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m2m + IoT Forum 2017

The fourth edition of India m2m + IoT Forum was held from March 6 to 7, 2017, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The forum discussed, deliberated, and concluded on key themes and topics including Capitalizing the Connected World; The ABC’s of m2m + IoT – Policies, Regulations, and Standards – National and Global Scenario; Industry Round Table on m2m + IoT Service Delivery Modeling – How and why?; Toward Smarter India – from Vision to Reality; Role of m2m + IoT in Making Sustainable Smart Cities in India; and m2m and IoT use cases, case studies, pilots, and projects.

The plenary panel discussed and deliberated on The ABC’s of m2m + IoT – Policies, Regulations and Standards – National and Global Scenario, which gathered a huge interest from the stakeholders of the eco-system.

The discussion points and deliberations from the panel were reported and will be delivered to the decision and policy makers of the Government of India.

The m2m + IoT Service Delivery Modeling– How and why? session was powered by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and moderated by Rajan S Mathews, director general, COAI. The round table had industry representation from Sterlite Technologies, Vodafone Business Services, Tata Teleservices, and Centre for Development of Telematics.

In its constant endeavor to encourage the startups in the ICT (m2m + IoT) domain, the forum joined hands with Telecom Centre of Excellence, India (TCOE, India) to organize the TEN Square Business Pitch Competition. Jointly organized by TCOE India, this unique competition provided an unprecedented platform for startups to showcase their business ideas and innovations, explore business and partnership opportunities, interact with business experts, corporates and mentors, investors and venture capitalists, including top industry associations, and government organizations and departments. The competition was judged by the esteemed jury members involving incubation centers and venture capitalists and the panel members of the TEN Square Program. JS Deepak, secretary, DoT, ministry of communications, rewarded the winners of the competition –
Stellapps Technologies 5C Networks, and Smart 24×7 Response.

The forum hosted the 3rd India Smart Cities Forum on day 2. The theme for this year was Toward Smarter India – from Vision to Reality, which brought about key insights from both the policy makers as well as the industry players.

Companies and organizations including Sterlite Technologies, Vodafone Business Services, Tejas Networks, ESRI India, IBM Technology Services, Samsung R&D Institute, Tata Elxsi, Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Limited, Delhivery, Trak n Tell, Gaia Smart Cities, C-DoT, FTTH Council, Centre for Health Informatics, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, TIFAC, and Lumis Partners presented the solutions and offerings for the smart city projects in India including the use cases for the application of m2m and IoT for smart cities.

The forum was supported by the department of telecommunications, ministry of communications, Government of India. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Union, oneM2M, Telecom Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI), and Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, were the esteemed forum partners.

India m2m + IoT Forum extends its invitation to one and all from the machine-to-machine (m2m) and IoT eco-system to join the 5th edition in 2018, while the forum prepares for a curtain raiser in May 2017.

We need to allow all kinds of player to co-exist, some will provide complete end-to-end IoT solutions, others will include application providers, network operators, and others. Rather than shifting the ecosystem through strict delivery models, we need to standardize the common service layer. This will allow the innovation to evolve naturally until the best solution emerges.”

Rajan S Mathews
Director General,
COAI

“We need to have benchmarks to compare progress of smart cities. We should not have one-size-fit-all, hence we ask cities to make their own vision and their context and work on that for the execution of smart city projects in India.”

Sajeesh Kumar
Director-Smart Cities,
Ministry of Urban Development

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