November 2010 - Martin Creaner's Blog

An interesting addendum to yesterdays blog on the importance of M2M and the operator as an enabler. Essentially this article says that if you are going to invest in M2M then go for 3G technology as opposed to 2G. While 2G is a lot cheaper in the short-term the whole life cost over the expected lifetime of 25 years is punitive. This is a good example as to why the next phase of telecoms needs to be driven by an integrated strategy, rather than a set of individual departments making short-term tactical...