telecom & iot
TRANSCRIPT
Telecommunication Industry & Internet of
ThingsNovember 20, 2015
Overview
Impact of Internet of things(IoT) on telecommunication industry: Threat or Opportunity
Image source https://www.fiware.org/2015/05/26/the-battle-over-the-internet-of-things/
What is the IoT ?
"Things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data.
Cisco estimates the IoT will consist of 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020.
GE estimates that IoT technology for industry has the potential to add $10-$15 trillion
As Deloitte showed in a study, nearly 75% of executives affirms that their companies were exploring or adopting some form of IoT solutions.
High Level IoT stack
Things/Device
Data processing and Platform
Application
Device management
Subscription management
Understanding the problem - IoT point of view
Scalability
More data generated by machines than by people.
Security
Protecting users' privacy and manufacturers' IP
Detecting and blocking malicious activity
Complexity
Ever evolving ecosystem with multiple platforms numerous protocols large numbers of APIs
Protocol Uniformity
source: http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/
Telecom helping IoT
Understanding the problem - SolutionScalability
Extend Telecom-grade reliability and scale to infrastructure
Invest in emerging IoT technologies
Evolve SDN & NFV for use-cases
Security
Providers can validate the controller or gateway
Provider verify sensor information sources and locations. (3G/4G/5G)
Complexity
The Service providers can harmonize the information format
Newer evolving technologies would be standardized to interoperate with legacy system.
Reverse: IoT helping Telecom
Challenges in TelecomOver-the-top (OTT)
players
Customer retention
Declining ARPUs.
Legacy Technical infrastructure
source Informa Telecoms & Media report 2014
How IoT will help TelcosLeverage Big Data
Proactively manage customer relationships, Reform service center operations.
Focus on innovation.
Forge new partner relationships.
How Telecom will do all this
OfferingsOptions:
1.End-to-end Solution for some verticals
2.Horizontal solutions for IoT to support a range of vertical markets
3.Mix of 1 & 2
Options:
1.End-to-end Solution for some verticalsa. Have to decide on the vertical
b. Need the vertical knowledge
c. Use data from one sensor for other sensor usage
d. Example Fleet System, PoS
2.Horizontal solutions for IoT to support a range of vertical markets
3.Flexible approach
Offerings
OfferingsOptions:
1.End-to-end Solution for some verticals
2.Horizontal solutions for IoT to support a range of vertical marketsa. Partner with IoT providers
b. Re-sell the solutions
c. With horizontal model there will be rapid growth and innovation as different providers can work within common framework. Scaling on cloud with NFV can aid in horizontal model.
3.Flexible approach
OfferingsOptions:
1.End-to-end Solution for some verticals
2.Horizontal solutions for IoT to support a range of vertical markets
3.Flexible approacha. Partner with IoT providers, Operator provider common elements for multiple
verticals
b. End-to-end solutions for particular verticals
Icing on the cake Telecom industry already have :
Professional Services
Billing
Hosting
Network of Stores
Millions of existing customers
As 30% more gadgets are added to the Internet of Things (IoT) every year the global spending on support services is forecasted to soar, jumping 22% to $235bn by 2016.
Architecture: Dump pipes into smart pipes
Unified Management
PlatformGateway
M2M devices
M2M devices
HTTPMobile Network
Http & Mobile network
Billing CRM
Business ModelChange in Business model is required:
IoT allows vendors to divorce the business model of the device from that of the data that are generated by that device.
For example: Shift from an environment in which they charge based on volume of traffic(monthly access fees + data plans) and connections to one in which they charge based on level of performance.
Questions?