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Tribune News Network
Doha
Vodafone Qatar, the Communications Partner of the Qatar Sustainability Week 2017, showcased at the event how the Internet of Things (IoT) is having a profound impact on the world of sustainability.
Vodafone's fifth annual IoT Barometer Report the leading global survey of business sentiment regarding investment and innovation in the Internet of Things, was provided to the event attendees.
Vodafone's team was also on hand to discuss how the desire to drive down costs by driving up efficiency using IoT technologies is having a huge effect on the sustainability practices across major industries with adopters reporting 38 percent increased sustainability.
The Barometer reveals that the number of large scale Internet of Things (IoT) projects doubled in the last year with more than 50,000 connected devices active. Energy and utility companies are at the forefront of the largest IoT projects worldwide with over a third (35%) of organisations already using IoT.
The use of applications such as smart meters and pipeline monitoring are helping to optimise power generation and consumption, while ensuring environmental sustainability, including reducing greenhouse emissions (GHG).
Ian Gray, CEO of Vodafone Qatar, said:"Vodafone is a world leader in IoT. Over time, IoT technologies will transform every industry, most public services and many aspects of consumers' daily lives. By bringing intelligent interconnection and network control to previously 'dumb' disconnected devices and services, numerous products and processes in the workplace and in the home will become significantly more efficient and reliable, with a positive impact on energy and fuel consumption and therefore GHG emissions."
Vodafone's research found that 84 percent of IoT adopters say their use of IoT has grown in the last year and 66 percent of businesses surveyed agree that digital transformation is impossible without IoT.
