The Global System for Mobile Communications Association predicts that there will be nearly 50 billion connected devices by 2025, nearly ten times the world's predicted human population. Automotive telematics and surface transportation infrastructure will be major sectors. ITS America invites you to participate in a Feb. 15 webinar session from 2-3 p.m. Eastern that will examine what role common standards play in the future growth of machine-to-machine communications. Dr. Jeffrey Smith will discuss his experience and the activities of the Global Standards Collaboration M2M Standardization Task Force and Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-50 Engineering Committee on Smart Device Communications. Click here (http://www.itsa.org/technologyscanwebinars/m2m-webinar) for more Information on this session and to register.