Net In Every House & VideoEnabled Devices In Every Pot

Net In Every House & VideoEnabled Devices In Every Pot

Research firm IHS is forecasting there will be more than 8 billion video-enabled devices online in 2017, which will exceed the total human population of the earth at that time (expected to reach 7.4 billion). Currently there are about 4.3 billion tablets, smart TVs, smartphones, Blu-ray players, PCs, gaming consoles, and so on that are connected to the Internet, but IHS says that number is growing much more rapidly than the population of homo sapiens. 

Although PCs represented 93% of all connected devices less than 10 years ago, in 2017 their share will be only 23%. SmartTVs will have 5%, gaming consoles 2%, and smartphones and tablets will represent the lion’s share at 67%.