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The widespread rollout of 5G technology in the coming years will make digitalisation and the Internet of Things an integral part of all aspects of our daily lives, writes T-Systems.

T-Systems is a German company that operates information and communication technology (ICT) services. 

With driverless cars, smart heating controls, sensors for monitoring machines and data glasses to help engineers, digitalisation is expanding ever further and covering an increasing number of areas. This continuous growth applies above all to the Internet of Things (IoT).

An increasing number of devices are being networked and management consultants such as Gartner expect the figure to reach around 50 billion by 2020.