The O2 corner

By Anton Le Saux, Head of Connectivity and Partner Sales at O2 Telefónica UK: We attended this year's Mobile World Congress at the beginning of March. It reminded us again about the influence and growth of new technology and the transformative power of the Internet of Things and m2m.

By Anton Le Saux, Head of Connectivity and Partner Sales at O2 Telefónica UK: A recent report by Accenture states that the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to drive revenue growth.

By Anton Le Saux, Head of Connectivity and Partner Sales at O2 Telefónica UK: During the last two years our active SIM base has grown by over 80 per cent and revenue has increased by over 50 per cent, but this represents only two of our 17 years of experience in the M2M sector.

By Anton Le Saux, Head of Connectivity and Partner Sales at O2 Telefónica UK: A recent market forecast has predicted that the global IoT and M2M market will hit $498.92 billion by 2019, and a report by Analysys Mason has positioned utilities as the fastest growing M2M sector and predicted that it will represent 67 per cent

By Anton Le Saux, Head of Connectivity  and Partner Sales at O2 Telefónica UK: There has been much talk this year about connected homes.

By Claire Darley, Head of Indirect Sales, O2: UK retailers are missing out on £12 billion of potential sales by failing to engage consumers through digital channels.