How IoT Technology Helps Cities to Focus on People

Evolution of smart cities from basic infrastructure elements to a comfortable urban ecosystem supports citizens throughout their lives and raises new concerns. In 2050 70% of the world's population will be concentrated in cities. Cities face a range of serious problems, from pollution to water scarcity, to be solved through future technologies. Gartner, Inc. predicts that 5.8 billion endpoints are expected to be in use by 2020, which is a 21% increase from 2019. IoT Smart City was determined as the largest IoT project segment (23%) followed by projects in Connected Industry (17%) Connected Building (12%), Connected Car (11%), Smart Energy (10%)