// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Verizon has reported that its IoT revenues have risen 13%, at double the pace of its other Q1 revenues – which topped out at $31.8bn. Its automotive telematics revenue, part of the IoT wing, hit $234m in the quarter Cyient has acquired AnSem, a Dutch semiconductor specialist spun out of Imec, for around $17m, to boost its analog and mixed signal ASIC offerings. // Forecasts, Surveys. Reports, and Blue-Sky Thinking // There will be 5.4m connected vending machines by 2022, according to Berg Insight, growing from an estimated 2.6m in 2017 at a CAGR of 16.2%. // Hardware // ARM has announced a new set of security and development features for its Mbed Platform, which…