Sales in the region are growing at a rate of about 16% a year, according to IMS Research.

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If you were to ask IMS Research they believe the number of devices connected to the internet will reach 22 billion in just ten years!

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This past year, device makers shipped 6 million boxes designed to fuse the TV and Internet experience, according to a November 2007 study by IMS Research.

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Back in 2009, that production cost was about 50% lower than what major silicon solar panel makers could achieve, said Sam Wilkinson, a senior analyst at IMS Research.

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According to IMS Research, collectively, 5.6 billion bulbs light American households and businesses, including 4.2 billion incandescent bulbs and about 1 billion compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs that contain toxic mercury.

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Features like social media services, live traffic and weather updates and automatic emergency calling will be available in 650 percent more cars worldwide in 2017 than there were in 2010, according to analysts at IMS Research.

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The reason is that IMS Health, the market research firm that tracks prescriptions, has to restate mail-order activity for the drug for the last two weeks of September.

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Owens also likes IMS Health, which sells market research.

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