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Executive ETSI IoT-M2M workshop:

Viewpoint Series Approaching a Smarter World

Continued (from page 8) By 2020 each person is expected to and a one-day tutorial on oneM2M for
have an average of 4 connected devices. developers. The workshop also offered
Jim Nolan, EVP, Digitization of the world is not a dream, the opportunity to view oneM2M
InterDigital Solutions it’s already happening for many of showcases: multi-party demonstrations
us. This new reality lay behind the of oneM2M in action, showing
discussions at the ETSI IoT and M2M commercially available products and
“We see oneM2M as the workshop, which took place from 15 to currently deployed services covering
broadest standard for the 17 November 2016. This event focused a cross section of IoT application
services that enable IoT on the smart world and especially domains including smart city, smart
applications.” on smart cities. The workshop was living, eHealth, smart metering, energy
preceded by a half-day session “When efficiency and home automation,
Standards Support Policies: the case all based upon oneM2M Release 2
Q. What advice would you give to of IoT and the digitization of industry”, specifications.
companies that are deploying IoT
services and solutions? The European Commission outlined
JN The IoT is still a nascent market. its European urban platform initiatives
The ability to spin up a new solution which address the needs of cities. It
can be quite daunting; there is a lot highlighted the need for an open
of effort involved in integrating a common reference architecture for
complete solution especially if you IoT, enabling the integration of the
have to deal with legacy systems. My different vertical services present in the
advice to companies is to look at city. In addition to oneM2M and ETSI
standards-based solutions where you SmartM2M standardization activities,
have an eco-system of multiple solution ETSI has also created a working group
providers. This gives you multi-vendor on sustainable digital multiservice cities.
interoperability and supplier choice Presentations in the smart city track
over the long haul. introduced real life implementations
from the city of Bordeaux in France,
The oneM2M Executive Viewpoint Series features Murcia in Spain, Greenwich in the UK
business insights from senior executives in and several towns in Korea. These
companies that are commercializing products and
services based on the oneM2M standard. For more cities highlighted the need for technical
information, including how to join and participate in expertise and advice on the selection
oneM2M, see www.onem2m.org. and use of standards, in addition to
funding to initiate smart cities projects.

Beyond smart cities, several business
areas were introduced, including
appliances, energy, buildings,
India M2M + iot Forum 2017 transportation, e-health, industry and
agriculture. The audience discovered
how far ICT was already integrated into
some domains with smart appliances
and smart farming systems already on
the market. The latest developments
in oneM2M Release 2 were presented
with a particular focus on support for
security and semantic interoperability,
essential to enable full information
sharing among these diverse sectors.
The workshop ended with a panel
discussion on the challenges for IoT
6–7 March 2017, New Delhi, India and M2M standards, following an
EC-funded study on the standards
ETSI is pleased to endorse the India M2M + iot Forum which aims to landscape and a gap analysis for
IoT European Large Scale Pilot (LSP)
highlight India as the ‘Manufacturing Hub’ for the M2M + iot industry projects. The discussion concluded
where a wide range of high-quality and high-end engineering that the emergence of IoT ecosystems
products, services and solutions could be sourced by the companies, needs a standardized architecture
organizations and governments of the nation and the world. which offers integration of advanced
IoT technologies and interoperability
For more information, visit: http://www.m2m2iotforum.com/ across IoT domains and applications,
features which have been developed
into oneM2M. The IoT can exist only
when information exchange among
different solutions and business areas
is enabled.

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