Wondering where technology will take us? I’ve assembled here predictions from known experts on where & how they see technology evolving in the coming years, from 2017 onwards.
This year I’ve changed how I publish my annual list of forecasting articles. There are a great number of predictions for 2017 and beyond and they come from a variety of sources. This particular article focuses on technology as it relates to marketing!
2015
2015 is in fact the last article I put together at the beginning of the New Year as it reviews what actually happened this year. Watch for it in the first week of January 2016.
2016
If you are looking for what experts are forecasting for next year, then you should look into my article covering 2016 specifically:
- 2016 predictions in general, business, marketing & technology
- 2016 ad spend predictions
- 2016 advertising predictions
2017 AND BEYOND
THE FUTURE IN GENERAL
AD SPEND (EVERY WHICH WAY)
ADVERTISING
BROADCAST TV, PAY TV & CABLE
BUSINESS
CONNECTED DEVICES / WEARABLES / INTERNET OF THINGS
CONSUMERS / POPULATION
DATA
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECOMMERCE / M-COMMERCE
GAMING
HUMAN RESOURCES
LOCATION BASED MARKETING
MARKETING
MOBILE GAMING
MOBILE MARKETING
MOBILE PAYEMENTS
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
MOBILE VIDEO
OTT (OVER THE TOP / SMART TV)
PHABLETS
PRIVACY
SECURITY
TABLETS
TECHNOLOGY
- 2017 – 85% of the World Will Have High-Speed Mobile Internet by 2017 [REPORT], from Mashable | The Social Media GuideMobile by Zoe Fox
- 2017 – World’s E-Waste to Grow 33% by 2017, Report Says, mashable.com by LiveScience
- 2018 – Satellite revenue will grow by 26% to 2018, advanced-television.com
- 2018 – U.S. Mandates Rearview Cameras in New Cars by 2018, mashable.com by Colin Daileda
- 2018 – HEVC encoders for satellite distribution worth $2.5m by 2018, advanced-television.com by Editor
- 2018 – FR – Microsoft promet Windows 10 sur un milliard d’appareils d’ici 2018, lesaffaires.com by AFP Apr 30
- 2019 – Fibre-optic broadband subs to double by 2019, advanced-television.com by Editor May 8
- 2019 – Social Business Software Market Expected To Reach $37 Billion By 2019, marketingland.com by Marketing Land May 11
- 2020 – China To Launch Its Own Space Station by 2020, from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
- 2020 – Croatia to switch to DVB-T2 by 2020, advanced-television.com by Editor Feb 26
- 2020 – Smart home revenues to reach $100bn by 2020, advanced-television.comby Editor Oct 21
- 2021 – Global fixed broadband lines to hit 1bn by 2021, advanced-television.com by Editor Jun 3
- 2023 – Average UK household needs 19 Mbps by 2023, advanced-television.com by Editor Nov 7
- 2024 – Drone Industry Could Soar to $11 Billion by 2024, mashable.com by LiveScience Aug 1
TELECOM
- 2017 – 4G connections to reach ‘a billion by 2017’, iabuk.net
- 2017 – Mobile-roaming revenue is expected to almost double by 2017, from MMA SmartBrief
- 2017 – FR – Les frais d’itinérance en Europe seront plafonnés en 2016 puis abolis en 2017, comby Marc-Antoine Bergeron Côté Nov 3
- 2018 – Triple-play revenues to reach $144bn by 2018, advanced-television.com by Editor
- LatAm telco revenue to hit $110bn by 2018, advanced-television.com by Editor Jul 2
- 2019 – Mobile Internet Subscriptions to Triple by 2019, mashable.com by Zoe Fox Nov 23
- 2020 – 2020: The Rise or Demise of Wireless Carriers?, from Mashable | The Social Media GuideMobile by Kolja Reiss
