Urban video surveillance will double globally 2017, according to IHS

The American electronics and media firm IHS (formerly IMS Research) estimates that the market of urban video surveillance cameras will double worldwide in the year 2017.

Ihs, Specialized in electronic and media consulting and before IMS Research, has pointed out in a statement that in the next four years the global market for video surveillance cameras applied to urban security will double in 2017, According to the data collected in market studies and analysis.

In this sense, This increase in video surveillance systems in the streets of cities is due not only to a policy of greater citizen projection, but also technological advances in wireless network infrastructure and sophisticated global video systems, that the company estimates will move more than 3.200 millions of dollars.

According to market analysts' estimates, The needs for video surveillance systems are transforming in both aspects: On the one hand, security in public and private facilities has increased significantly with the strategic placement of this type of devices to reduce theft., incidents and improving the work of security forces.

Moreover, Video surveillance systems installed in shopping centers, Public institutions, Shops, Hospitals, Schools, Etc. have gone from being mostly fixed to networked systems with greater coverage and real-time visualization through mobile devices anytime, anywhere.

This mobile video surveillance will be increasingly widespread, according to IHS, to the urban safety environment to record any incident, reduce crime and provide more effective control of security forces globally, in the light of the latest incidents in Turkey, Syria, Egypt or Brazil, and the terrorist threat.

As Paul Bremner points out, market analyst for safe cities and security services at IHS, "Urban video surveillance systems must provide clear, usable images so that police departments can conduct investigations effectively when necessary.".

One of the challenges and debates of all this is the privacy of the citizen, that would be practically relegated to its own home, As pointed out by other analysts and also organizations worldwide, who denounce that it is not about protection but about social control for political purposes.

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