Digital 7 is needed to maintain and expand connectivity, as well as how they can work together to share each other's experiences and to develop standards together. Citing a Cisco figure, the D5 expects over 50 billion internet connected devices to be in use around the world by 2020, with as many as dozens of each device in every household. To meet these needs, the UK government's focus will be on Machine to Machine technology, the Internet of Things and 5G mobile networks. In March 2014, they announced they will be investing £45 million in the Internet of Things. They have set
Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics the Spanish economy, which is expected to start recovering by the last quarter of 2013, and was predicted to grow over the following five years. The 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission Report on the Candidate Cities for the 2020 Summer Olympics was released on June 25. Madrid 2020 gave a presentation of their bid to the IOC at an Extraordinary session in Lausanne in July 2013. In July 2013, the bid launched their "Illuminate the Future" slogan. Prior to the host city election, FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi pledged his support for Madrid's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 125th