GSMA Launches IoT Big Data Application Programming Interface Directory

GSMA launched an “IoT Big Data API Directory” designed to make “harmonised data sets from multiple sources worldwide available to developers and third parties, enabling them to create innovative new Internet of Things (IoT) services.” API stands for application programming interface. “The directory, which is the first of its kind, is designed to encourage a common approach to data sharing that will help the IoT to realise its full potential and encourage the development of new projects across transport, the environment and smart cities,” GSMA said in a Wednesday news release. Wireless operators China Mobile, China Unicom, KT Corporation, Orange and Telefónica put in place solutions enabling them to share harmonized IoT data, GSMA said.