The statistic shows the number of cellular Internet of Things connections, both M2M and NB-IoT, worldwide from 2015 to 2021. For 2018, the number of M2M connections is forecast to grow to 505 million.
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The statistic shows the number of cellular Internet of Things connections, both M2M and NB-IoT, worldwide from 2015 to 2021. For 2018, the number of M2M connections is forecast to grow to 505 million.
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- January 2017
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- 2015 to 2016
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- 2015 to 2016
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