World Bank Working With GSMA on Use of IoT for Social Good

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said the bank will partner with the GSMA and wireless carriers worldwide to harness big data from the IoT to “help end extreme poverty and unlock new drivers of economic growth.” The initiative will “unlock new insights from anonymized data collected by mobile network operators through IoT devices and aggregate data from smartphone use,” GSMA said Monday. “It will also call on industry leaders, development partners and governments to work together in building a strong enabling environment for the IoT while protecting personal privacy.”