As smartphone market gets saturated, Verizon and rival AT&T hope connecting more objects provide avenue for growth
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc is trying to pave the way for developers to connect more devices to the Web, as its "Internet of Things" business has touched $500 million so far this year, an executive said on Wednesday.
Aimed at connecting to the Internet everything from household devices to industrial machines, the business is growing at a "double-digit" rate, Mike Lanman, senior vice president of enterprise products at Verizon said at an event in San Francisco.