CANADIAN WIRELESS SHOW: M2M growth potential huge as it moves mainstream, says Rogers

By Lesley Hunter

TORONTO – Rogers Communications’ Mansell Nelson says it wasn’t that long ago when Canadian businesses struggled to grasp the concept of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, and what it could do for them. However, the vice-president of advanced business solutions said that has changed, and that companies now come to him with fresh ideas. “What we’re seeing is a lot of people looking at existing ways of doing things (in their business) and saying, ‘how do I use wireless to change that? How do I use wireless to save money by doing it that way?’,” he told delegates at the Canadian Wireless...