A study by the Onside analytics agency showed that MTS is the B2B telecom leader in the M2M/IoT (machine-to-machine interaction and Internet of Things) connectivity segment among mobile operators by market share. This was reported by the press service of the company.
Agency analysts state that MTS provides almost half (47%) of the total connection volume in the M2M market. In addition, the company’s subscriber base grew by 22.8% in 2022.
At the same time, Onside underlined that the total M2M Connection market grew by 28.8% during the year, reaching 14.3 million connections.
Also, as part of the study, experts analyzed publicly announced projects to launch private commercial LTE networks. So by 2022 results, MTS is the company to launch more Private LTE networks.
“The company has launched 37% of projects in the market,” the report says.
According to the research, compared to the previous year, state and business costs for the implementation of machine-to-machine interaction technologies and the Internet of things increased by 6% to 113.9 billion rubles, and the total number of IoT devices in Russia reached 70.1 million units.