Device Connection Platform for M2M communication

For the last several years players in the telecom arena are talking about machine to machine (M2M) market and its huge potential. Most of the players agree that 50 billion connected devices vision will come true in the near future and that everything that can benefit from a network connection will be connected. At this moment we are at the turning point. Reason for that is in fact that in the past years machine to machine market was highly fragmented, different between verticals, enterprise and geography. Lately together with technological advancement much effort is being put into standardization and driving openness and simplicity. The result is that standards are being set and platforms are being built upon those standards. This paper discusses the Ericsson Device Connection Platform which provides the operator with access to key functionalities to manage the connectivity of the M2M business, including device management, subscription management and self-service. Also, examples of different business models and applications with deployment scenarios are described.