IoT
Gartner says 6.4 billion connected devices will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and by 2020, that number is expected to hit 20 billion.
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3165317
New IDC Forecast Predicts CEMA Internet of Things Market to Grow 22% in 2015
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prCZ25820415
Explosive Internet of Things Spending to Reach $1.7 Trillion in 2020
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25658015
By 2025, Internet of things applications could have $11 trillion impact
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/in_the_news/by_2025_internet_of_things_applications_could_have_11_trillion_impact
Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things McKinsey & Company
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/the_internet_of_things_the_value_of_digitizing_the_physical_world
An executive’s guide to the Internet of Things
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/an_executives_guide_to_the_internet_of_things
Internet of Things Market to Nearly Double by 2019
http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Internet-Of-Things-Market-To-Nearly-Double-By-2019-/
How the ‘Internet of Things’ will affect the world
Facts and statistics about IoT
IoT Adoption In Southeast Asia In 2015
Smart Cities
Gartner Says Smart Cities Will Use 1.6 Billion Connected Things in 2016
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3175418
Design opportunities explode as cities get smarter
Smart Cities to Rise Fourfold in Number from 2013 to 2025
http://press.ihs.com/press-release/design-supply-chain-media/smart-cities-rise-fourfold-number-2013-2025
Smartphones
Gartner Says By 2018, 50 Percent of Consumers in Mature Markets Will Use Smartphones or Wearables for Mobile Payments
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3178217
Mobile Internet Users to Top 2 Billion Worldwide in 2016
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS40855515
Statistics and facts about Smartphones
http://www.statista.com/topics/840/smartphones/
2014: China will top 500 million smartphone users for the first time.
2015: Russia will surpass Japan as the fourth-largest smartphone user population.
2016: India will exceed 200 million smartphone users, topping the US as the world’s second-largest smartphone market.
2017: The US will surpass 200 million smartphone users, or nearly 65% of the country’s total population.
2018: Indonesia will pass 100 million smartphone users, firmly established as the fourth-largest smartphone user population.
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