriSilicon announces its partnership with Innobase – a wireless communication technology and chip provider – in launching jointly a new modem solution known as 5G RedCap/4G LTE dual-mode modem solution on February 23rd,2024. The new modem solution chip by Innobase has already been taped out and verified in mass production and will be officially released to the global market soon. 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) is a cellular technology for IoT that has been defined by 3GPP – a global standardization organization – in its work program for Release 17 of the 5th Mobile Generation System (5G).


Cellular M2M Market Segmentation


Cellular M2M Services Outlook (USD Billion, 2018-2032)




  • Connectivity services




  • Professional services




  • Managed services




Cellular M2M, Application Outlook (USD Billion, 2018-2032)




  • Asset tracking and monitoring




  • Predictive maintenance




  • Telemedicine




  • Fleet management




  • Warehouse management




  • Industrial automation




  • Smart meter




Cellular M2M End-user Outlook (USD Billion, 2018-2032)




  • Healthcare




  • Energy & Utilities




  • Transportation & logistics




  • Manufacturing




Cellular M2M Regional Outlook





  • North America



    • US




    • Canada






  • Europe



    • Germany




    • France




    • UK




    • Italy




    • Spain




    • Rest of Europe






  • Asia-Pacific



    • China




    • Japan




    • India




    • Australia




    • South Korea




    • Australia




    • Rest of Asia-Pacific






  • Rest of the World



    • Middle East




    • Africa




    • Latin America






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