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January 17, 2018 |

Global Smart Cities IoT Technology Revenues to exceed US$60 Billion by 2026

Smart Meters and Video Surveillance Top Revenue Segments both exceeding US$20 Billion by 2026

IoT technology revenues across 12 key smart city technologies and verticals will grow from around†US$25 billion†in 2017 to†US$62 billion†in 2026 at an average growth rate of 11%. According to†ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, while smart meters and video surveillance represent the largest absolute revenue opportunities, the fastest growing verticals include EV charging stations and micro-grids, smart waste management and environmental sensors, smart parking, and smart street lighting.

“Interest in and focus on Smart Cities has skyrocketed in 2017, with a very large number of vendors from across the value chain repositioning and optimizing their IoT portfolios to take advantage of this beckoning opportunity,” says†Dominique Bonte, Vice President at ABI Research. “By its very nature of aggregating a wide range of solutions and technologies, the Smart Cities segment offers the perfect environment for suppliers to offer horizontal IoT platform solutions and addresses a recent trend toward more holistic, cross vertical approaches.”

When considering IoT revenue categories, the largest rewards can be reaped from the higher levels of the value chain, including applications and services, analytics and AI, and security. Connectivity, sensor and device management, as well as professional services, represent decreasing opportunities against a background of increasing platformization and commoditization.

Key smart city IoT solutions and platforms include Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities, InterDigital’s Chordant, PTC’s ThingWorx, Microsoft’s CityNext, Huawei’s OceanConnect, Nokia’s Impact, NVIDIA’s Metropolis, Verizon’s NetSense (Sensity), Siemens’ MindSphere, IBM’s Watson IoT, SAP’s Leonardo and Amazon’s AWS IoT platform.

While many, if not all, IoT technology suppliers are now directing their gaze firmly toward smart cities, only the ones addressing the specific challenges cities are facing will win. Critical success factors include flexible, extensible “as a service” aka “pay as you grow” offers, financing and ecosystem support, standards-based interoperability, and guaranteed technology lifecycle management. Simply applying a thin layer of marketing veneer on top of an otherwise generic IoT platform will not allow vendors to cut to the chase.

These findings are from ABI Research’s†Smart City Market Data†report. This report is part of the company’s††Smart Cities & Smart Spaces†Research Service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights.†


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