Do you think the emerging Internet of Things could eventually play a role in fixing temporary network straining like during the holiday season?

Actually, the opposite. IoT will put additional strain on wireless networks and further impact network congestion and latency. Many IoT technologies transmit a constant stream of information in real time, and although each device is only transmitting a small amount of data, the sheer number of future machine-to-machine (M2M) connections will mean massive amounts of new data transmissions overall. The popularity of IoT gadgets during this year's holiday shopping season alone means we're likely to see a spike in the number of the devices within the next month or so.

Even today, 4G LTE network providers are already strategizing how to keep up with the newly created mobile traffic and data demands by the Internet of Things. Analysts are predicting billions more connected devices coming online within just a few years, which makes the expansion of future network infrastructure capacity crucial.