As loT revenue and investment opportunities are scaling up, certain enablers, such as Artificial Intelligence, big data analytics (BDA) and Blockchain, are gaining momentum. These emerging solutions are helping businesses to boost revenues, lower their cost base, and gain in efficiencies and competitive edge, while laying the foundation for "smart societies". This illustrates the rapid transformation experienced by the sector, from the analogue era of the 1970s to the convergence era of the early 2000s, all powered by the advent of the Internet, and the digital transformation phase which the sector has been experiencing since 2010.