The Home Is at the Heart of 4G M2M.

"The two efforts underscore the importance of M2M revenues for carriers, which are facing eroding margins from voice and network-congestion problems from consumer mobile data services. The technology exists to support many such offerings today, and bandwidth for M2M services will ramp up dramatically as 4G networks come online in the next few years. The carriers face a major challenge in building complicated new business models to leverage the space — a home health service, for instance, might require a revenue-share agreement between the health care provider, the equipment manufacturer and the network operator. But as cellular moves far beyond phones into a host of devices, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the home will be a crucial component of M2M revenues as 4G networks are deployed."