London, April 1, 2015: Yet one more Internet of Things (IoT) forum has been launched.
The Wireless IoT Forum has been formed to support and promote the deployment of the Internet of Things worldwide. The Forum stated in a press release that it was created to drive the widespread adoption of wireless wide-area networking technologies in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. It will work with key stakeholders from across the value chain to agree requirements that inform and accelerate standards development and deployments.
The Forum is set to Announce Founding Members at the M2M World Congress in London on April 28, 2015.
The press release further said the Wireless IoT Forum would strive to ensure market representation for companies building the ecosystem and work to promote and market the benefits for the complete ecosystem including: fixed and wireless network operators, infrastructure providers, app developers in utilities, government and specialist SMEs, semiconductor vendors, radio technology providers, module developers, systems integrators and vertical end-users.
It also announced that Will Franks had been appointed as Chairman and William Webb as Chief Executive Officer. Franks was previously Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Ubiquisys, the small cell vendor that was acquired by Cisco for US $310m. Webb also currently holds the position of President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and has also held senior positions with Ofcom.
“The wireless Internet of Things is bringing connectivity and control to an order of magnitude more devices, however there is a very real risk of fragmented standards and technologies holding back the development of the market,” said Webb. “There has also been a tremendous amount of work done in the IoT world across a wide range of technologies. As in the cellular world, the success of this will lie in the promotion of open standards.”
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