{"id":22702,"date":"2018-07-04T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T08:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/?post_type=news&p=19419"},"modified":"2020-01-12T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T16:30:02","slug":"operators-move-beyond-connectivity-in-the-iot-era-as-asia-pulls-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/news\/operators-move-beyond-connectivity-in-the-iot-era-as-asia-pulls-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Operators Move Beyond Connectivity in the IoT Era as Asia Pulls Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Internet of Things is well on the way to transforming our lives \u2013 connecting devices across vast areas at low cost to make our working lives more productive, our cities smarter, and our travel safer and more efficient. Much of the growth in IoT \u2013 particularly in industrial contexts \u2013 will be led<\/a> by Asia. Last month saw release<\/a> of a new GSMA report on the latest major development in IoT, what has been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/strong>: the convergence of IoT, big data analytics, ultrafast internet and AI with industrial processes. It found that China will lead the world in Industrial IoT, by leveraging returns from its enormous investments and economies of scale \u2013 of the 13.8 billion IIoT connections expected globally by 2025, almost a third will be found in China. \u201cChina is betting big on the IIoT to increase productivity and drive efficiencies by streamlining and automating manufacturing processes via internet connectivity. Backed by positive government support, China is set to become the world\u2019s leader,\u201d reflected GSMA Chief Technology Officer Alex Sinclair. The full report can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Global Mobile operators commit to common approach to IoT security<\/strong>
\nFor this potential to be realised fully however, confidence in security must be paramount. We therefore welcomed an announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai last week that operators across Asia and beyond have committed<\/a> to the GSMA\u2019s IoT Security Guidelines, supported<\/a> by the IoT Security Assessment.\u00a0 \u201cFor the IoT to flourish, the industry needs an aligned and consistent approach to IoT security. Our guidelines encourage the industry to adopt a robust set of best practices that will help create a more secure IoT market with trusted, reliable services that can scale as the market grows,\u201d explained Mr Sinclair. This agreement represents what we are delighted to note is a growing tendency among operators towards collaboration on matters of common interest. It is in pursuit of this deepening collaboration that the GSMA held its IoT Summit at the Mobile World Congress last Thursday, at which discussion of Mobile IoT dominated the afternoon session.<\/p>\n

Enormous growth in Mobile IoT accelerates technological advancement in multiple industry verticals<\/strong>
\nOur operator panel on network performance and market opportunities in Mobile IoT returned some highly encouraging updates from work in progress across Asia. Head of IoT Innovation at Vodafone Lory Thorpe confirmed that, as rollout continues apace, Mobile IoT is meeting expectations \u2013 in terms of coverage, testing, and successful use cases. China Unicom\u2019s Chen Xiaotian for instance reported enormous growth in transportation and logistics, as well as a rapidly expanding consumer market. He cautioned, however, that operators must not think if themselves only as the glue that holds services together via their networks. \u201cIn this era, if an operator is only providing connectivity, that\u2019s just not enough. We need to go a step further and think about connectivity plus \u2013 we need to provide platforms, and the customer needs services from us.\u201d Mr Xiaotian\u2019s point echoes an increasingly common refrain heard across the industry, which urges operators to act less like utility companies in the era of IoT, and more like holistic service providers. \u201cMany manufacturers of home air purifiers for example sell services to help customers manage air purification, as well as the filters themselves,\u201d he explained; \u201cwe will increasingly need to play such a role in future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chief among the enablers of these new roles will be data analytics. As KDDI\u2019s General Manager of Industry Standards Departments Masaaki Koga pointed out on our next panel on realising the value of Mobile IoT, there are now many more business models for Mobile IoT than previously. What started with vending machines and logistics has become an array of commercial and industrial applications too numerous to count, and with them a proliferation of opportunities for operators to capitalise on the data generated as a result. \u201cPreviously we customised solutions customer by customer, but LTE-M enables platforms which allow multiple devices to be deployed and with them big data analytics.\u201d Senior Consultant at FarEasTone Mike Lee supported this view, reflecting on his own professional experience using data to help civic authorities monitor air quality. As Director of the GSMA\u2019s IoT Programme Svetlana Grant put it, \u201cdata is the main currency of the Internet of Things \u2013 and operators are busy working with customers to find the value propositions data can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LTE-M and NB-IoT are integral to 5G<\/strong>
\nThere has been something of an increase in focus on LTE-M recently, with some operators previously more focussed on NB-IoT now making significant investments in its sister technology; one such operator is Vodafone, who confirmed on the panel that their provision of LTE-M in the region \u201cis being worked on and will launch soon.\u201d Similar indications were given by General Manager at China Telecom Zhao Jianjun who confirmed that LTE-M is in plan and currently being tested. While NB-IoT networks still outnumber LTE-M, deployment of the latter is picking up pace. Part of this may be growing recognition that it represents a truly long-term investment: KDDI\u2019s Mr Koga reminded us that, contrary to a still common misconception, NB-IoT and LTE-M will form not an alternative to but \u201ca part <\/em>of 5G \u2013 these technologies are mature and long-lasting, and you do not need to wait for 5G.\u201d We are pleased to see more widespread appreciation of the complementary relationship these technologies will enjoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With 53 Mobile IoT networks now in place, it is vital that we forge solutions to enable future ecosystem growth. Our final panel dealt explicitly with that challenge. \u201cThe technology is here but the ecosystem is quite fragmented \u2013 it\u2019s very unlike the smartphone business,\u201d explained CEO of Sequans Dr Georges Karam. \u201cWe need to make the market easy, and enable connectivity and make service seamless. If this happens, we can get the scale.\u201d This sentiment was echoed by Senior Vice President for Mobile Services at Gemalto Sashidhar Thothadri, who urged integration of packages in what U-Blox\u2019s Head of Strategic Partnerships Simon Glassman called \u201can inherently complex value chain.\u201d As collaboration across the industry and communication with customers and verticals deepens, we look forward to seeing how service packages can be integrated with connectivity to ensure Mobile IoT\u2019s continued growth.<\/p>\n

You may also view the GSMA Internet of Things Guide<\/a> to understand how the GSMA Internet of Things Programme is partnering with mobile network operators and key ecosystem partners in driving various IoT industry initiatives.
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