There will be 28 billion smart devices by 2021: to say the Ericsson Mobile Report which provides between 2015 and 2021 increased by 23% globally, but with an absolute peak in Europe, where it will reach the 400% increase. Of the 28 billion of devices connected to the Internet in 2021, nearly 16 billion will be terminals for IoT.
“The IoT growth is accelerating thanks to lower costs of devices and innovative applications”, emphasized Rima Qureshi, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Ericsson. “Since 2020, commercial-scale deployments of 5G networks will provide additional features essential for the IoT, such as slicing network and the ability to connect a much larger number of devices”.
The exceptional booming in Europe is mainly due to the changes introduced at regulatory level, such as smart meters for electricity, as well as to the steadily increasing demand for connected car, again reinforced by directives such as e-call of the EU, to be implemented in 2018.
In any case, the cell will continue to attract even the majority of the traffic, thanks to the videos and habits of the youngest.
Further details in the article “Terremoto nella internet of things (Shaking the Internet of Things)”.
