AT&T Reports Continuing Climb in IoT Connections

Since January, AT&T signed IoT agreements with more than 136 companies in various industries, it said Monday in a news release. AT&T’s network had almost 22 million IoT connected devices as of March 31, it said. More than 945,000 devices connected during Q1, a 70 percent jump over the same quarter in 2014. “Companies and consumers are embracing the connected world,” AT&T said. “They want solutions from connected cars to wearable devices (like smartwatches), to tools that help cities (like [monitoring of] energy grids, streetlights and irrigation pipes).”