920+ Million Connected Devices will be sold in 2012
New connected products and technologies, including smart HDTVs, voice controls, Android tablets, and multifunction e-readers, are changing the way consumers access and manage content in the home. International research firm Parks Associates will highlight its latest consumer and industry research in these key markets at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at 2012 International CES in Las Vegas on January 10.
The summit, hosted in the South Hall Convention Center, Rooms S204-S205, during the first day of CES, features sessions with Parks Associates analysts and senior executives from Verizon, Best Buy, Motorola, IBM, and other leading companies discussing the changing entertainment and device landscape and its impact on consumers. Following the sessions, GSMA is sponsoring the CONNECTIONS™ Summit Networking Reception.
Parks Associates forecasts more than 920 million connected devices, including smartphones and tablets, will be sold worldwide in 2012 and revenues from operator-provided cloud-based value-added services will exceed $8.5 billion by 2015. CONNECTIONS™ Summit sessions address the television’s evolving role in the home, content distribution across multiple screens, new value-added services including energy management, and consumer interest in the digital locker to store content.
“We have a stellar lineup of participants this year," said Stuart Sikes, president, Parks Associates. "We designed the Summit panels to provide research insight and analyst perspectives followed by an interactive discussion about key business issues and the most pressing challenges to companies in these markets.”
Participants at the event include representatives from:
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Akamai Technologies Best Buy Blue Line Innovations Dell Digitalsmiths GE Appliances GSMA Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. IBM Insight Communications Irdeto LEVEL Studios |
LG Electronics Motorola Mobility Orange; UMTS Forum PlumChoice Qualcomm Atheros Radialpoint Rovi Corporation Siemens Communications, Media and Technology Support.com Technicolor thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast Verizon |
CONNECTIONS™ Summit includes support from Premier Program Members, which include Digitalsmiths; IBM; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; Motorola Mobility; PacketVideo; PlumChoice; Radialpoint; Rovi; Siemens; and Technicolor.
During CES, visit Parks Associates in Booth # 20259 in the LVCC South Hall 1.
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