“Parks Associates research estimates there will be nearly seven million new Western European households with a smart home controller in 2016,” Tom Kerber, director, IoT strategy at Parks Associates, says. “While much of this growth comes from embedded controllers in smart TVs, home control solutions are driving growth in multiple IoT markets, with successful product lines like Homematic starting to move the market beyond early adopters.”
From the article "IoT Issues to Be Addressed at CES 2017" by Laura Hamilton.
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