Embedded intelligence market potential . Within Europe there is significant investment being made through the ENIAC, Artemis and EPoSS programmes that is set to continue into Horizon 2020 and will see close to €5Billion invested over 7 years. The recent Strategic Research Agenda in Smart Systems Integration of the European Technology Platform EPoSS also identified Embedded Intelligence as the key enabler in the design and manufacturing of complex products and services. While currently it is relatively immature as a technology, the Internet of Things is likely to see the number of connected objects reach 50 billion by 2020. The integration of embedded
Internet in Italy Italia plans to connect 138 cities by 2018. The government has also started the Italia Digitale project, which aims to provide at least 50% of Italians with high-speed internet access by 2020. The government aims to extend the fibre-optic network to rural areas. While ADSL2+ with speeds up to 20/1 Mbit/s is still the most widely common subscription available in Italy, the main telephone company in the country (TIM or Telecom Italia) is investing 12 billion € in the period of 2016-2018, with the aim of reaching 84% of the homes with broadband connection (100 Mbit/s) before the end of