The Internet of how many things?


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 20 Dec 2016

Column inches in newspapers and on tech blogs may still outnumber the devices in the average consumer's home but 2017 could be the year that the Internet of Things (IoT) truly becomes a thing. 

According to Juniper Research, by 2021, the number of connected devices, sensors and activators in use will total 46 billion – that's a 200% jump on the number of IoT devices linked to the Web that are forecast to be in use by the end of this year. 

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