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Security Seen As Paramount for IoT
- FierceWireless, Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:06 PM
AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie and CTIA President Meredith Attwell Baker said that several different elements need to come together to enable the United States to fully take advantage of the Internet of Things, including more spectrum, security and infrastructure and a light-touch regulatory environment that lets wireless companies invest. Speaking at an event at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C., Baker said that the economic impact of the IoT is "huge" and that it has the potential to improve people's lives in areas as disparate as healthcare, transportation and education. She also noted, though, that CTIA predicts IoT will increase total wireless data traffic by 6 to 7 times by 2020.
