Internet of Things

Overview

Internet of Things (IoT) involves connecting devices to the internet across multiple networks to allow them to communicate with humans, applications and each other. IoT is set to have a huge impact on our daily lives, helping us to reduce traffic congestion, improve care for the elderly, create smarter homes, and much more.

This four-week course will provide a high-level overview of the IoT concepts from a mobile perspective, outline the role IoT can play in enhancing the productivity of industry and explore the implications that IoT has in terms of policy and regulation.

Price: £625 per person

20% discount available for GSMA Members when booking ten or more places on a course.

Course objectives

• Understand the benefits IoT can bring to citizens, consumers and businesses.
• Learn about the key difference between IoT and traditional telecoms services.
• Discover the policy and regulatory implications of IoT.

Course Agenda

Who should attend this course?

• Individuals who want to gain a solid understanding of IoT technologies, business models and regulatory issues.
• Regulatory or legal professionals who have not previously worked on IoT projects, but need to quickly gain a solid understanding of the area.
• Entry and mid-level engineering staff who understand many of the technical aspects of IoT, but need to gain knowledge of issues related to IoT business models, as well as IoT policy and regulation.

The benefits for you and your organisation

• You will learn the key concepts behind IoT technologies and services.
• You will understand the IoT value chain and commonly used IoT business models.
• You will gain detailed knowledge of IoT policy and regulation issues such as privacy, data localisation, security and numbering.
• You will have new insights into key trends in IoT technologies and services around the world.

Course structure and study time

The course consists of four sessions as outlined in the course agenda.

You will gain access to all of these sessions at the start of the course and you can work through them at your own pace, making it easy to fit your learning around work, family or personal commitments. Each session uses compelling visuals, clear audio commentary and lots of interactive elements to keep you engaged as you learn. You can also revisit topics at any point throughout the course to refresh your knowledge. At the end of each session there is a short, multiple choice quiz, to test that you have retained the knowledge you have learned during the session. You will need to pass this quiz in other to move on to the next session.

During the course, there are four live video chat sessions with the course trainer where you have the opportunity to ask questions about the content of the course. Additionally, you can ask the course trainer questions on the course forum and use the forum to exchange knowledge with other students.

It should take you no more than two to three hours of study time per week to finish the course in four weeks. You will have, however, an additional three weeks to complete it, so the course will be open to you for a total of seven weeks. If you decide to submit a final project, it is likely to take you four to six hours to put it together. You can submit the final project at any point during the seven weeks that the course is open to you.

Course completion certificates

All of our courses are certified by the United Kingdom Telecoms Academy (UKTA) and can be used as evidence of professional development.

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you must view all the course sessions and correctly answer all the multiple choice quiz questions you will find as you progress through the sessions. You will also need to fill out the course survey to give us feedback on your experience on the course.

You do not have to complete a final project to earn a course completion certificate but we strongly encourage you to create one. Putting together a final project will give you an opportunity to reflect on the principles covered during the course and help you discover how they could be applied to your own work. If you submit a final project the course trainer will provide you with valuable feedback that you may find useful in your day-to-day job.