Wireless IoT Forum Launches To Spur Standards Development

The Wireless IoT Forum launched to support and promote the deployment of the IoT worldwide and to drive the widespread adoption of wireless wide-area networking technologies in licensed and unlicensed spectrum, it said Tuesday. Founding members will be announced at the M2M World Congress in London April 28. The forum said it plans to promote and market IoT benefits for companies “building the ecosystem” including fixed and wireless network operators, infrastructure providers, app developers in utilities, government and specialist SMEs (small and medium enterprises), semiconductor vendors, radio technology providers, module developers, systems integrators and vertical end users. The wireless IoT "is bringing connectivity and control to an order of magnitude more devices,” said William Webb, CEO, Wireless IoT Forum, and president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Webb cited the “tremendous amount of work” in the IoT world so far and said success lies in the promotion of open standards. The forum will work with key stakeholders from across the value chain on requirements that “inform and accelerate standards development and deployments,” it said.