The world of IoT is awash with standards-setting bodies. oneM2M, however claims to be THE global standards initiative for M2M and IoT. It has just released updated editions of its Release 1 global specifications, saying the move “promises to enable IoT interworking and create a foundation platform to interconnect IoT devices and applications.” oneM2M was […]
IoT standards consolidate: Open Interconnect Consortium swallows UPnP Forum
Intel-originated IoT standards body, the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC), is to acquire “substantially all of the assets” of smart home standards body, the UPnP Forum and will offer membership to UPnP Forum members, a move that it says will lead to increased alignment on IoT standards. The OIC said there must be an accepted common […]
Beware of vendors spruiking IoT standards
Nokia has issued a press release claiming some initiative in promoting IoT standards. Close scrutiny reveals just what Nokia is on about. The press release is headed “Nokia Networks kick-starts industry collaboration to enable the programmable world.” In reality, when you drill down, there’s not a lot of kicking happening, but it’s very goal-directed. The […]
Singapore joins ITU smart city trial
Singapore has joined the ITU’s two-year pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of the ITU’s key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities. The ITU aims to develop an internationally standardised set of of the indicators that can be used as the basis of a Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index. The pilot project will test and […]
AllSeen Alliance gathers momentum with 13 new members
The AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration set up to to advance IoT through an open source software project, the AllJoyn Framework, has signed up 13 new members, many from the Asia-Pacific region. The announcement comes ahead of the annual AllSeen Alliance Summit, to be held in Seattle, 19-21 October. AllJoyn is an API framework developed […]
IEEE and Industrial Internet Consortium making IoT interoperable
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) are to collaborate to develop a “comprehensive architecture for an interoperable Internet of Things (IoT) around the world.” They have entered into a liaison agreement under which IIC and the IEEE P2413 Architectural Framework for the Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group will share […]
Cisco IoT World Forum Reference Model promises interoperability
With the number of bodies, platforms and ‘standards’ relating to IoT growing rapidly, Cisco is hoping to provide some overarching uniformity with the development of the IoT World Forum Reference Model, which it unveiled at the 2014 IoT World Forum, billed as “an exclusive industry event, hosted by Cisco.” According to a Cisco white paper […]
Broadband Forum touts TR-069 as an IoT and M2M standard – UPDATED
The Broadband Forum is making a push for its TR-069 smart home communications standard to be widely adopted in the IoT and M2M space. it is citing a study from Ovum saying it “shows that service providers across the world are relying on [TR-069’s] versatility and reliability to support them in delivering IoT and M2M […]
Wireless IoT Forum to promote wireless IoT standards
A new body, the Wireless IoT Forum, has been launched to “support and promote the deployment of the Internet of Things worldwide …[and] to drive the widespread adoption of wireless wide-area networking technologies in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.” The Forum says it will work with key stakeholders from across the value chain to agree […]
LPWAN – wide open field for wide area networking technology
If you’re not a close follower of what’s happening in the Internet of Things (IoT) this acronym—for low power wide area network—might be new to you, but it represents one of the most important components and one of the most hotly contested aspects of the Internet of Things – the radio communications technology that ‘things’ […]
