MOBILE IOT
“ Mobile IoT responds to the fact that customers and consumers just want things to work ”
– Andrew Parker , GSMA ’ s Programme Marketing Director for the Internet of Things
which can then be delivered to the closest distribution centers .
“ You can quickly see how retrofitting these pallets with the technology , as opposed to fitting trackers onto them , can have a massive impact if a proportion of that 15bn is upgraded ,” Parker observes .
This niche , albeit striking example of mobile IoT ’ s scalability comes back to the key point behind GSMA ’ s $ 1.8trn research announcement , as Parker concludes : “ IoT opens up scale to all industries . It is about breadth of coverage and the power of connections , building a new network fit for the Internet of Things as opposed to adapting an existing network .”
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