From the press release:

"At the end of 2006 there were about 9 million active cellular and satellite wireless M2M connections in the USA and Canada. Private vehicles constitute the largest vertical market segment in terms of units, followed by commercial vehicles, security alarms and POS-terminals.

The report identifies utility meters as an area with enormous growth potential for cellular wireless M2M technology in the US and Canada.

Berg Insight regards the deployment of advanced metering in important regions such as California and Ontario as a huge opportunity for cellular M2M industry players, but at the same time warns of intense competition from alternative wireless and power line communication technologies."