What do you know about UK mobile operators? Find out with our quiz!
As many as 5.5 million devices will be connected every day in 2016 as the total number of ‘things’ comprising the Internet of Things (IoT) reaches 6.4 billion next year, according to Gartner.
Researchers at the firm expect the IoT will support services totaling $235bn next year – up two percent from this year – and will continue to rise as more devices are connected.
The Internet of Things is widely regarded as the next big thing in IT, allowing businesses across all industries to become more efficient and target new markets. Equipment manufacturers, service providers and telcos are all keen to secure as much of the market as possible and have dedicated significant resources to the IoT.
Next year there will be 1 billion ‘cross-vertical’ things and 1.3 billion industry-specific things connected to the IoT. Cross-industry devices include smart light bulbs and management systems while there are a variety of devices unique to the health, construction and logistics industries among others.
The economies of scale of cross-industry applications mean they will be cheaper than those developed for specific sectors. By 2020, it is expected there will be 20.8 billion things, including 13.5 billion consumer devices, 4.4 billion cross-industry units and 2.8 billion industry specific connections.
“IoT services are the real driver of value in IoT, and increasing attention is being focused on new services by end-user organisations and vendors,” added Tully “Aside from connected cars, consumer uses will continue to account for the greatest number of connected things, while enterprise will account for the largest spending.”
What do you know about UK mobile operators? Find out with our quiz!
AI push sees Alphabet's Google saying it will consolidate its AI teams in its Research…
Beijing orders Apple to pull Meta's WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store over…
Key milestone sees Intel Foundry assemble ASML's new “High NA EUV” lithography tool, to begin…
Oracle's huge AI, Cloud investment in Japan will meet growing local demand and address digital…
People who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ of adults will face prosecution under a new law…
Protest at cloud contract with Israel results in staff firings, in addition to layoffs of…