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What you need to know: This weblog captures key data points about the global telecoms industry. I use it as an electronic notebook to support my work for Pringle Media.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Amazon's Echo Sells Out

Infographic: The Numbers Behind Amazon's Echo  | Statista
Amazon’s Echo, a smart speaker controlled by Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa, and the smaller Echo Dot are completely sold out on Amazon’s website and won’t become available until after the holidays. Source: Statista

The Echo and Alexa are key elements of Amazon's strategy to sidestep Google's and Apple's control of the smart home market. For more on Amazon's battle with Google and Microsoft for the smart home,  see my recent report for STL Partners.
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