Technology, Media, and Telecommunications - Predictions 2020

TMT Predictions 2020: The canopy effect

Deloitte’s 2020 TMT Predictions report contains three overarching themes. First, individual technologies are no longer siloed, but are becoming ever more connected and interdependent—and their impact and value are increasing as a result. Second, most of the TMT industry’s money is coming from smartphones, computers, TVs, enterprise data centers and software, and IoT (we call these the “Big Five”). And third, many services and products that have been “just around the corner” for years are finally turning that corner in 2020.

Think of a forest … In prior years of TMT Predictions, we have cross-referenced chapters a handful of times. This year, however, we have done so much more frequently. Consider that edge AI chips, private 5G, and robots are all interconnected, while ad-supported video and antenna TV are both affected by each other as well as by low-earthorbit broadband satellites.