The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected to head a new research committee for the Internet of Things (IoT) that was formed during a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, recently.
According to a report in tradearabia.com, the group focus was on implementing the IoT to smart cities and communities in order to meet the needs of standardisation of the IoT technologies.
This aim would be achieved by creating a single platform combining engineers and experts from industry, telecom operators, ITU Member States and concerned organisations, to exchange visuals, examine the challenges and solutions while coming up with recommendations and unified global standards in this field.
The UAE was nominated for the presidency of the committee, with Nasser Al Marzouqi, representative of the UAE at the ITU appointed the chairman, said the report. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Argentina, Italy, and China were all nominated as vice-chairmen of the Committee, reflecting the great interest by ITU Member States in the work of the new research committee.
The research committee, the 20th research committee in the field of telecommunication standardisation, was namde, “Internet of Things and its Applications, including Smart Cities and Communities”.
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