Smart home will drive networking equipment to 50 billion

The latest research report of Strategy Analytics pointed out that the Internet of Things will continue to expand rapidly and smart home will become the key to the further development of Internet of Things in 2020. The report "Internet World: Smart Home is the Key to the Future of Internet of Things" As of the end of this year, nearly 20 billion Internet of Things and networking equipment will be deployed in the world, the next four years will be an additional 10 billion enterprises in recent years has been the key market for the use of things, but long-term projections show that the 2020 smart home Will likely become the networking and networking equipment deployment growth of the main driving force, the number of connections will reach 50 billion.

The key findings of the report include:

• As part of the deployment of networking / IoT equipment share, smart home appliances will exceed smartphones in 2021 • The Internet of Things will grow 17% in 2017, but the annual growth rate will drop to 9% in 2021 • Total networking / Internet of things terminal market stock 52%

David Mercer, chief analyst and report author of Strategy Analytics, said: 'The initial networking device PC now accounts for only 5% of the total market, which explains how the Internet infiltrates many aspects of our lives.'

"Smart homes are still the first of its kind in the next decade," says Bill Ablondi, director of strategy home strategy research at Smart Analytics. "With the growing number of networking devices installed in the home, it will be the largest in the next decade. One of the market segments.