• Rethink Wireless, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 1:41 PM

Another standards and interoperability body has stepped onto the IoT scene with the launch of the Wireless IoT Forum (WIoTF), The new non-profit aims to remove fragmentation and drive consolidation in both licensed and licence-exempt wireless platforms - with founding and board members named as Accenture, Arkessa, BT, Cisco, Telensa, and WSN. Collectively, the group's mandate is to develop a clear set of requirements by talking to its members, which then will help it create a use-case driven roadmap for the wider ecosystem of companies and operators in the IoT. Notably, its new CEO, William Webb, also heads up the Weightless SIG - the group guiding the development and deployment of its namesake sub-GHz ISM Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) protocol.

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